Common use of COUNTERFEIT PARTS PREVENTION Clause in Contracts

COUNTERFEIT PARTS PREVENTION. a. Seller shall not furnish Counterfeit Parts to Buyer. For the purposes of this Contract, Counterfeit Parts are defined as unauthorized copies, imitation, substitute or modified parts (e.g. materials, parts, components, subassemblies) which are misrepresented as a specified genuine part(s) of an original or authorized manufacturer. Counterfeit Parts can include, but are not limited to, the false identification of marking or labeling, grade, serial number, lot number, date code, documentation or performance characteristics, including used parts represented as new. Counterfeit and Suspect Counterfeit Parts shall be deemed nonconforming to this Contract. A Suspect Counterfeit Part is a part for which there is objective and credible evidence indicating that it is likely counterfeit.