In a message dated 7/18/03 3:30:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

> Under 49 U.S.C. � 30141(a)(1)(A) (formerly section 108(c)(3)(A)(i)(I) of
> the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (the Act)), a motor
> vehicle that was not originally manufactured to conform to all
> applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards shall be refused
> admission into the United States unless NHTSA has decided that the motor
> vehicle is substantially similar to a motor vehicle originally
> manufactured for importation into and sale in the United States,
> certified under 49 U.S.C. � 30115 (formerly section 114 of the Act), and
> of the same model year as the model of the motor vehicle to be compared,
> and is capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable
> Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Where there is no substantially
> similar U.S.- certified motor vehicle, 49 U.S.C. � 30141(a)(1)(B)
> (formerly section 108(c)(3)(A)(i)(II) of the Act) permits a
> nonconforming motor vehicle to be admitted into the United States if its
> safety features comply with, or are capable of being altered to comply
> with, all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards based on
> destructive test data or such other evidence as the Secretary of
> Transportation decides to be adequate. Under 49 U.S.C. � 30141(a)(1)
> (formerly section 108(c)(3)(C)(i) of the Act), import eligibility
> decisions may be made "on the initiative of the Secretary of
> Transportation or on petition of a manufacturer or importer registered
> under [49 U.S.C. � 30141(c)]."
> 
> 

take it easy mark, its friday  :<)   all this is greek to us :<)

chris