Registry No. 699-1-05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ELECTRIC STORAGE 

AND WET PRIMARY BATTERY 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 3, 1933 

BY 

UNIV. Ofl FL L". 

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

WE DO OUR PART 

1. Executive order 

2. Letter of Transmittal 

3. Code 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 

ConE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE ELECTRIC STORAGE AND WET 

PRIMARY BATTERY INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for my approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Electric Storage and Wet Primary Battery 

Industry, and hearings having been h~ld thereon and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an analysis of the said 

Code of Fair Competition, together with his recommendations and 

findings with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found 

that the said Code of Fair Competition complies in all respects 

with the pertinent provisions of title I of said act and that the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 3 of the said 

act have been met: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, 

and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations 

and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code 

of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved. 

THE WHITE HousE, 

October 3, 1933. 

Approval recommended. 

HuGH S. JoHNSON, 

Administrator. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 
The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

MY DEAR Mr. PRESIDENT: I have the honor to submit and recom- mend for your approval, the Code of Fair Competition for the Electric 

Storage and Wet Primary Battery Industry. The Code has been 

approved by the Industrial Advisory Board, the Labor Advisory 

Board, and the Consumers' Advisory Board. 

An analysis of the provisions of the Code has been made by the 

Administration, and a complete report is being transmitted to you. I find that the Code complies with the requirements of clauses (1) 

and (2), subsection (a) of section 3 of theN ational Industrial Recovery 

Act. 

I am, my dear Mr. President, 

Very sincerely yours, 

Enclosure. 

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Administrator. ' 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE ELECTRIC STORAGE 

AND WET PRIMARY BATTERY INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE 

I. To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are submitted as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Electric Storage and Wet Primary Battery 

Industry, and upon approval by the President, shall be the standard 

of fair competition for this industry. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

1. The term Electric Storage and Wet Primary Batterj Industry 

as used herein includes the manufacture of the following products: 

(a) Automotive Storage Batteries for Sta.rting and Lighting Service and Radio Receiving Storage Batteries and Parts and Accessories 

therefor. 

(b) All Electric Storage Batteries not included in (a) and Parts 

and Accessories therefor. 

(c) All Wet Primary Batteries and Parts and Accessories therefor. 

2. The term "employee", as used herein, includes any person 

engaged in any phase of the industry in any capacity in the nature 

of employee irrespective of the method of payment of his compensation. 

3. The term "employer", as used herein, includes anyone for whose 

benefit such an employee is so engaged. 

4. The term "member of the industry" includes any manufacturer 

who shall be subject to the Code. 

5. The term "member of the Code" includes any member of the 

industry who shall expressly signify assent to this Code. 

6. The term "effective date", as used herein means the second 

Monday after this Code shall have been approved by the President 

of the United States, except Schedules I and II of the Code, which 

shall become effective thirty days thereafter. 

7. The term "expiration date", as used herein, means the termination of theN ational Industrial Recovery Act or the earlie t date prior 

the-reto on which thA President shall by proclamation, or the Congre s 

shall by joint resolution, declare that the emergency recognized by 

Section I of the National Industrial Recovery Act ha ended. 

8. The term" A sociation", as used herein, means National Battery 

Manufa turer Association, Inc., a trade a sociation ha·ving it office 

in New York City. 

9. The tern1 "Code Authority", a used herein. means the Committee or its successors as provid d for by Article VI. 

10. The term "the President" means the Pre ident of th United 

State of America. 

11. The term "the Act" means the National Industrial RecoYery 

Act a approved by the President, June 16, 1933. 

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12. The term "the Administrator" means the Administrator 

appointed by the President under the Act and at the time in office. 

ARTICLE III- HouRs 

A. No factory employee engaged in processing and in labor incident 

thereto, except supervisors receiving not less than $35.00 per week, 

shall work or be permitted to work in excess of an average of 40 hours 

per week in any calendar year; nor in excess of 48 hours in any one 

week; nor in excess of 8 hours in any one day except as hereinafter 

provided. When necessary to avoid economic waste in continuous 

processes, employees engaged in such processes (not to exceed 10% 

of the factory employees) will be permitted a tolerance of 10% over 

the maximum hours per day, except that such tolerance shall not be 

permitted to increase the maximum hours per week, nor the average 

hours per week in any calendar year. 

