[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: 19CFR114.22]



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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 C_Processing of Carnets

 

Sec.  114.22  Coverage of carnets.



    (a) A.T.A. carnet. The A.T.A. carnet is acceptable for goods to be 

temporarily entered, or temporarily entered and transported, under:

    (1) The Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of 

Professional Equipment, or

    (2) The International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of 

Commercial Samples and Advertising Material, which includes:

    (i) Commercial samples, or

    (ii) Motion picture advertising films not exceeding 16 mm., 

consisting essentially of photographs (with or without sound track) 

showing the nature or operation of products or equipment whose qualities 

cannot be adequately demonstrated by samples or catalogs. There shall be 

presented with each carnet covering motion picture advertising films a 

statement showing how each of the following requirements is met. The 

films must:

    (A) Relate to products or equipment offered for sale or for hire by 

a person established in the territory of another contracting party;

    (B) Be of a kind suitable for exhibition to the public; and

    (C) Be imported in a packet which contains not more than one copy of



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each film and which does not form part of a larger consignment of films.

    (b) [Reserved]

    (c) TIR carnet--(1) Use. The TIR carnet may be accepted at any port 

of entry for the transport of merchandise in road vehicles or in 

containers, even if the containers, without being loaded on road 

vehicles, are carried by other means of transport for part of the 

journey between the customs offices of departure and destination. The 

TIR carnet may also be accepted for the transport of ``heavy or bulky 

goods'' as defined in Article 1 of the TIR Convention. The TIR carnet 

covers the transportation of merchandise for customs purposes only. Road 

vehicles transporting merchandise under cover of a TIR carnet must also 

comply with all other applicable requirements of Federal and State 

agencies concerned with the regulations of such vehicles and their 

personnel.

    (2) Taken on charge. A TIR carnet is ``taken on charge'' by Customs 

when it is accepted as a transportation entry and when the shipment 

covered thereby is receipted for by the bonded carrier (see Sec. Sec.  

18.1, 18.2, and 18.10(a) of this chapter). Until the carnet is ``taken 

on charge,'' the guaranteeing association shall have no liability to the 

United States under the carnet.

    (d) TECRO/AIT carnet--(1) Use. The TECRO/AIT carnet is acceptable 

for the following two categories of goods to be temporarily imported, 

unless importation is prohibited under the laws and regulations of the 

United States:

    (i) Professional equipment; and

    (ii) Commercial samples and advertising material imported for the 

purpose of being shown or demonstrated with a view to soliciting orders.

    (2) Issue and use. (i) Issuing associations shall indicate on the 

cover of the TECRO/AIT carnet the customs territory in which it is valid 

and the name and address of the guaranteeing association.

    (ii) The period fixed for re-exportation of goods imported under 

cover of a TECRO/AIT carnet shall not in any case exceed the period of 

validity of that carnet.

    (e) Excess liability. When the total of duties and taxes on any 

shipment covered by a carnet exceeds the amount for which the 

guaranteeing association is liable, the excess constitutes a charge 

against the carrier's bond.



[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. 98-10, 

63 FR 4168, Jan. 28, 1998]