[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR592.306]

[Page 925]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 592_ROUGH DIAMONDS CONTROL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C_General Definitions
 
Sec. 592.306  Importing authority.

    (a) The term importing authority means one or more entities 
designated by a Participant into whose territory a shipment of rough 
diamonds is being imported as having the authority to enforce the laws 
and regulations of the Participant regulating imports, including the 
verification of the Kimberley Process Certificate accompanying the 
shipment.
    (b) The importing authorities for the United States are the United 
States Bureau of Customs and Border Protection or, in the case of a 
territory or possession of the United States with its own customs 
administration, analogous officials.

    Note to Sec. 592.306. The Secretary of State will periodically 
publish in the Federal Register an up-to-date listing of the importing 
authorities of all Participants.