[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: 19CFR115.42]

[Page 519]
 
                        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 D--Procedures for Approval of Containers After Manufacture
 
Sec. 115.42  Approval plates.

    (a) The owner or operator applicant shall, upon receipt of a 
certificate of approval from the Certifying Authority, affix an approval 
plate in the manner specified for containers approved by design type 
(see Sec. 115.32).
    (b) Although an entry is not required in the space provided for type 
identifiers on an approval plate for containers approved after 
manufacture, identification number and letters indicating that a series 
of containers comply with the same specifications may be placed in such 
space. This may be used to assist in the identification of a series of 
containers in which a common defect may be discovered subsequent to 
certification. In such case the approval number on the plate shall be 
altered by an addition to the second or third element of such number. 
The specific method of altering the approval number may be established 
by each Certifying Authority, for containers approved by it, and 
communicated to the U.S. Customs Service.
    (c) Two possible methods of accomplishing this are:
    (1) Placing an ``X'' in front of the numeric portion of the middle 
element of the approval number, e.g., USA/X123-IB/85.
    (2) Placing a suffix at the end of the approval number, e.g, USA/
123-AB/85-01.