ASSA ABLOY is governed by international, national and local laws that demand our employees, facilities and products adhere to a standard of quality, ethics, and legal regulatory and statutory requirements for the countries in which we operate.
The Buy American Act (BAA) is the primary law that addresses domestic content preferences in Federal procurement. It provides a preference for the purchase of domestic end products and domestic construction materials. The implementing instructions for BAA provided under the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) provides a two part test to determine if products comply with this regulation.
Buy American Act (BAA) (41 U.S.C.8301-8305)
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 52.225-1,5,9
The Trade Agreements Act (TAA) provides the President the authority to waive the Buy American statute by allowing for products originating from countries that have signed an international trade agreement with the United States to be utilized under certain designated procurements. The Trade Agreement Act is implemented routinely under both “Construction Materials under Trade Agreements” and specific levels of “supplies” contracts, such as the Federal GSA Schedule
Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2501)
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 52.225-11/12
The Build America Buy America Act (BABAA), enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 15, 2021, established a domestic content procurement preference for all Federal financial assistance obligated for infrastructure projects after May 14, 2022. The domestic content procurement preference requires that all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in covered infrastructure projects are produced in the United States.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Pub. L. 177-58
Build American Buy America Act (Title IX Section 70901)
The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a bill that authorizes annual appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Maritime Administration, as well as the Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Section 889 provides specific guidance related to the prohibition of acquisition of “Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment” and contracting of covered equipment from identified entities. DOD, GSA and NASA amended the FAR in 2020 to provide specific implementing instructions for this requirement for all acquisitions after August 13, 2020.
Pub. L. 115-232, Section 889(a)(1)(A) and (B)
FAR 52.204-24/25
A trilaterally agreed upon form used by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to certify that goods qualify for the preferential tariff treatment accorded by USMCA.
ASSA ABLOY AB is a Swedish public limited liability company with registered office in Stockholm, Sweden, whose Series B share is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm. ASSA ABLOY’s corporate governance is based on the Swedish Companies Act as well as other applicable external laws, rules and regulations, and internal rules and regulations.
Restriction of Hazardous Substances and the 2015/863/EU amendment, RoHS 3 - LifeSafety Power stays up-to-date on regulatory compliance due to RoHS (Europe-Japan) as well as California (SB 20/50) and Maine.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment- After review of the Categories of WEEE covered in Annex 1A of Directive 2002/96/EC, we have determined that we currently do not fall under the scope of the Directive.
If the Directive is updated in the future to include our products, or if we develop new products which would fall under the scope of the Directive, we will mark those products to comply with the Directive.