technical regulation

Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.

The term “technical regulation” means—

(A) characteristics or their related processes and production methods for a good,

(B) characteristics for a service or its related operating methods, or

(C) provisions specifying terminology, symbols, packaging, marking, or labelling for—

(i) a good or its related process or production method, or

(ii) a service or its related operating method,

set out in a document, including applicable administrative, explanatory, and other related provisions, with which compliance is mandatory.

Source

1994–present 19 U.S.C. § 2576BCustoms Duties · Subpart definitions · for purposes of this subpart

The term “technical regulation” means a document which lays down product characteristics or their related processes and production methods, including the applicable administrative provisions, with which compliance is mandatory. Such term may also include or deal exclusively with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking, or labeling requirements as they apply to a product, process, or production method.

Source

1994–present 19 U.S.C. § 2571Customs Duties · Definitions · as used in this subchapter