[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 19CFR12.16]



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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.  12.16  Joint regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury and 

the Secretary of Agriculture.



    (a) The importation into the United States of agricultural and 

vegetable seeds and screenings thereof is governed by rules and 

regulations prescribed jointly by the Secretary of the Treasury and the 

Secretary of Agriculture under section 402(b) of the Federal Seed Act of 

August 9, 1939 (7 CFR part 201).

    (b) Under the said joint rules and regulations, port directors are 

required to draw samples of such seeds and screenings, forward them to 

the seed laboratories, and notify the owner or consignee that such 

samples have been drawn and that the shipment shall be held intact 

pending a decision of the Livestock, Meat, Grain, and Seed Division, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, in the matter.

    (c) It is further provided in said joint rules and regulations that 

after samples have been drawn such seeds and screenings shall be 

admitted into the commerce of the United States only if they have been 

found to meet the requirements of the Federal Seed Act of August 9, 

1939, and the said regulations, but if the containers bear sufficient 

marks of identification the port director may release the shipment, 

pending examination and decision in the matter, upon the giving of a 

bond. The bond shall be filed with the port director on Customs Form 301 

and contain the bond conditions set forth in Sec.  113.62 of this 

chapter. In case of default the port director shall issue a claim for 

liquidated damages under the bond.



[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35476, 

Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41167, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 

51253, Dec. 21, 1988]



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