[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: 19CFR174.22]



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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 174_PROTESTS--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart C_Review and Disposition of Protests

 

Sec.  174.22  Accelerated disposition of protest.



    (a) Request for accelerated disposition. Accelerated disposition of 

a protest filed in accordance with section 514, Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1514) may be obtained at any time after 90 days from 

the filing of such protest, by filing by registered or certified mail a 

written request for accelerated disposition with the port director to 

whom the protest was addressed.

    (b) Contents of request. A request for accelerated disposition of 

protest shall contain the following information:

    (1) The name, address, and importer number of the protestant, i.e., 

the importer of record or consignee, and the name and address of his 

agent or attorney if filed by one of these; and

    (2) The date of filing and number of the protest for which 

accelerated disposition is requested.

    (c) Review following request. The port director shall review the 

protest which is the subject of the request within 30 days from the date 

of mailing of a request for accelerated disposition filed in accordance 

with the provisions of this section, and may allow or deny the protest 

in whole or in part.

    (d) Failure to allow or deny protest within 30-day period. If the 

port director



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fails to allow or deny a protest which is the subject of a request for 

accelerated disposition within 30 days from the date of mailing of such 

request, the protest shall be deemed to have been denied at the close of 

the 30th day following such date of mailing.

    (e) Multiple protests. If several protests by different persons are 

timely filed and treated as part of a single protest pursuant to Sec.  

174.15, a request for accelerated disposition filed by any one of the 

protesting parties shall be treated as a request for accelerated 

disposition by all the parties.