[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR114.1]

[Page 518-519]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 114--CARNETS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 114.1  Definitions.


    The following are general definitions for the purpose of part 114:
    (a) Commissioner. ``Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of 
Customs.
    (b) Issuing association. ``Issuing association'' means an 
association approved by the Commissioner for the

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issue of carnets in the Customs territory of the United States under a 
Customs Convention or bilateral Agreement to which the United States has 
acceded.
    (c) Guaranteeing association. ``Guaranteeing association'' means an 
association approved by the Commissioner to guarantee the payment of 
obligations under carnets covering merchandise entering the Customs 
territory of the United States under a Customs Convention or bilateral 
Agreement to which the United States has acceded.
    (d) A.T.A. carnet. ``A.T.A. carnet'' (Admission Temporaire--
Temporary Admission) means the document reproduced as the Annex to the 
Customs Convention on the A.T.A. Carnet for the Temporary Admission of 
Goods (TIAS 6631).
    (e) [Reserved]
    (f) TIR carnet. ``TIR carnet'' (Transport International Routier) 
means the document reproduced as Annex 1 to the Customs Convention on 
the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets.
    (g) TECRO/AIT Carnet. ``TECRO/AIT carnet'' means the document issued 
pursuant to the Bilateral Agreement between the Taipei Economic and 
Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) and the American Institute in 
Taiwan (AIT) to cover the temporary admission of goods.

[T.D. 70-134, 35 FR 9261, June 13, 1970, as amended by T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 
4490, Mar. 6, 1971; T.D. 82-116, 47 FR 27262, June 24, 1982; T.D. 85-
180, 50 FR 42517, Oct. 21, 1985; T.D. 98-10, 63 FR 4168, Jan. 28, 1998]