[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1217.104]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1217_DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF SPACE ARTICLES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1217.104  Certification forms.



    To the extent an authorized NASA official approves a request for 

certification, that official shall sign a certificate in the following 

form:

    (a) For articles procured by NASA, a Customs Service Form CF 7501 

(Entry Summary) shall be completed, and the following certification 

shall be used:



     Articles for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration



    Item 9808.00.80, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States



Program:________________________________________________________________



    I hereby certify that the articles identified in [attached invoice] 

are being imported for the use of the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) in accordance with 9808.00.80, Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States.



Name____________________________________________________________________



Date____________________________________________________________________



    (b) For articles imported by NASA to implement international 

programs of NASA to which NASA will take title, or which remain the 

property of foreign entities under such programs, no entry is required 

pursuant to U.S. note 1 to HTSUS subchapter VIII of chapter 98. For such 

articles, the following certification shall be used:



Articles for Use in an International Program of the National Aeronautics 

                        and Space Administration



    Item 9808.00.80, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States



Program:________________________________________________________________



Foreign Owner(s) (if applicable):_______________________________________



    In accordance with subheading 9808.00.80 and U.S. note 1 to 

subchapter VIII of chapter 98, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States, I hereby certify that the above-described shipment is being 

brought into the customs territory of the United States as part of an 

international program of the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). No CF 7501 entry is required for this shipment. 

All articles contained in this shipment are, and shall remain, the 

property of NASA or of the foreign entities identified above. Except for 

articles consumed in the execution of the above-described Program, none 

of these articles will be made available



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for sale or other disposition to persons or institutions not directly 

involved in the Program identified above.



Name____________________________________________________________________



Date____________________________________________________________________



    (c) A blanket certificate for a series of imports under a specific 

NASA international program or procurement is authorized but shall 

require written verification by a NASA official designated by a Director 

of a receiving NASA Installation that the articles received meet the 

conditions of the certificate. The blanket certificate shall be in the 

form of the certifications set forth in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this 

section, as appropriate, but shall include the following paragraph at 

the end thereof:



    Before this certification is used to obtain duty-free entry of these 

articles, a cognizant NASA official at the receiving NASA Installation, 

who is designated by the Installation Director, shall verify in writing 

that specifically identified articles to be entered on a particular date 

are the articles described in this certificate or its attachments. This 

verification and this certification shall be presented to the U.S. 

Customs Service at the time entry for the particular articles is sought.



Name____________________________________________________________________



Date____________________________________________________________________



    With respect to articles represented to be: procurements by NASA; or 

imports to implement international programs of NASA to which NASA will 

take title, or foreign-owned articles for use in a NASA international 

program, the NASA official issuing the blanket certificate shall review 

the proposed articles and approve their eligibility for duty-free entry. 

A description of these articles shall either be referred to in the 

blanket certificate and provided in Form CF 7501 (Entry Summary) for 

procurements or attached to the certificate for imports to implement 

NASA international programs, as appropriate.