[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: 15CFR719.3]

[Page 182-183]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 719_ENFORCEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  719.3  Violations of the IEEPA subject to judicial enforcement 
proceedings.

    (a) Violations. (1) Import restrictions involving Schedule 1 
chemicals. Except as otherwise provided in Sec.  712.1 of this 
subchapter, no person may import any Schedule 1 chemical (See Supplement 
No. 1 to part 712 of this subchapter) unless:
    (i) The import is from a State Party;
    (ii) The import is for research, medical, pharmaceutical, or 
protective purposes;
    (iii) The import is in types and quantities strictly limited to 
those that can be justified for such purposes; and
    (iv) The importing person has notified the Department of Commerce 45 
calendar days prior to the import pursuant to Sec.  712.4 of this 
subchapter.
    (2) Import restrictions involving Schedule 2 chemicals. Except as 
otherwise provided in Sec.  713.1 of this subchapter, no person may, on 
or after April 29, 2000, import any Schedule 2 chemical (see Supplement 
No. 1 to part 713 of this subchapter) from any destination other than a 
State Party.
    (b) Civil penalty. A civil penalty not to exceed $11,000 may be 
imposed in accordance with this part on any person for each violation of 
this section.1
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    \1\ The maximum civil penalty allowed under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act is $11,000 for any violation committed on 
or after October 23, 1996 (15 CFR 6.4(a)(3)).
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    (c) Criminal penalty. Whoever willfully violates paragraph (a)(1) or 
(2) of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than 
$50,000, or, if a natural person, imprisoned for not more

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than ten years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any 
corporation who knowingly participates in such violation may be punished 
by like fine, imprisonment, or both.2
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    \2\ Alternatively, sanctions may be imposed under 18 U.S.C. 3571, a 
criminal code provision that establishes a maximum criminal fine for a 
felony that is the greatest of: (1) the amount provided by the statute 
that was violated; (2) an amount not more than $250,000 for an 
individual, or not more than $500,000 for an organization; or (3) an 
amount based on gain or loss from the offense.
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