[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR355.20]

[Page 472-473]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 355--ENDANGERED SPECIES REGULATIONS CONCERNING TERRESTRIAL PLANTS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart--Inspections and Related Provisions

Sec. 355.20  Marketing and notification requirements for plants imported, exported, or reexported by means other than mail. \5\
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    \5\ Certain terrestrial plants listed in Appendices I, II, or III of 
the Convention or determined by the U.S. Department of the Interior to 
be endangered or threatened or similar in appearance to endangered or 
threatened species are required to be accompanied by documentation at 
the time of importation, exportation, or reexportation (see 50 CFR 
chapter I). Plants are allowed to be imported, exported or reexported 
only at ports authorized for such purposes by the U.S. Department of the 
Interior, or, under certain circumstances as determined by the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, at nondesignated ports, pursuant to section 
9(f) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1538(f)). (see 50 CFR part 24 for a list of 
designated ports.)
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    (a) Any terrestrial plant which is to be imported, exported, or 
reexported by means other than mail and which may be imported, exported, 
or reexported under 50 CFR part 17 or part 23 only if accompanied by 
documentation, shall at the time of importation, exportation, or 
reexportation plainly and correctly bear on the outer container or on a 
tag, invoice, packing list, or

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other document accompanying the plant, the following information:
    (1) Genus and species, and quantity of each (if a hybrid, genus of 
each parent, and quantity of each hybrid),
    (2) Country and locality where collected from the wild or where 
produced from cultivated stock,
    (3) Name and address (in the United States if exported or 
reexported) of shipper, owner or person shipping or forwarding the 
plants,
    (4) Name and address (in the United States if imported) of 
consignee,
    (5) Identifying shipper's mark and number, and
    (6) Serial number and type (e.g., permit, certificate) of document 
issued for the importation, exportation, or reexportation of the plant.
    (b) Promptly upon arrival at a port of import (listed in 50 CFR part 
24, or, if allowed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, at a 
nondesignated port) of any terrestrial plant which is imported by means 
other than mail and which may be imported under 50 CFR part 17 or part 
23 only if accompanied by documentation, the importer shall notify Plant 
Protection and Quarantine of the arrival and of the genus and species of 
the plant by such means as a manifest, Customs entry document, 
commercial invoice, waybill, broker's document, or notice form provided 
for that purpose.
    (c) Prior to the exportation or reexportation of any terrestrial 
plant which is to be exported or reexported by other than mail and which 
may be exported or reexported under 50 CFR part 17 or part 23 only if 
accompanied by documentation, the exporter or reexporter shall notify 
Plant Protection and Quarantine of the intended exportation or 
reexportation and of the genus and species of the plant by such means as 
a manifest, commercial invoice, waybill, broker's document, or notice 
form provided for that purpose.

(Information collection requirements were approved by the Office of 
Budget and Management under control number 0579-0076)