[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR114.3]

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                        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. 114.3  Carnets.

    (a) Use. A carnet issued in conformity with the provisions of a 
Convention or Agreement identified in Sec. 114.2 and with the 
regulations in this part shall serve as an entry document within the 
scope contemplated by the applicable Convention or Agreement and as a 
bond for the performance of acts in compliance with the provisions of 
such Convention or Agreement and the Customs statutes and regulations 
which are involved. Such carnet shall:
    (1) Show the period for which it is valid,
    (2) Be fully completed in accordance with the provisions of the 
Convention or Agreement which provides for its issuance, and
    (3) Include an English translation whenever the goods covered by a 
carnet are described in another language.
    (b) Area of validity. Carnets are valid in the customs territory of 
the United States which includes only the States, the District of 
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

[T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4490, Mar. 6, 1971, as amended by T.D. 98-10, 63 FR 
4168, Jan. 28, 1998]