# 16 CFR § 1115.3: Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.3

## Section

- **Citation:** 16 CFR § 1115.3
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 16—Commercial Practices > CHAPTER II—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION > SUBCHAPTER B—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS > PART 1115—SUBSTANTIAL PRODUCT HAZARD REPORTS > Subpart A—General Interpretation

## Text

In addition to the definitions given in section 3 of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2052), the following definitions apply:
(a) Adequately informed under section 15(b) of the CPSA means that the Commission staff has received the information requested under §§ 1115.12 and/or 1115.13 of this part insofar as it is reasonably available and applicable or that the staff has informed the subject firm that the staff is adequately informed.
(b) Commission meeting means the joint deliberations of at least a majority of the Commission where such deliberations determine or result in the conduct or disposition of official Commission business. This term is synonymous with “Commission meeting” as defined in the Commission's regulation issued under the Government in the Sunshine Act, 16 CFR part 1012.
(c) Noncompliance means the failure of a consumer product to comply with an applicable consumer product safety rule or with a voluntary consumer product safety standard upon which the Commission has relied under section 9 of the CPSA.
(d) A person means a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, or individual.
(e) Staff means the staff of the Consumer Product Safety Commission unless otherwise stated.
(f) Subject firm means any manufacturer (including an importer), distributor, or retailer of a consumer product.
[43 FR 34998, Aug. 7, 1978, as amended at 57 FR 34227, Aug. 4, 1992]

## Nearby sections

- [16 CFR § 1115.1 § 1115.1 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.1.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.2 § 1115.2 Scope and finding.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.2.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.3 § 1115.3 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.3.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.4 § 1115.4 Defect.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.4.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.5 § 1115.5 Reporting of failures to comply with a voluntary consumer product safety standard relied upon by the Commission under section 9 of the CPSA.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.5.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.6 § 1115.6 Reporting of unreasonable risk of serious injury or death.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.6.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.7 § 1115.7 Relation to other provisions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.7.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.8 § 1115.8 Compliance with product safety standards.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.8.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.10 § 1115.10 Persons who must report and where to report.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.10.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.11 § 1115.11 Imputed knowledge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.11.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.12 § 1115.12 Information which should be reported; evaluating substantial product hazard.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.12.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.13 § 1115.13 Content and form of reports; delegations of authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.13.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.14 § 1115.14 Time computations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.14.md)
- [16 CFR § 1115.15 § 1115.15 Confidentiality and disclosure of data.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-16-1115.15.md)

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