[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR113.64]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 113--CUSTOMS BONDS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G--Customs Bond Conditions
 
Sec. 113.64  International carrier bond conditions.

    A bond for international carriers shall contain the conditions 
listed in this section and may be either a single entry or continuous 
bond.

                  International Carrier Bond Conditions

    (a) Agreement to Pay Penalties, Duties, Taxes, and Other Charges. If 
any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, or any master, owner, or person in 
charge of a vessel, vehicle or aircraft incurs a penalty, duty, tax or 
other charge provided by law or regulation the obligors (principal and 
surety, jointly and severally) agree to pay the sum upon demand by 
Customs. If the principal (carrier) fails to pay passenger processing 
fees to Customs no later than 31 days after the close of the calendar 
quarter in which they were collected pursuant to Sec. 24.22(g) of this 
chapter, the obligors (principal and surety, jointly and severally) 
agree to pay liquidated damages equal to two times the passenger 
processing fees which have been collected but not timely paid to Customs 
as prescribed by regulation.
    (b) Agreement on Unlading, Safekeeping, and Disposition of 
Merchandise, Supplies, Crew Purchases, Etc. The principal agrees to 
comply with all laws and Customs Regulations applicable to unlading, 
safekeeping, and disposition of merchandise, supplies, crew purchases, 
and other articles on board the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft; and to 
redeliver the foregoing to Customs upon demand as provided by Customs 
Regulations. If principal defaults, obligors agree to pay liquidated 
damages equal to the value of the merchandise involved in the default or 
three times the value of the merchandise involved in the default if the 
merchandise is restricted or prohibited merchandise or alcoholic 
beverages, or such other amount as may be authorized by law or 
regulation. It is understood and agreed that the amount to be collected 
under this condition shall be based upon the quantity and value of the 
merchandise as determined by Customs. Value as used in these provisions 
means value as determined under 19 U.S.C. 1401a.
    (c) Agreement to Deliver Export Documents. If the principal's 
vessel, vehicle, or aircraft is granted clearance without filing a 
complete outward manifest and all required export documents, the 
principal agrees to file timely the required manifest and all required 
export documents. If the principal defaults, the obligors agree to pay 
liquidated damages of $50 per day for the first 3 days, and $100 per day 
thereafter, up to $1,000 in total.
    (d) Agreement to comply with Customs Regulations applicable to 
Customs security areas at airports. If access to Customs security areas 
at airports is desired, the principal (including its employees, agents, 
and contractors) agrees to comply with the Customs Regulations 
applicable to Customs security areas at airports. If the principal 
defaults, the obligors (principal

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and surety, jointly and severally) agree to pay liquidated damages of 
$1000 for each default or such other amount as may be authorized by law 
or regulation.
    (e) Exoneration of the United States. The obligors agree to 
exonerate the United States and its officers from any risk, loss, or 
expense arising out of entry or clearance of the carrier, or handling of 
the articles on board.
    (f) Unlawful disposition. (1) Principal agrees that it will not 
allow seized or detained merchandise, marked with warning labels of the 
fact of seizure or detention, to be placed on board a vessel, vehicle, 
or aircraft for exportation or to be otherwise disposed of without 
written permission from Customs, and that if it fails to prevent such 
placement or other disposition, it will redeliver the merchandise to 
Customs within 30 days, upon demand made within 10 days of Customs 
discovery of the unlawful placement or other disposition.
    (2) Principal agrees that it will act, in regard to merchandise in 
its possession on the date the redelivery demand is issued, in 
accordance with any Customs demand for redelivery made within 10 days of 
Customs discovery that there is reasonable cause to believe that the 
merchandise was exported in violation of the export control laws.
    (3) Obligors agree that if the principal defaults in either of these 
obligations, they will pay, as liquidated damages, an amount equal to 
three times the value of the merchandise which was not redelivered.

[T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, as amended by T.D. 85-123, 50 
FR 29954, July 23, 1985; T.D. 87-124, 52 FR 37135, Oct. 5, 1987; T.D. 
88-46, 53 FR 29230, Aug. 3, 1988; 53 FR 44186, Nov. 2, 1988; T.D. 88-72, 
53 FR 45902, Nov. 15, 1988; T.D. 93-37, 58 FR 30984, May 28, 1993; T.D. 
01-26, 66 FR 16854, Mar. 28, 2001]