{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-810.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 810.3","heading":"Definitions and use of terms.","body":"As used in this part—\nAdministrative law judge. Administrative law judge means a Department of Labor official appointed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105.\nAdministrator. Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor, and such authorized representatives as may be designated to perform any of the functions of the Administrator under this part.\nAlternative staging regime. Alternative staging regime means the alternative to the standard staging regime, and provides for a different phase-in of the LVC requirements and additional time to meet those requirements.\nAnnual purchase value. Annual purchase value, as defined in the Uniform Regulations, means the sum of the values of high-wage materials purchased annually by a producer for use in the production of passenger vehicles, light trucks, or heavy trucks in a plant located in the territory of a USMCA Country.\nAutomotive Appendix. Automotive Appendix means the Appendix to Annex 4-B of the USMCA.\nAutomotive good. Automotive good means a covered vehicle or a part, component, or material listed in the Automotive Appendix.\nCBP. CBP means United States Customs and Border Protection, including its Commissioner.\nCovered vehicle. Covered vehicle means a passenger vehicle, light truck, or heavy truck.\nDepartment. Department means the United States Department of Labor.\nHigh-wage components of the LVC requirements. High-wage components of the LVC requirements means the high-wage components of material and manufacturing expenditures, information technology expenditures, and assembly expenditures.\nLVC. LVC means labor value content.\nPlant and/or Facility. These terms are used interchangeably throughout this part and invoke the terms' meanings as found in the USMCA, Uniform Regulations, and applicable CBP guidance and regulations.\nProducer. Producer means an individual or entity who engages in the production and/or assembly of automotive goods in North America. Except where indicated otherwise, the term “producer” encompasses the terms “importer” and “exporter” and their definitions as found in the Uniform Regulations, CBP regulations, and Appendix 5, Article 5.1 of the USMCA.\nSecretary. Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's designee.\nUniform Regulations. Uniform Regulations means the regulations agreed upon by the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, pursuant to Chapter 5, Article 5.16 of the USMCA, regarding, in part, the interpretation, application, and administration of Chapter 4 (Rules of Origin) and Chapter 5 (Origin Procedures) of the USMCA.\nUSMCA. USMCA means the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada.\nUSMCA Country(ies). USMCA Country means the United States of America, the United Mexican States, or Canada. USCMA Countries means any combination of the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada. These regulations use these terms interchangeably with the term “North America.”\nUSMCA Implementation Act. USMCA Implementation Act means the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, Pub. L. 116-113, 134 Stat. 11 (2020), which is codified at 19 U.S.C. 1508, as amended, and 19 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.\nWHD. WHD means the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER C—OTHER LAWS","PART 810—HIGH-WAGE COMPONENTS OF THE LABOR VALUE CONTENT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"0739477543e2e4546b19b9eecd8150ad07a3177887a36f51c280f9d1c27c037a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-810.2","next":"us/29-cfr-810.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}