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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 02.01.01.14" title_num="02" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="01" heading="Non-intentional Technical Errors.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If any errors are alleged by the Division which would subject the sales agency to the enforcement provisions of the Unit Pricing Law, the sales agency shall submit data which shows by the preponderance of the evidence that the errors are non-intentional technical errors.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The data submitted to the Division may contain the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Any specific malfunction of the printing press, electronic data processing equipment, or other mechanical equipment used to produce the stamps, tags, labels, signs, or lists;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any specific mistake made by the computer programmer or machine operator;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Specific reasons why the malfunction or mistake was not within the knowledge or control of the owner, operator, or management personnel of the store;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Specific reasons why the owner, operator, or management personnel could not, within reasonable diligence, have detected or corrected these errors;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the person or persons responsible for the alleged error;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Whether the sales agency had prior similar problems with the printing press, electronic data processing equipment, or other mechanical equipment responsible for the alleged error, and what action was taken by the sales agency to correct the malfunction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Whether the sales agency had prior similar problems with the computer programmer or machine operator responsible for the alleged mistake and what action was taken by the sales agency to correct the mistake.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Division may not consider non-intentional technical errors to be violations of these regulations.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>