[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: 19CFR115.9]



[Page 570-571]

 

                        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 B_Administration

 

Sec.  115.9  Certifying Authorities responsibilities--containers.



    (a) General. Containers may be approved for transport under seal by 

design type at the manufacturing stage or, otherwise, at a stage 

subsequent to manufacture.

    (b) Design type approval. The Certifying Authority to whom a 

container is submitted for design type approval shall examine the 

drawings and detailed design specifications submitted with the 

application for approval. The Certifying Authority shall advise the 

applicant of any changes that must be made to the proposed design type 

so that approval may be granted. The Certifying Authority shall examine 

one or more containers to confirm that such containers comply with the 

technical requirements of Part 1, Annex 7, TIR Convention, 1975, and 

Annex 4 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. The Certifying 

Authority shall issue a certificate authorizing the applicant to affix 

an approval plate, as



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described in Appendix 1 to Part II, Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, 

and Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972, for all 

containers manufactured in conformity with the specifications of the 

type of container approved. This certificate shall comply with the model 

certificate in Appendix 2, Part II, Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, 

and Appendix 2 of Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972.

    (c) After manufacture. The Certifying Authority to whom containers 

are submitted for approval after manufacture, shall examine as many 

containers as necessary to ascertain that they comply with the technical 

conditions prescribed in Part 1, Annex 7, TIR Convention, 1975, and 

Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. The Certifying 

Authority shall issue a certificate of approval authorizing the 

applicant to affix an approval plate to the specific number or series of 

containers being approved. The certificate shall comply with the model 

certificate of approval in Appendix 3, Part II, Annex 7, TIR Convention, 

1975, and Appendix 3, Annex 5, Customs Convention on Containers, 1972.

    (d) Supplementary examinations. If a container approved by design 

type is the subject of an extended production run or several production 

runs under one certificate of approval, the Certifying Authority shall 

confirm by examination of one or more containers during the 

manufacturing process, or by other means, that such containers continue 

to meet the approved drawings and detailed design specifications and the 

technical requirements of Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and Annex 

4 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. For the purposes of 

this section, an extended production run shall be considered as a 

continuous run of many units over long periods of time, as well as a new 

run following completion of a previous run.