[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 19CFR115.2]



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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 115_CARGO CONTAINER AND ROAD VEHICLE CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS CONVENTIONS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  115.2  Application.



    (a) Certification of containers and road vehicles for international 

transport under Customs seal is voluntary. This chapter does not require 

certification of containers and road vehicles.

    (b) The Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods 

Under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention), January 15, 1959 (20 UST 

184, TIAS 6633), requires that the approval of road vehicles be made by 

competent authorities of the country in which the owner or carrier is a 

resident or is established, and that containers should be either 

similarly approved, or approved by the competent authority of the 

country where it is first used for transport under Customs seal. The 

Customs Convention on Containers, May 18, 1956 (20 UST 301, TIAS 6634), 

requires that the approval of containers be made by competent 

authorities of the country in which the owner is a resident or is 

established or by those of the country where the container is used for 

the first time for transport under Customs seal. The TIR Convention, 

1975, generally provides that a road vehicle, for which approval at a 

stage after manufacture is desired, shall be approved by the competent 

authority where the vehicle owner or operator is established or located, 

or where the vehicle is registered. Such approval under the TIR 

Convention, 1975, or, for containers, the Customs Convention on 

Containers, 1972, may be accomplished by the competent authority of the 

country in which the owner or operator is able to produce the 

conveyance. The 1975 TIR Convention and the Customs Convention on 

Containers, 1972, also provide that the Certifying Authority of the 

country of manufacture, if that country is a contracting party to the 

Convention, may approve a series of road vehicles or containers 

presented for design type approval. The procedures for applying for 

certification are contained in Sec. Sec.  115.28, 115.38, 115.49, and 

115.63 of this part.