B. No other employee, except managerial and executive staffs and 

technical engineers and outside salesmen, receiving not less than 

$35.00 per week, shall work or be permitted to work in excess of an 

average of 40 hours per week in any calendar year. 

C. The maximum hours fL'\:ed in the foregoing sections shall not 

apply to employees on emergency maintenance and repair work, but 

in any such special cases at least time and one third shall be paid for 

hours worked in excess of the maximum hours per week herein provided. 

D. No employee shall work or be permitted to work for a total 

number of hours in excess of the number of hours prescribed for each 

week, whether employed by one or more employers. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

A. No factory employee engaged in processing and in labor incident 

thereto, shall be paid at a rate less than 40¢ per hour; unless the rate 

per hour for the same class of labor on July 15, 1929, was less than 

40¢, in which case the rate per hour shall be not less than the rate 

per hour paid on July 15, 1929, but in no event shall the rate per hour 

be less than 90% of the highest minimum rate per hour established in 

this paragraph; and provided further that learners may be paid not 

less than 80% of such rate but the total number of such learners shall 

not exceed 3% of the total number of factory employees. 

B. No other employee shall be paid at a rate less than $15.00 per 

week, provided, however, that office boys and girls may be paid not 

less than 80% of such minimum rate but the total number of such 

office boys and girls receiving less than such minimum rate shall not 

exceed 3% of the total number of such other employees. 

C. Equitable adjustments upward in all pay schedules of factory 

employees above the minimum shall be made on or before the effective date by any employers who have not heretofore made such 

adjustments and the first monthly reports of wages after said effective date required to be filed under this Code shall contain all wage 

increases made since February 1, 1933. 

D. In determining his or her classification under this Code each 

employee shall be entitled to claim the benefit of the classification of 

occupation existing on June 16, 1933. 
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E. Th re shall be no discrimination in wag by reason of sex and 

where in any ca e worn n do ub tantially the same work or perform 

sub tantially the same duties as men they shall · receive the same 

rates of wages. 

ARTICLE V-CHILD AND FEMALE LABOR 

A. No per on under 16 years of age shall be employed in the industry and no per on under 18 years of age shall be employed in factory 

work. 

B. No female hall be employed in a.ny d partment where due to 

the nature of the work or the location of the department such female 

would be exposed to an appreciable lead hazard. 

ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATION 

1. The Code Authority shall con ist of five (5) members fairly representative of the indu try and elected by the member of the Code 

at a meeting to be held between October 15 and November 15, 1933 

and annually thereafter. During the period between the approval of 

the Code and the date of the meeting referred to above the Code 

Committee of the Industry shall serve as the Code Authority and 

cooperate with the Administrator to effectuate the purposes of the 

Code. 

2. For the purpose of supplying the President and the Administrator with requisite data as to the observance and effectiveness of 

this Code and the administration thereof the Code Authority is 

hereby designated: 

(a) To collect from the members of the industry through an impartial agent with full protection to each member as to the confidential 

nature of the rnaterial all data and stati ti"s required by the Administrator or rea onably pertinent to the effectuation of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act and said agent shall compile the 

data and stati tic and furnish the Code Authority summarie thereof, 

which shall be furni bed to the National Recovery Ad mini tration 

and to the member of the indu try all in such form and manner as 

the Code Authority shall reasonably pre cribe ubject to the appro al 

of the Admini trator. 

(b) To represent the industry in conference with the Admini trator with respect to the application of this Code and of said Act, and 

any regulations i sued thereunder; provided, however, that as regards 

all matters mentioned in this paragraph (b) the Code Authority hall 

have no power to bind the industry. The President or the Administrator may designat a representative to participate in such conferences, who shall have access to all data and ta ti tic collected by 

said agent a above provided. The Code Authority or it authorized 

committee or agent shall hold it elf in readine to a i t and keep 

the Admini trator fully adnsed, and to meet with the Admini - trator's representative from time to tin1e a required to consider and 

study any sugge tion or propo als pre ented upon behalf of the Admini trator or any member of the industry regarding the operation, 

observance, and administration, or otherwi , of thi Code. 

