[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1530.110]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER XV--FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1530--THE REFINED SUGAR RE-EXPORT PROGRAM, THE SUGAR CONTAINING PRODUCTS RE-EXPORT PROGRAM, AND THE POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1530.110  Records, certification, and documentation.

    (a) A licensee shall establish a documentation agreement with the 
Licensing Authority before submitting for credit against a license. The 
licensee shall propose to the Licensing Authority a list of documents to 
substantiate entries, transfers, exports, or use as appropriate. The 
Licensing Authority shall consider the licensee's proposal to assure 
that it provides that a program transaction is fully substantiated, and 
shall then respond in writing to the licensee in a timely fashion 
outlining any deficiencies. Once agreed, the licensee shall submit a 
notarized letter specifying the documents to be maintained on file and 
certifying that the charges and credits made pursuant to Sec. 1530.106 
will be kept on file, identifiable by a unique number, and available for 
inspection pursuant to Sec. 1530.110.
    (b) For all transactions, the documentation shall:
    (1) Substantiate the information required in Sec. 1530.109 (c), and 
the completion of the reported transaction;
    (2) Establish the buyer and seller specifications for a transaction;
    (3) Include all U.S. Customs forms submitted in the entry or export 
process;
    (4) Provide the correct telephone numbers and addresses of any 
agents, consignees, foreign purchasers, and non-vessel operating common 
carriers used in completing the transaction;
    (5) Indicate the port of entry or export for the program 
transaction;
    (6) Provide the percentage of sugar in a sugar containing product or 
certain polyhydric alcohols; and
    (7) Provide the name of export carrier, vessel name, and container 
number.
    (c) The licensee shall maintain the documentation established in the 
documentation agreement for 5 years from the date of such program 
transaction.
    (d) Upon request, the licensee shall make the records, outlined by 
the documentation agreement and identified (associated) by the unique 
number assigned by the licensee to the program transaction as reported 
to the Licensing Authority for posting against a license balance, 
available for inspection and copying by the Licensing Authority, the 
Compliance Review Staff of the Foreign Agricultural Service, and/or the 
Office of the Inspector General, USDA, the U.S. Department of Justice, 
or any U.S. Government regulatory or investigative office.