[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: 19CFR18.4a]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 18--TRANSPORTATION IN BOND AND MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 18.4a  Containers or road vehicles accepted for transport under customs seal; requirements.

    (a)(1) Containers covered by the Customs Convention on Containers 
shall be accepted for transport under Customs seal (see Sec. 18.4) if 
(i) durably marked with the name and address of the owner, particulars 
of tare, and identification marks and numbers, and (ii) constructed and 
equipped as outlined in Annex 1 to the Customs Convention on Containers, 
as evidenced by an accompanying unexpired certificate of approval in the 
form prescribed by Annex 2 to that Convention or by a metal plate 
showing design type approval by a competent authority.
    (2) Containers carrying merchandise covered by a TIR carnet shall be 
accepted for transport under Customs seal (see Sec. 18.4) if (i) durably 
marked with the name and address of the owner, particulars of tare, and 
identification marks and numbers, (ii) constructed and equipped as 
outlined in Annex 6 to the TIR Convention, as evidenced by an 
accompanying unexpired certificate of approval in the form prescribed by 
Annex 8 to that Convention, or by a metal plate showing design type 
approval by a competent authority, and (iii) if the container or road 
vehicle hauling the container has affixed to it a rectangular plate 
bearing the letters ``TIR'' in accordance with Article 31 of the TIR 
Convention.
    (b) Road vehicles carrying merchandise covered by a TIR carnet shall 
be accepted for transport under Customs seal if (1) durably marked with 
the name and address of the owner, particulars of tare, and 
identification marks and numbers, (2) constructed and equipped as 
outlined in Annex 3 to the TIR Convention, as evidenced by an 
accompanying unexpired certificate of approval in the form prescribed by 
Annex 5 to that Convention, or by a metal plate showing design type 
approval by a competent authority, and (3) if the road vehicle has 
affixed to it a rectangular plate bearing the letters

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``TIR'' in accordance with Article 31 of the TIR Convention.
    (c) The port director may refuse to accept for transport under 
Customs seal a container or road vehicle bearing evidence of approval 
if, in his opinion, the container or road vehicle no longer meets the 
requirements of the applicable Convention.
    (d) Containers or road vehicles which are not approved under the 
provisions of a Customs Convention may be accepted for transport under 
Customs seal only if the port director at the port of origin is 
satisfied that (1) the container or road vehicle can be effectively 
sealed and (2) no goods can be removed from or introduced into the 
container or road vehicle without obvious damage to it or without 
breaking the seal. A container or road vehicle so accepted shall not 
carry merchandise covered by a TIR carnet.

[T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4486, Mar. 6, 1971, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 
51254, Dec. 21, 1988]