[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR335.5]

[Page 53-54]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 335_IMPORTS OF WORSTED WOOL FABRIC--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  335.5  Licenses.

    (a) Each Licensee will receive a license, which will include a 
unique control number. The license is subject to the surrender and 
reallocation provisions in Sec.  335.6.
    (b) A license may be exercised only for fabric entered for 
consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during the 
Tariff Rate Quota Year specified in the license. A license will be 
debited on the basis of date of entry for consumption or withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption.
    (c) A Licensee may import fabric certified by the importer as 
suitable for use in making suits, suit-type jackets, or trousers under 
the appropriate Tariff Rate Quota as specified in the license (i.e., 
under the Tariff Rate Quota

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for fabric of worsted wool with average fiber diameters greater than 
18.5 micron or the Tariff Rate Quota for fabric of worsted wool with 
average fiber diameters of 18.5 micron or less) up to the quantity 
specified in the license subject to the Tariff Rate Quota duty rate. 
Only a Licensee or an importer authorized by a Licensee will be 
permitted to import fabric under the Tariff Rate Quotas and to receive 
the Tariff Rate Quota duty rate.
    (d) The term of a license shall be the Tariff Rate Quota Year for 
which it is issued. Fabric may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption under a license only during the term of that license. 
The license cannot be used for fabric entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption after December 31 of the year of the term of 
the license.
    (e) The importer of record of fabric entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption under a license must be the Licensee or an 
importer authorized by the Licensee to act on its behalf. If the 
importer of record is the Licensee, the importer must possess the 
license at the time of filing the entry summary or warehouse withdrawal 
for consumption (Customs Form 7501).
    (f) A Licensee may only authorize an importer to import fabric under 
the license on its behalf by making such an authorization in writing or 
by electronic notice to the importer and providing a copy of such 
authorization to the Department. A Licensee may only withdraw 
authorization from an importer by notifying the importer, in writing or 
by electronic notice, and providing a copy to the Department.
    (g) The written authorization must include the unique number of the 
license, must specifically cover the type of fabric imported, and must 
be in the possession of the importer at the time of filing the entry 
summary or warehouse withdrawal for consumption (Customs Form 7501), or 
its electronic equivalent, in order for the importer to obtain the 
applicable Tariff Rate Quota duty rate.
    (h) It is the responsibility of the Licensee to safeguard the use of 
the license issued. The Department and the U.S. Customs Service will not 
be liable for any unauthorized or improper use of the license.