---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 306.1"
title: "16"
number: "306.1"
heading: "What this rule does."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/306.1"
---

# §306.1. What this rule does.


This rule deals with the certification and posting of automotive fuel ratings in or affecting commerce as “commerce” is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, [15 U.S.C. 41](/usc/15/41.md) et seq. It applies to persons, partnerships, and corporations. If you are covered by this regulation, breaking any of its rules is an unfair or deceptive act or practice under [section 5](/cfr/16/5.md) of that Act. You can be fined up to $10,000 (plus an adjustment for inflation, under [§ 1.98](/cfr/16/1.98.md) of this chapter) each time you break a rule.


## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 41373, Aug. 3, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 54549, Oct. 21, 1996; 61 FR 55840, Oct. 29, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 17021.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 19169, Mar. 30, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 41373, Aug. 3, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 54549, Oct. 21, 1996; 61 FR 55840, Oct. 29, 1996]