[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: 19CFR115.9]

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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. 115.9  Certifying Authorities responsibilities--containers.

    (a) General. Containers may be approved for transport under seal by 
design type at the manufacturing stage or, otherwise, at a stage 
subsequent to manufacture.
    (b) Design type approval. The Certifying Authority to whom a 
container is submitted for design type approval shall examine the 
drawings and detailed design specifications submitted with the 
application for approval. The Certifying Authority shall advise the 
applicant of any changes that must be made to the proposed design type 
so that approval may be granted. The Certifying Authority shall examine 
one or more containers to confirm that such containers comply with the 
technical requirements of Part 1, Annex 7, TIR Convention, 1975, and 
Annex 4 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. The Certifying 
Authority shall issue a certificate authorizing the applicant to affix 
an approval plate, as described in Appendix 1 to Part II, Annex 7 of the 
TIR Convention, 1975, and Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on 
Containers, 1972, for all containers manufactured in conformity with the 
specifications of the type of container approved. This certificate shall 
comply with the model certificate in Appendix 2, Part II, Annex 7 of the 
TIR Convention, 1975, and Appendix 2 of Annex 5 of the Customs 
Convention on Containers, 1972.
    (c) After manufacture. The Certifying Authority to whom containers 
are submitted for approval after manufacture, shall examine as many 
containers as necessary to ascertain that they comply with the technical 
conditions prescribed in Part 1, Annex 7, TIR Convention, 1975, and 
Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. The Certifying 
Authority shall issue a certificate of approval authorizing the 
applicant to affix an approval plate to the specific number or series of 
containers being approved. The certificate shall comply with the model 
certificate of approval in Appendix 3, Part II, Annex 7, TIR Convention, 
1975, and Appendix 3, Annex 5, Customs Convention on Containers, 1972.
    (d) Supplementary examinations. If a container approved by design 
type is the subject of an extended production run or several production 
runs under one certificate of approval, the Certifying Authority shall 
confirm by examination of one or more containers during the 
manufacturing process, or by other means, that such containers continue 
to meet the approved drawings and detailed design specifications and the 
technical requirements of Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and Annex

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4 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. For the purposes of 
this section, an extended production run shall be considered as a 
continuous run of many units over long periods of time, as well as a new 
run following completion of a previous run.