[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR12.11]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 12--SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.11  Requirements for entry and release.

    (a) The importer or his representative shall submit to the director 
of the port of first arrival, for each entry of plants or plant products 
requiring a plant quarantine permit, a notice of arrival for any type of 
entry except rewarehouse and informal mail entries. Such notice shall be 
on a form provided for the purpose by the Department of Agriculture. The 
director of the port of arrival shall compare the notice of arrival 
which he receives from the importer or his representative with the 
shipping documents, certify its agreement therewith, and transmit it, 
together with any accompanying certificates or other documents 
pertaining to the sanitary status of the shipment, to the Department of 
Agriculture. The merchandise may not be moved, stored, or otherwise 
disposed of until the notice of arrival has been submitted and release 
for the intended purpose has been authorized by an inspector of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Programs.
    (b) Where plant or plant products are shipped from the port of first 
arrival to another port or place for inspection or other treatment by a 
representative of

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the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Programs and all Customs requirements for the release of the 
merchandise have been met, the merchandise shall be forwarded under a 
special manifest (Customs Form 7512) and in-bond labels or Customs seals 
to the representative of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs at the place at which the 
inspection or other treatment is to take place. No further release by 
the port director shall be required.

[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 78-99, 43 FR 13060, Mar. 
29, 1978]