Rule 20 - Registered Identification Numbers.

(a) Registered numbers for use as the required identification in lieu of the name on textile fiber product labels, as provided in Section 4(b)(3) of the Act, will be issued by the Commission to qualified persons residing in the United States upon receipt of an application duly excuted in the form set out in subsection (d) hereof.

(b) Registered identification numbers shall be used only by the person or concern to whom they are issued, and such numbers are not transferable or assignable. Registered identification numbers shall be subject to cancellation whenever any such number was procured or has been used improperly or contrary to the requirements of the Acts administered by the Federal Trade Commission, and Regulations promulgated thereunder, or when otherwise deemed necessary in the public interest.

(c) Registered identification numbers assigned under this Rule may be used on labels required in labeling products subject to the provisions of the Wool Products Labeling Act and Fur Products Labeling Act and numbers previously assigned by the Commission under such Acts may be used as and for the required name in labeling under this Act. When so used by the person or firm to whom assigned, the use of the numbers shall be construed as identifying and binding the applicant as fully and in all respects as though assigned under the specific Act for which it is used.

(d) Form of application for registered identification number appears at Appendix A, page 32 herein. (Printed forms are available upon request at the offices of the Commission.) [16 CFR 303.20 as amended, effective April 25, 1983]

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