(c) Every emplo er engaged in the indu try shall furni h to the 

said agent as her inbefore provided, approximately every four weeks, 
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duly certified reports in such form as may hereafter be prescribed by 

the Code Authority, subject to the approval of the Administrator, 

showing actual hours worked by the occupational groups of employees 

and wages paid. 

ARTICLE VII-GENERAL 

1. (A) Employers in the Industry shall comply with the National 

Indusrial Recovery Act, as follows: 

(1) Employees shall have the right to orgallize and bargain col- lectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

free from interference, restraint or coercion of employers of labor, or· their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self- organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of col- lective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

(2) No employee and no one seeking employment shall be required 

as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain 

from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own 

choosing; and 

(3) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor 

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of en1ployment approved 

or prescribed by the President. (B) This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made 

subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provision 

of Subsection (b) of Section 10 of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, 

license, rule of regulation issued under Title I of said Act and specifically, but without limitation, to the right of the President to cancel 

or modify his approval of this Code or any conditions imposed by 

him upon his approval thereof. 

(C) Within each State, members of the industry shall comply with 

any laws of such State imposing more stringent requirements regulating the age of employees, wages, hours of work or health, fire or 

general working conditions, than under this Code. 

(D) This Code is not designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate 

against them. 

ARTICLE VIII 

1. The Code Authority is designated as the agency to make recommendations from time to time as to changes in this Code and its 

schedules and to submit the same to the Administrator. 

ARTICLE IX 

1. Any member of the industry may become a member of the 

Code and receive the benefits of the activities of the Code Authority, 

by paying the proper pro-rata share of the costs of administering the 

Code or by becoming a member of the Association. 
SCHEDULE I 

UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES 

1. Mm·chandi ing-(A) Branding.-Failure either actually to mark or brand 

each battery, r to refer by type or number or other designation marked on the 

battery to publi hed specifications, with respect to the capacity and quality of 

the battery i an unfa ir trade practice. 

(B) econds and Di continued Lines.-The manufacture of batteries as seconds 

or discontinued lin s, or the marking of first-quality batteries as seconds, for the 

purpose of selling them as such is an unfair trade practice. Seconds and discontinued lines incidental to normal production and sale, and not purposely made 

as such, may be old provided each battery is sold with the word "second" or 

words "discontinued line" as the case may be, plainly and permanently marked 

on the battery. The guaranteeing and/or adjusting of seconds or di continued 

lines for a period longer than 90 days are unfair trade practices. 

(C) Ficiiii ous Guamntees.-The giving or permitting to be given or published 

of a specific time or mileage guarantee of life, by guarantee or adju tment policy 

in exce sofa rea onable life expectancy of the battery in average normal service; 

or the use of such terms as "unconditional guarantee" when conditions are in 

fact imposed on replacement, are unfair trade practices. To describe or advertioe or refer to an adjustment policy as a guarantee or warranty, i an unfair 

trade practice. 

(D) Rebuilt or Repaired Batteri es, For Resale.-(!) The use of branded parts 

in connection with "rebuilt" batteries, where the plates are of a brand other than 

that shown on the branded parts, or (2) the branding and/or marketing of batted s as "rebuilt" when in fact all used positive plates, negative plates, and 

separators have not been replaced with new ones, or (3) failure to mark and 

identify plainly and permanently "rebuilt" or " repaired" batteries in such a 

manner as to clearly distinguish them from new batteries, or (4) the guaranteeing 

or adjusting of "rebuilt" or "repaired" batteries for a period longer than 90 days; 

are unfair trade practices. 

2. Transportation.-The making of transportation allowances in excess of the 

amount of the actual transportation cost is an unfair trade practice. 

3. ]}Jisrepresentation.-The making or causing or permitting to be made or 

publi hed of any false preparation of any batteries, component parts, electrolyte 

or accessories is an unfair trade practice. 

