[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR146.8]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 146_FOREIGN TRADE ZONES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  146.8  Seals, authority of operator to break and affix.



    The port director may authorize an operator to break a Customs in-

bond seal affixed under Sec.  18.4 of this chapter, or under any Customs 

order or directive, on any vehicle or intermodal container containing 

merchandise approved for admission to the zone upon its arrival at the 

zone; or to affix a Customs in-bond seal to any vehicle or intermodal 

container of merchandise for which an entry, withdrawal, or other 

approval document has been obtained for movement in-bond from the zone. 

The authorized affixing or breaking of that seal will be considered to 

have been done under Customs supervision. The operator shall report to 

the port director, upon arrival of the vehicle or container at the zone, 

any seal found to be broken, missing, or improperly affixed, and hold 

the vehicle or container and its contents intact pending instructions 

from the port director. If the operator does not obtain the written 

concurrence of the carrier as to the condition of the seal or delivering 

conveyance, the port director shall deem the seal or delivering 

conveyance to be intact.



[T.D. 86-16, 51 FR 5049, Feb. 11, 1986; 51 FR 11012, Apr. 1, 1986]