[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: 19CFR114.1]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 114_CARNETS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  114.1  Definitions.





    The following are general definitions for the purpose of part 114:



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    (a) Commissioner. ``Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of 

Customs.

    (b) Issuing association. ``Issuing association'' means an 

association approved by the Commissioner for the issue of carnets in the 

Customs territory of the United States under a Customs Convention or 

bilateral Agreement to which the United States has acceded.

    (c) Guaranteeing association. ``Guaranteeing association'' means an 

association approved by the Commissioner to guarantee the payment of 

obligations under carnets covering merchandise entering the Customs 

territory of the United States under a Customs Convention or bilateral 

Agreement to which the United States has acceded.

    (d) A.T.A. carnet. ``A.T.A. carnet'' (Admission Temporaire--

Temporary Admission) means the document reproduced as the Annex to the 

Customs Convention on the A.T.A. Carnet for the Temporary Admission of 

Goods (TIAS 6631).

    (e) [Reserved]

    (f) TIR carnet. ``TIR carnet'' (Transport International Routier) 

means the document reproduced as Annex 1 to the Customs Convention on 

the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets.

    (g) TECRO/AIT Carnet. ``TECRO/AIT carnet'' means the document issued 

pursuant to the Bilateral Agreement between the Taipei Economic and 

Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) and the American Institute in 

Taiwan (AIT) to cover the temporary admission of goods.



[T.D. 70-134, 35 FR 9261, June 13, 1970, as amended by T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 

4490, Mar. 6, 1971; T.D. 82-116, 47 FR 27262, June 24, 1982; T.D. 85-

180, 50 FR 42517, Oct. 21, 1985; T.D. 98-10, 63 FR 4168, Jan. 28, 1998]