4. Excessive Allowances to Customers.-The granting or giving to any cu tamer 

of an allowance for adverti ing or ale promotional work in exce s f the actual 

amount expended by the customer for the e purposes is an unfair trade practice. 

5. Subsidies-(A) Consignrnents.-There shall be no consignment f goods 

made to any cu tamer except to a wholly owned sub idiary of the con ignor. 

The term "consignment", as used herein, means the supplying of goods to a con- signee for sale by the consignee under an arrangement ''>hereby title to the goods 

remains in the consignor until such time as they are withdrawn from the consiCTned stock and/or sold by the consignee, and no liability for the purchase price 

of the goods ari es on the part of the consignee until such time as said goods 

have been withdrawn from the consigned stock and/or old by him. 

(B) Renting Part of Cuslorner's Prernises.-The payment by any manufacturer 

of more than a fair rental for any part of the pr mi e of a cu tamer for ffice or 

warehou e pace or any other purpose i an unfair trade practice. 

(C) Excessive Allowance and Adjustmenls.-The granting by a manufacturer of 

any exce sive allowance to a customer for all ged defective merchandi e, alleged 

shortages, or for adju ting complaints of anv kind is an unfair trade practice. 

6. lling Below Cost.-The elling of batteries and battery parts below the 

manufacturer's cost, except ~eco nds and discountinued lines and to fulfill obli- gations under guarantee or replacement agreements, i an unfa ir trade practice. In determining violation of this rule, the cost of the product, applicable to 

each divi ion of the bu ine or to each product, determined in basic principle a 

outlined in the uniform co t accounting procedure of the A ociation, ubject to 

the approval of the Administrator, hall be considered to be the prime cost of 

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material and direct labor; plus factory burden including taxes, depreciation, and 

ordinary obsole cence; plus selling, advertising, administrative, warehousing, 

transportation, collection and all other costs and expenses. "Prime Cost" of 

material shall be understood to be t he fa ir replacement cost of same. 

7. I ndiTect Violalion.-No member of the industry shall participate in or prom ote practices which are declared unfair trade practices in this Code, by selling 

batteries or parts to or through distributors or dealers which are not complying 

with the requirements of Section 1, Paragraphs A, B, and D (1), (2), and (3), 

hereof. 8. Tying Contracts.-It is an unfair trade practice to promote or induce the 

purchase of batteries by any distributor or dealer by refusing to supply to such 

distributor or dealer, goods other than batteries which such distributor or dealer 

may desire to purchase unless such distributor or dealer shall also purchase 

batteries from the seller. 

9. Bonus and Discounts.-It shall be an unfair trade practice to increase the 

discount or bonus on battery purchases made by anyone because of their volume 

of other commodities purchased from the seller. 

10. Exports.-Sections 1-B, 2, 5-A, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this Schedule shall not 

apply to batteries exported to a foreign destination by the manufacturer or his 

customer. 

11. 1\II arketing Standards.-Any violation of, or failure to adhere to or comply 

with, any provision of the Domestic Marketing Standards in Schedule II of this 

Code in any transaction to which the same are applicable is an unfair trade 

practice. 

12. General.-It is an unfair trade practice for any member of the industry to 

indulge in any subterfuge contrary to the provisions of this Code. 
SCHEDULE II 

DoMESTIC MARKETING STANDARDS FOR CLASS I PRODUCTS 

The following marketing standards apply to automotive torage batteries for 

starting and lighting ser ice and radio receiving storage batteries and parts and 

acces aries therefor. 

1. Terms of Payments.-Terms of payments shall be not more favorable than 

2% lOth proxime, net 30 days, or 60 days trade acceptance with no cash discount. If cash discount privilege is exercised the discount must be figured on the 

balance due after all deductions are made for goods returned, discounts, allowances, or other credits. 

Shipments made on the 25th or any later day of any month may for the purpose 

of allowing cash discount be considered as made on the first day of the following 

month. 

2. G·uarantees and Adjustment Policy.-Every storage battery shall be covered 

by the following standard guarantee and no battery shall be covered by an adjustment policy for periods longer than are provided for in the following standard 

Adjustment Policy. 

