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it will start enforcing stiffer regulations Jan. 31 for so-called gray-market imports of vehicles.
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required under legislation 
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enacted by Congress last year, 
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will apply to imports of vehicles 
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that weren't built
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and were intended for use in Europe or elsewhere abroad. 
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 U.S. officials estimated
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 that gray-market imports total about 2,100 units a year, a small part of the more than three million vehicles 
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exported to the U.S. each year.
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the new regulations will prohibit anyone other than an importer 
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that has registered with the U.S. government,
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 or a person
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 who has a contract with a registered importer, 
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from permanently importing a vehicle 
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that doesn't meet the U.S. auto safety standards. 
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 The registered importer would be required to bring such vehicles into compliance with the U.S. safety standards, 
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compared with the current situation 
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in which anyone can bring in such vehicles
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 and modify them 
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to meet the U.S. standards.
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 Congress tightened auto safety standards for gray-market imports
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 after U.S. auto dealers, 
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including franchised foreign-car dealers, 
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complained 
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that they often were blamed 
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when the second and third buyers of such vehicles found 
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that the cars couldn't meet U.S. auto safety standards. 
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