---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 85.1504"
title: "40"
number: "85.1504"
heading: "Conditional admission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/85.1504"
---

# §85.1504. Conditional admission.

- (a) A motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine offered for importation under [§ 85.1505](/cfr/40/85.1505.md), [§ 85.1509](/cfr/40/85.1509.md) or [§ 85.1512](/cfr/40/85.1512.md) may be conditionally admitted into the United States, but shall be refused final admission unless:
  - (1) At the time of conditional admission, the importer has submitted to the Administrator a written report that the subject vehicle or engine has been permitted conditional admission pending EPA approval of its application for final admission under [§ 85.1505](/cfr/40/85.1505.md), [§ 85.1509](/cfr/40/85.1509.md), or [§ 85.1512](/cfr/40/85.1512.md). This written report shall contain the following:
    - (i) Identification of the importer of the vehicle or engine and the importer's address and telephone number;
    - (ii) Identification of the vehicle or engine owner and the vehicle or engine owner's address, telephone number and taxpayer identification number;
    - (iii) Identification of the vehicle or engine;
    - (iv) Information indicating under what provision of these regulations the vehicle or engine is to be imported;
    - (v) Identification of the place where the subject vehicle or engine will be stored until EPA approval of the importer's application to the Administrator for final admission;
    - (vi) Authorization for EPA Enforcement Officers to conduct inspections or testing otherwise permitted by the Act or regulations thereunder;
    - (vii) Identification, where applicable, of the certificate by means of which the vehicle is being imported;
    - (viii) The original production year of the vehicle; and
    - (ix) **Such other information as is deemed necessary by the Administrator.**
- (b) Such conditional admission shall not be under bond for a vehicle or engine which is imported under [§ 85.1505](/cfr/40/85.1505.md) or [§ 85.1509](/cfr/40/85.1509.md). A bond will be required for a vehicle or engine imported under applicable provisions of [§ 85.1512](/cfr/40/85.1512.md). The period of conditional admission shall not exceed 120 days. During this period, the importer shall store the vehicle or engine at a location where the Administrator will have reasonable access to the vehicle or engine for his/her inspection.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7522, 7525, 7541, 7542(a) and 7601(a).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 36156, Sept. 25, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.