Standard Guarantee.-Themanufacturer agrees to repair or replace at his option, for the original user, f.o.b. factory, or at any authorized Service Station, 

without charge, except transportation, any battery of his manufacture which 

fails to give satisfactory service within a period of 90 days from date of sale to the 

original user. 

Standard Adjustment Policy.-The manufacturer further agrees, after expiration 

of the 90 days' guarantee period, to replace with a new battery on a pro-rata basis 

for the original user, any battery which fails in normal service. Normal service 

is considered not to exceed the following: 

Automobile Passenger Car Batteries ________________ 1,000 miles per month. 

Passenger Car Batteries in Commercial or Truck Service ___________________________________________ 2,000 miles per month. 

Heavy Plate Truck and Coach Batteries C%2 inch or 

thicker Positive Plates) _________________________ 3,000 miles per month. 

Motorcycle Batteries _____________________________ 2,000 miles per month. 

Radio Receiving Batteries _________________________ One discharge per week. 

The adjustment policy established by the manufacturer is to l;)e oased on the 

quality of the battery, but is in no case to exceed periods figured from the date of 

sale to the original user, for the various applications of batteries, as follows: 

Automobile Passenger Car Batteries_____________________ Periods per Table. 

Passenger Car Batterie in Commercial or truck service ____ 12 months. 

Heavy Plate Truck & Coach Batteries___________________ 8 " 

Motorcycle Batteries __________________________________ 9 " 

Radio Receiving Batteries ______________________________ 18 " 

All adjustments are to be based on the current list prices, plus transportation 

charges. 

ExAMPLE.-A battery carrying an eighteen months' adjustment period, listing 

at $12.00, fails in service in nine months from date of purchase; the user receives 

a new battery of the same type and size for 9/18 of $12.00, or $6.00, plus transportation charges. 

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Table of Maximum Adjustment Periods for Automobile Batteries in Passenger Car 

S ervice 

Minimum ampere-hour capacity, 20-hour rate at 80° F. 

Adjustment period Minimum I-----.----- amperes for 20 

minutes at 80° F. 

78 l 

96 l 

108 l 

126 l 

1« l 

For rubber 

For wood or woodinsulation and-rubber 

insulation 

Months Months 

16 9 

12 15 

18 21 

21 24 

24 24 

6 9 

12 15 

18 21 

21 24 

24 24 

6 9 

12 15 

18 21 

21 24 

24 24 

6 9 

12 15 

18 21 

21 24 

24 24 

6 9 

12 15 

18 21 

21 24 

24 24 

The ampere-hour capacity as given above shall be determined as provided in 

the standard specifications for lead-acid storage batteries for automotive equipment of the Society of Automotive Engineers. (Adopted January 1932.) 

For passenger-car batteries in Commercial or Truck Service, the adjustment 

period shall be one half the above periods given for batteries in Passenger Car 

Service. 

The sale or offering for sale of a battery in any group size, either new, rebuilt, 

or repaired, having a capacity in ampere-hours and a rating in amperes for twenty 

minutes of le-ss t.han the minimum ratings of the group, is an unfair trade practice. 

3. Sales or Excise Tax.- Any tax or excise imposed by any governmental 

authority on the manufacture and/or sale of any product included under these 

standards and where it is the Government's intention that this tax be paid by 

the buyer, shall be added to regular sales price and listed as a separate item on 

the manufacturer's invoice. 4. S ubsidiary Compani es.-N o manufacturer shall use a subsidiary company 

or other agency wholly or partly controlled by such manufacturer, for the purpose 

of distributing such manufacturer's product on t erms or conditions not in accordance with the Class I Marketing Standard of this Code. 

DoMESTic MARKETING STANDARDS FOR CLA ss II PRoDuc Ts 

The following marketing st andards apply to all electric storage batteries not 

included in Class I and parts and accessories therefor. 

