[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 19CFR12.11]



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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 12_SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  12.11  Requirements for entry and release.



    (a) The importer or his representative shall submit to the director 

of the port of first arrival, for each entry of plants or plant products 

requiring a plant quarantine permit, a notice of arrival for any type of 

entry except rewarehouse and informal mail entries. Such notice shall be 

on a form provided for the purpose by the Department of Agriculture. The 

director of the port of arrival shall compare the notice of arrival 

which he receives from the importer or his representative with the 

shipping documents, certify its agreement therewith, and transmit it, 

together with any accompanying certificates or other documents 

pertaining to the sanitary status of the shipment, to the Department of 

Agriculture. The merchandise may not be moved, stored, or otherwise 

disposed of until the notice of arrival has been submitted and release 

for the intended purpose has been authorized by an inspector of the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and 

Quarantine Programs.

    (b) Where plant or plant products are shipped from the port of first 

arrival to another port or place for inspection or other treatment by a 

representative of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant 

Protection and Quarantine Programs and all Customs requirements for the 

release of the merchandise have been met, the merchandise shall be 

forwarded under a special manifest (Customs Form 7512) and in-bond 

labels or Customs seals to the representative of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs at 

the place at which the inspection or other treatment is to take place. 

No further release by the port director shall be required.



[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 78-99, 43 FR 13060, Mar. 

29, 1978]