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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="16-603" title_number="16" title_name="Cigarettes" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes">
  <text>** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **</text>
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each manufacturer shall submit to the Executive Director written certification attesting that each cigarette has been tested in accordance with and has met the performance standard required under § 16–602 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A certification under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not list more than 50 cigarettes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The description of each cigarette listed in the certification shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the brand or trade name on the package;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the style, such as light or ultra light;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the length in millimeters;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the circumference in millimeters;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the flavor, such as menthol or chocolate, if applicable;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>whether filtered or nonfiltered;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a package description, such as a soft pack or box;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the mark approved in accordance with § 16–604 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>if different from the manufacturer, the name, address, and telephone number of the laboratory that conducted the test; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>the date of the testing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The certification shall be made available to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Attorney General and the State Fire Prevention Commission for purposes consistent with this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Executive Director for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each cigarette certified under this section shall be recertified every 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a manufacturer of a cigarette that has been certified under this section makes a change that is likely to  alter the cigarette’s compliance with the performance standard under § 16–602(e) of this subtitle, that cigarette may not be sold in this State until the manufacturer, in accordance with § 16–602 of this subtitle, retests and maintains the proper records of the testing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