1. Terms of Payments.-Terms of payments shall be not more favorable than 

2%, l Oth proximo; net 30 days; or 60-day trade accept ance with no cash dis- count. If cash discount privilege is exerci ed, the discount mu t be fi uured on 

the balance due after all deductions are made for goods returned, di counts, 

allowance , or other credits. Shipments made on the 25th or an y later day of 

any month may for the p urpose of allowing cash discount be considered a made 

on t he fir t day of the following month. 2. Guarantees and Adj ustment Policies.-(A) All guarantees and Adjustment 

P olicies shall specify a defi nite period of time or a definite cost for a definite 

period. CB) The period shall not be greater than the average life for the t ype of battery 

a nd service concerned. 
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(C) An adjustment for unexpired adjustment period shall be prorated on the 

unexpir d part of th period and the net ale price of an equivalent new battery 

or of part ther of in tall d. The allowance for the old battery shall not exceed 

a fair crap valu . (D) In no ca. hall a cash refund be allowed on a guarantee. 

3. Cond1./ional ales.-The manufacturer may sell on the basis of any deferredpaym nt plan provided that the sum of all payments shall not be less than the 

outright purcha e price plus average interest at 6%. 

4. Rental Service.-No batteries are to be rented below cost of such rental 

service. 

5. Loan Balteries.-The manufacturer may loan batteries to prospects or customers for the purpose of demonstrating the ability of a battery to do the prospect's or customer's work as an aid in making the sale, or to customers to enable 

th m to k ep their equipment in service while batteries which are giving trouble 

are tested or r paired. In no case shall a battery be loaned for a period longer 

than 60 days. 

o. Free Installation.-Manufacturers who sell batteries for permanent installation shall b r imbursed in full for all expenses of installation. 

7. Used Batteries.-When used batteries are sold by a manufacturer they shall 

be sold a such. 

8. Free Repairs.-No free repairs or replacements shall be made by any manufacturer beyond a period of two years from date of installation. Under any other 

condition when the manufacturer repairs or replaces cells in a user's battery he 

shall furnish the user with an itemized account of the repairs and replacements 

made and shall bill the user for all the material supplied and for the expenses 

incurred. 

9. Disposition of Replaced Batteries.-Where a manufacturer allows a credit on 

the purchase price of a new battery in return for the worn out battery, the worn 

out battery shall become the property of the manufacturer and the customer 

shall not be permitted to retain it. 

10. Sales or Excise Taxes.-Any tax or excise imposed by any governmental 

authority on the manufacture and/or sale of any product included under these 

standards and where it is the Government's intention that this tax be paid by the 

buyer, shall be added to regular sales price and listed as a separate item on the 

manufacturer's invoice. 

11. Subsidiary Companies.-No manufacturer shall use a subsidiary company 

or other agency wholly or partly controlled by such manufacturers for the purpose of distributing such manufacturer's product on terms or conditions not in 

accordance with Class II, Marketing Standards of this Code. 

DOMESTIC MARKETING STANDARDS FOR CLASS III PRODUCTS 

1. The following Marketing Standards apply to all Wet Primary Batteries and 

parts and accessories therefor: 

1. Terms of Payment.-Terms of payment shall not be more favorable than 

2% for cash in 20 days, net 45 days. 

2. Designating Capacity .-All statements or guarantees of capacity must be 

based on American Railway Association, Signal Section, specifications for determining the capacity of the Wet Caustic Soda Primary Cells used in Railroad 

Signal Service. The stated or guaranteed ampere-hour capacity of cells, renewals, 

or parts thereof, must be marked on all shipping containers and shown on the 

invoice rendered to cover the shipment. 

3. Price Protection.-No manufacturer shall accept an order protecting customer against price advance or price decline for any quantity of wet primary 

battery cells, r newals, or parts thereof, in excess of the average 60-day requirements of that customer. 

4. Contracts.-No manufacturer shall accept orders from a customer under 

requirements contract with another manufacturer over a period of twelve months, 

for a quantity of primary battery cells, renewals, or _parts thereof, to be used for 

test purpo es in exce s of a total of 2% of the normal requirements of that customer during the twelve months' period. 

5. Sales or Excise Taxes.-Any tax or excise imposed by any governmental 

authority on the manufacture and/or sale of any product included under these 

standards, and where it is the Government's intention that this tax be paid by 

the buyer, shall be added to regular sales price and listed as a separate item on 

the manufacturer's invoice. 

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