---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 180.3"
title: "49"
number: "180.3"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/180.3"
---

# §180.3. General requirements.

- (a) No person may represent, mark, certify, sell, or offer a packaging or container as meeting the requirements of this part, or a special permit pertaining to this part issued under subchapter A of this chapter, whether or not the packaging or container is intended to be used for the transportation of a hazardous material, unless it is marked, maintained, reconditioned, repaired, or retested, as appropriate, in accordance with this part, an approval issued thereunder, or a special permit issued under subchapter A of this chapter.
- (b) The representations, markings, and certifications subject to the prohibitions of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section include:
  - (1) Identifications that include the letters “DOT”, “MC”, “ICC”, or “UN”;
  - (2) Special permit, approval, and registration numbers that include the letters “DOT”;
  - (3) Test dates displayed in association with specification, registration, approval, or exemption markings indicating conformance to a test or retest requirement of this subchapter, an approval issued thereunder, or a special permit issued under subchapter A of this chapter;
  - (4) Documents indicating conformance to the testing, inspection, maintenance or other continuing qualification requirements of this part; and
  - (5) Sales literature, including advertising, indicating that the packaging or container represented therein conforms to requirements contained in subchapter A or C of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended by Amdt. 180-3, 58 FR 33306, June 16, 1993; 70 FR 73166, Dec. 9, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended by Amdt. 180-3, 58 FR 33306, June 16, 1993; 70 FR 73166, Dec. 9, 2005]