[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: 19CFR114.22]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 114--CARNETS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Processing of Carnets
 
Sec. 114.22  Coverage of carnets.

    (a) A.T.A. carnet. The A.T.A. carnet is acceptable for goods to be 
temporarily entered, or temporarily entered and transported, under:
    (1) The Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of 
Professional Equipment, or
    (2) The International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of 
Commercial Samples and Advertising Material, which includes:
    (i) Commercial samples, or
    (ii) Motion picture advertising films not exceeding 16 mm., 
consisting essentially of photographs (with or without sound track) 
showing the nature or operation of products or equipment whose qualities 
cannot be adequately demonstrated by samples or catalogs. There shall be 
presented with each carnet covering motion picture advertising films a 
statement showing how each of the following requirements is met. The 
films must:
    (A) Relate to products or equipment offered for sale or for hire by 
a person established in the territory of another contracting party;
    (B) Be of a kind suitable for exhibition to the public; and
    (C) Be imported in a packet which contains not more than one copy of 
each film and which does not form part of a larger consignment of films.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) TIR carnet--(1) Use. The TIR carnet may be accepted at any port 
of entry for the transport of merchandise in road vehicles or in 
containers, even if the containers, without being loaded on road 
vehicles, are carried by other means of transport for part of the 
journey between the customs offices of departure and destination. The 
TIR carnet may also be accepted for the transport of ``heavy or bulky 
goods'' as defined in Article 1 of the TIR Convention. The TIR carnet 
covers the transportation of merchandise for customs purposes only. Road 
vehicles transporting merchandise under cover of a TIR carnet must also 
comply with all other applicable requirements of Federal and State 
agencies concerned with the regulations of such vehicles and their 
personnel.
    (2) Taken on charge. A TIR carnet is ``taken on charge'' by Customs 
when it is accepted as a transportation entry and when the shipment 
covered thereby is receipted for by the bonded carrier (see Secs. 18.1, 
18.2, and 18.10(a) of this chapter). Until the carnet is ``taken on 
charge,'' the guaranteeing association shall have no liability to the 
United States under the carnet.
    (d) TECRO/AIT carnet--(1) Use. The TECRO/AIT carnet is acceptable 
for the following two categories of goods to be temporarily imported, 
unless importation is prohibited under the laws and regulations of the 
United States:
    (i) Professional equipment; and
    (ii) Commercial samples and advertising material imported for the 
purpose of being shown or demonstrated with a view to soliciting orders.
    (2) Issue and use. (i) Issuing associations shall indicate on the 
cover of the

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TECRO/AIT carnet the customs territory in which it is valid and the name 
and address of the guaranteeing association.
    (ii) The period fixed for re-exportation of goods imported under 
cover of a TECRO/AIT carnet shall not in any case exceed the period of 
validity of that carnet.
    (e) Excess liability. When the total of duties and taxes on any 
shipment covered by a carnet exceeds the amount for which the 
guaranteeing association is liable, the excess constitutes a charge 
against the carrier's bond.

[T.D. 70-134, 35 FR 9261, June 13, 1970, as amended by T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 
4490, Mar. 6, 1971; T.D. 82-116, 47 FR 27262, June 24, 1982; T.D. 98-10, 
63 FR 4168, Jan. 28, 1998]