[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR141.54]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 141--ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart D--Quantity of Merchandise To Be Included in an Entry
 
Sec. 141.54  Separate entries for consolidated shipments.

    When separate entries for consolidated shipments are made in 
accordance with Sec. 141.52(a), the following procedures shall apply 
except where the merchandise is released directly to the carrier in 
accordance with Sec. 141.11(b):
    (a) Deposit of evidence of right to make entry. The nominal 
consignee of a consolidated shipment covering merchandise for various 
ultimate consignees who desire to make separate entries shall deposit 
with the port director evidence of the right to make entry as set forth 
in Sec. 141.11(a), and such evidence shall be permanently retained by 
the port director.
    (b) Waiver of right to have bill of lading or air waybill returned. 
If a bill of lading or air waybill is filed, it shall contain the 
following endorsement signed by the consignee named therein:

    As the within-described merchandise belongs to various ultimate 
consignees who desire to make separate entries therefor, the undersigned 
consignee thereof hereby expressly waives the right granted by section 
484(j), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to have this bill of lading or 
air waybill returned.

    (c) Certificate by nominal consignee. Except when an authority to 
make entry for a portion of a consolidated shipment is executed on the 
entry form in the space provided, at the time of depositing the bill of 
lading, air waybill, or other document, the named consignee shall 
produce a certificate prepared and signed by him for each portion of the 
shipment for which separate entry is desired. The authority to make 
entry carried by such a certificate may be transferred by endorsement. 
The certificate shall be in the following form:

                                                    Port of ------------
                                                      ------------, 19--

                         Authority To Make Entry

    Of merchandise imported at ------------------------, 19--, per ----
--------, from ------------ shipped by ------------, consigned to ------
------, endorsed to ------------, covered by 1------------ 
dated ------------, 19--, at ------------ on file with the port director 
at ------------.
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    \1\ Insert ``bill of lading,'' ``air waybill,'' ``certified 
duplicate bill of lading,'' ``certified duplicate air waybill,'' 
``carrier's certificate,'' or ``shipping receipt.''

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    (We) (I) ------------------------, the consignee(s) in the above-
mentioned document covering merchandise for various ultimate consignees, 
hereby authorize ------------ or order to make Customs entry for the 
above described merchandise.
  ______________________________________________________________________
                                                          (Consignee(s))
    \1\ Insert ``bill of lading,'' ``certified duplicate bill of 
lading,'' ``carrier's certificate,'' or ``shipping receipt.''

    (d) Verification of certificate. When a certificate on a separate 
document as described in paragraph (c) of this section is presented, it 
shall be compared with the supporting document and after being initialed 
by the ministerial clerk shall be returned to the consignee for 
transmittal to the person who will make entry. When an entry is received 
having executed in the space provided thereon an authority to make entry 
for a portion of a consolidated shipment, such authority shall be 
compared with the supporting document.

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 78-394, 43 
FR 49788, Oct. 25, 1978]