(a) The manufacturer may follow an independent laboratory's procedures for production inspections and tests if those procedures--
(1) Meet or exceed the production inspection and test requirements of the applicable subpart or are equivalent to those inspections and tests;
(2) Include labeling or marking the equipment or material when the equipment or material meets the inspection and test procedures of the laboratory; and
(3) Are accepted by the Commandant under Sec. 159.007-7(b).
(b) [Reserved]