[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: 19CFR12.34]

[Page 234-235]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 12--SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.34  Importation prohibited; certificate of inspection; importer's declaration.

    (a) The importation into the United States of white phosphorus 
matches is prohibited.
    (b) Invoices covering matches imported into the United States shall 
be accompanied by a certificate of official inspection of the Government 
of the country of manufacture in the following form:

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              Certificate of Official Inspection of Matches

    I, ---------------- (Name), do hereby certify that I am the --------
---- (Official title), that according to the chemical analysis made by 
me the matches described below do not contain white or yellow phosphorus 
and that therefore they are not white phosphorus matches as defined in 
the Act of Congress of the United States of America approved April 9, 
1912;

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Name of
                                                          consignee and
Number of case    Description of     Name and address   address, vessel,
     mark             matches         of manufacturer      and date of
                                                            shipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                ..................  ..................  ................
                ..................  ..................  ................
                ..................  ..................  ................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  ______________________________________________________________________
                                                         (Signature)    
  ______________________________________________________________________
                                                    (Official title)    

    (c) In the absence of such certificate, the matches shall be 
detained until a certificate is produced or the importer submits 
satisfactory evidence to show that the matches were not in fact 
manufactured with the use of poisonous white or yellow phosphorus.
    (d) The production of the above certificate shall not be required on 
the entry of matches manufactured in countries which prohibit the use of 
white or yellow phosphorus in the manufacture of matches.
    (e) At the time of filing an entry for imported matches, the 
importer shall make a declaration that to the best of his knowledge and 
belief no matches included in the invoice and entry are white phosphorus 
matches.

[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35477, 
Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]