{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-180.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 180.3","heading":"General requirements.","body":"(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.\n(b) The representations, markings, and certifications subject to the prohibitions of paragraph (a) of this section include:\n(1) Identifications that include the letters “DOT”, “MC”, “ICC”, or “UN”;\n(2) Special permit, approval, and registration numbers that include the letters “DOT”;\n(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;\n(4) Documents indicating conformance to the testing, inspection, maintenance or other continuing qualification requirements of this part; and\n(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.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER I—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER C—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS","PART 180—CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PACKAGINGS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"8a340f6cea643ae60881826172f78756eb125d84bd4c44f511aef5929b08f701","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-180.2","next":"us/49-cfr-180.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}