---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 543.7"
title: "49"
number: "543.7"
heading: "Petitions based on performance criteria."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/543.7"
---

# §543.7. Petitions based on performance criteria.


A petition submitted under this section must include:

- (a) A statement that the entire line of vehicles is equipped with an immobilizer, as standard equipment, that meets one of the following:
  - (1) The performance criteria (subsections 8 through 21) of C.R.C, c. 1038.114, Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention (in effect March 30, 2011), as excerpted in appendix A of this part;
  - (2) **National Standard of Canada CAN/ULC-S338-98, <I>Automobile Theft Deterrent Equipment and Systems—** Electronic Immobilization (May 1998);
  - (3) **United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Regulation No.** 97 (ECE R97), Uniform Provisions Concerning Approval of Vehicle Alarm System (VAS) and Motor Vehicles with Regard to Their Alarm System (AS) in effect August 8, 2007; or
  - (4) **UN/ECE Regulation No.** 116 (ECE R116), Uniform Technical Prescriptions Concerning the Protection of Motor Vehicles Against Unauthorized Use in effect on February 10, 2009.
- (b) Compliance documentation kept to demonstrate the basis for certification with the performance criteria specified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (c) **A statement that the immobilizer device is durable and reliable.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 66841, Sept. 29, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 33101, 33102, 33103, 33104 and 33105; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 33829, Sept. 8, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 66841, Sept. 29, 2016]