[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR115.10]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 115--CARGO CONTAINER AND ROAD VEHICLE CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS CONVENTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Administration
 
Sec. 115.10  Certificate of approval.

    A Certifying Authority shall issue a certificate of approval by 
design type for a specified number or unlimited series of containers 
that are approved in accordance with the procedures contained in 
Secs. 115.29, 115.31, 115.38, and 115.41, and road vehicles that are 
approved in accordance with the procedures contained in Secs. 115.49, 
115.52, 115.63, and 115.66 of this part.
    (a) Road vehicles. A Certifying Authority shall issue a certificate 
of approval conforming to the model in Annex 4 of the 1975 TIR 
Convention for vehicles submitted for individual or design type 
approval, if satisfied that the vehicles comply with the technical 
conditions prescribed in Annex 2 of the TIR Convention, 1975.
    (b) Containers--(1) Approval after manufacture. A Certifying 
Authority shall issue a certificate of approval conforming to the model 
in Appendix 3, Part II to Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and 
Appendix 3 to Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972, for 
containers approved at a stage after manufacture, when it has been 
ascertained that the containers comply with the technical conditions 
prescribed in Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and Annex 4 of the 
Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. The certificate shall be valid 
for the number of containers approved.
    (2) Design type approved. A Certifying Authority shall issue a 
single certificate of approval conforming to the model in Appendix 2, 
Part II to Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and Appendix 2 to Annex 
5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972, for containers approved 
by design type when it has been ascertained that the container type 
complies with the technical conditions prescribed in Annex 7 of the 1975 
TIR Convention, and Annex 4 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 
1972. The certificate shall be valid for all containers manufactured in 
conformity with the specifications of the type approved.
    (c) Provisions common to both approval procedures. The certificate 
of approval issued pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 
shall be valid for either the specific number of containers approved, or 
for an unlimited series of containers of the approved type.