[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR61.2]

[Page 274-275]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 61--WORLD-WIDE FREE FLOW OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 61.2  Definitions.

    Department--means the Department of State.
    Applicant-- means: (1) The United States holder of the ``basic 
rights'' in the material submitted for export certification; or (2) the 
holder of a foreign certificate seeking import authentication.
    Application form--means the Application for Certificate of 
International Educational Character (Form IAP-17) which is required for 
requesting Department certification of United States produced audio-
visual materials under the provisions of the Beirut Agreement.
    Attestation Officer--means the Chief Attestation Officer of the 
United States and any member of his or her staff with authority to issue 
Certificates or Importation Documents.
    Audio-visual materials--means: (1) Films, filmstrips and microfilm 
in exposed and developed negative form, or in positive form, viz., 
masters or prints, teletranscriptions, kinescopes, videotape; (2) 
electronic sound recordings and sound/picture recordings of all types 
and forms or pressings and transfers thereform; (3) slides and 
transparencies; moving and static models, wallcharts, globes, maps and 
posters.
    Authentication--means the process through which an applicant obtains 
a United States Importation Document for Audio-visual Materials (Form 
IA-862).
    Basic rights--means the world-wide non-restrictive ownership rights 
in audio-visual materials from which the assignment of subsidiary rights 
(such as language versions, television, limited distribution, 
reproduction, etc.) are derived.
    Beirut Agreement--means the ``Agreement for Facilitating the 
International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an 
Educational, Scientific, or Cultural Character.''
    Certificate--means a document attesting that the named material 
complies with the standards set forth in Article I of the Beirut 
Agreement issued by: (1) The appropriate government agency of the State 
wherein the material to which the certificate relates originated, or (2) 
by the United Nations Educational, Scientific or Cultural Organization.
    Certification--means the process of obtaining a certificate 
attesting that audio-visual materials of United States

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origin being exported from the United States comply with the standards 
set forth in Article I of the Beirut Agreement, as interpreted pursuant 
to Section 207 of Public Law 101-138.
    Collateral instructional material--means a teacher's manual, study 
guide, or similar instructional material prepared or reviewed by a bona 
fide subject matter specialist. Such material must delineate the 
informational or instructional objectives of the audio-visual material 
and illustrate or explain how to utilize such material to attain the 
stated objectives.
    Committee on attestation--means the committee which advises the 
Attestation Officer on matters of policy and the evaluation of specific 
materials.
    Exports--means educational, scientific, and cultural audio-visual 
material of United States origin, being sent from the United States.
    Importation document--means the United States Importation Document 
for Audio-visual Materials (Form IA-862) issued by the Chief Attestation 
Officer of the United States which attests that materials of foreign 
origin entering the United States comply with the standards set forth in 
Article I of the Beirut Agreement (as interpreted pursuant to section 
207 of Public Law 101-138) and is therefore entitled to duty-free entry 
into the United States pursuant to the provisions of United States 
Customs Bureau Harmonized Tariff System Item No. 9817.00.4000.
    Imports--means educational, scientific, and cultural audio-visual 
material of foreign origin being brought into the United States.
    Instruct or inform--means to teach, train or impart knowledge 
through the development of a subject or aspect of a subject to aid the 
viewer or listener in a learning process. The instructional or 
informational character of audio-visual material may be evidenced by the 
presence of collateral instructional material.
    Knowledge--means a body of facts and principles acquired by 
instruction, study, research, or experience.
    Review Board--means the panel appointed by the Secretary of State to 
review appeals filed by applicants from decisions rendered by an 
Attestation Officer.
    Secretary of State--means the Secretary of State of the State 
Department.
    Serial certification--means certification by the Department of 
materials produced in series form and which, for time-sensitive reasons, 
cannot be reviewed prior to production; but samples are provided on 
application, and the materials are subject to post-certification review.
    Subject matter specialist--means an individual who has acquired 
special skill in or knowledge of a particular subject through 
professional training or practical experience.

[59 FR 18965, Apr. 21, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 29989, June 7, 1995. 
Redesignated at 64 FR 54539, Oct. 7, 1999]