[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR133.27]

[Page 700]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 133_TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES, AND COPYRIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Importations Bearing Registered and/or Recorded Trademarks or 
                          Recorded Trade Names
 
Sec. 133.27  Civil fines for those involved in the importation of 
merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark.

    In addition to any other penalty or remedy authorized by law, CBP 
may impose a civil fine under 19 U.S.C. 1526(f) on any person who 
directs, assists financially or otherwise, or aids and abets the 
importation of merchandise for sale or public distribution that bears a 
counterfeit mark resulting in a seizure of the merchandise under 19 
U.S.C. 1526(e) (see Sec. 133.21 of this subpart), as follows:
    (a) First violation. For the first seizure of merchandise under this 
section, the fine imposed will not be more than the value the 
merchandise would have had if it were genuine, according to the 
manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the time 
of seizure.
    (b) Subsequent violations: For the second and each subsequent 
seizure under this section, the fine imposed will not be more than twice 
the value the merchandise would have had if it were genuine, according 
to the manufacturer's suggested retail price in the United States at the 
time of seizure.

[CBP Dec. 03-12, 68 FR 43637, July 24, 2003]