[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 15CFR301.9]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 301_INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC 
INSTITUTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  301.9  Uses and disposition of instruments entered under subheading 
9810.00.60, HTSUS.

    (a) An instrument granted duty-free entry may be transferred from 
the applicant institution to another eligible institution provided the 
receiving institution agrees not to use the instrument for commercial 
purposes within 5 years of the date of entry of the instrument. In such 
cases title to the instrument must be transferred directly between the 
institutions involved. An institution transferring a foreign instrument 
entered under subheading 9810.00.60, HTSUS within 5 years of its entry 
shall so inform the Customs Port in writing and shall include the 
following information:
    (1) The name and address of the transferring institution.
    (2) The name and address of the transferee.
    (3) The date of transfer.
    (4) A detailed description of the instrument.
    (5) The serial number of the instrument and any accompanying 
accessories.
    (6) The entry number, date of entry, and port of entry of the 
instrument.
    (b) Whenever the circumstances warrant, and occasionally in any 
event, the fact of continued use for 5 years for noncommercial purposes 
by the applicant institution shall be verified by Customs.
    (c) If an instrument is transferred in a manner other than specified 
above or is used for commercial purposes within 5 years of entry, the 
institution for which such instrument was entered shall promptly notify 
the Customs officials at the Port and shall be liable for the payment of 
duty in an amount determined on the basis of its condition as imported 
and the rate applicable to it.

[47 FR 32517, July 28, 1982, as amended at 66 FR 28834, May 25, 2001]