---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 763.178"
title: "40"
number: "763.178"
heading: "Recordkeeping."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/763.178"
---

# §763.178. Recordkeeping.

- (a) **Inventory.**
  - (1) Each person who is subject to the prohibitions imposed by §§ [763.165](/cfr/40/763.165.md) and [763.167](/cfr/40/763.167.md) must perform an inventory of the stock-on-hand of each banned product as of the effective date of the ban for that product for the applicable activity.
  - (2) The inventory shall be in writing and shall include the type of product, the number of product units currently in the stock-on-hand of the person performing the inventory, and the location of the stock.
  - (3) Results of the inventory for a banned product must be maintained by the person for 3 years after the effective date of the [§ 763.165](/cfr/40/763.165.md) or [§ 763.167](/cfr/40/763.167.md) ban on the product.
- (b) **Records.**
  - (1) Each person whose activities are subject to the bans imposed by §§ [763.165](/cfr/40/763.165.md), [763.167](/cfr/40/763.167.md), and [763.169](/cfr/40/763.169.md) for a product must, between the effective date of the [§ 763.165](/cfr/40/763.165.md) or [§ 763.167](/cfr/40/763.167.md) ban on the product and the [§ 763.169](/cfr/40/763.169.md) ban on the product, keep records of all commercial transactions regarding the product, including the dates of purchases and sales and the quantities purchased or sold. These records must be maintained for 3 years after the effective date of the [§ 763.169](/cfr/40/763.169.md) ban for the product.
  - (2) Each person who is subject to the requirements of [§ 763.171](/cfr/40/763.171.md) must, for each product required to be labeled, maintain a copy of the label used in compliance with [§ 763.171](/cfr/40/763.171.md). These records must be maintained for 3 years after the effective date of the ban on distribution in commerce for the product for which the [§ 763.171](/cfr/40/763.171.md) requirements apply.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 29507, July 12, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 46898, Nov. 8, 1989; 58 FR 34205, June 23, 1993]

### Source

Source: 54 FR 29507, July 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605, 2607(c), 2643, and 2646.

### Amendments

[54 FR 29507, July 12, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 46898, Nov. 8, 1989; 58 FR 34205, June 23, 1993]