---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 4041.1"
title: "29"
number: "4041.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/4041.1"
---

# §4041.1. Purpose and scope.


This part sets forth the rules and procedures for terminating a single-employer plan in a standard or distress termination under [section 4041](/cfr/29/4041.md) of ERISA, the exclusive means of voluntarily terminating a plan.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), 1341, 1344, 1350.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 60428, Nov. 7, 1997, unless otherwise noted.