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CCLME.ORG - 19 CFR PART 12桽PECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE
19 CFR PART 12桽PECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE
1-19CFR012.txt - CFR - 4/18/2006 0:00:00 - Regulation - US
PART 12桽PECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE
Section 12.10 also issued under 7 U.S.C. 151�2;
Sections 12.42 through 12.44 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1307 and Pub. L. 105� (111 Stat. 1272);
Sections 12.95 through 12.103 also issued under 15 U.S.C. 1241�45;
Sections 12.110 through 12.117 also issued under 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.;
Sections 12.118 through 12.127 also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.;
� 12.1 Cooperation with certain agencies; joint regulations.
(a) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The importation into the United States of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics as defined in section 201 (f), (g), (h), and (i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 (f), (g), (h), (i)) is governed by section 801 of the Act, as amended (21 U.S.C. 381) and regulations issued under authority of section 701(b) of the Act (21 U.S.C. 371(b)) by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury (21 CFR 1.83 through 1.99).
(b) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The importation of pesticides and devices is governed by section 17(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 136o(c)), and regulations issued under the authority of section 17(e) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1360(e)) by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, as set forth below (�.110 et seq.).
(c) Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The importation of hazardous substances, misbranded hazardous substances, or banned hazardous substances as defined in section 2 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1261), is governed by regulations issued under the authority of sections 10(b) and 14 of the Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1269, 1273), by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (16 CFR 1500.265 through 1500.272).
[T.D. 68�1, 33 FR 11019, Aug. 2, 1968, as amended by T.D. 75�4, 40 FR 32321, Aug. 1, 1975; T.D. 82�5, 47 FR 35475, Aug. 16, 1982]
� 12.3 Release under bond; liquidated damages.
(a) Release. No food, drug, device, cosmetic, pesticide, hazardous substance or dangerous caustic or corrosive substance that is the subject of �.1 will be released except in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the merchandise. When any merchandise that is the subject of �.1 is to be released under bond pursuant to regulations applicable to that merchandise, a bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set forth in �3.62 of this chapter, will be required.
(b) Bond amount. The bond referred to in paragraph (a) of this section must be in a specific amount prescribed by the port director based on the circumstances of the particular case that is either:
(1) Equal to the domestic value (see �2.43(a) of this chapter) of the merchandise at the time of release as if the merchandise were admissible and otherwise in compliance; or
(2) Equal to three times the value of the merchandise as provided in �3.62(l)(1) of this chapter.
(c) Liquidated damages. Whenever liquidated damages arise with regard to any food, drug, device or cosmetic subject to �.1(a) for failure to redeliver merchandise into Customs custody or for failure to rectify any noncompliance with the applicable provisions of admission, including the failure to export or destroy the merchandise within the time period prescribed by law after the merchandise has been refused admission pursuant to the provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, those liquidated damages will be assessed pursuant to �3.62(l)(1) of this chapter in the amount of the bond prescribed under paragraph (b) of this section.
[T.D. 01�, 66 FR 16853, Mar. 28, 2001]
� 12.4 Exportation.
The exportation of merchandise, the subject of �.1, refused admission into the United States in accordance with regulations applicable thereto shall be under Customs supervision in accordance with the regulations set forth in Ё18.25 and 18.26 of this chapter.
[T.D. 68�1, 33 FR 11019, Aug. 2, 1968]
� 12.5 Shipment to other ports.
When imported merchandise, the subject of �.1, is shipped to another port for reconditioning or exportation, such shipment shall be under a Customs carrier's manifest, Customs Form 7512, in the same manner as shipments in bond.
� 12.6 Affidavits required to accompany entry.
(1) An affidavit, in the event of shipments into the Customs territory of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico), of the producer or exporter that the cheese has not received and will not receive restitution payments of the type referred to in Executive Order No. 11851, dated April 10, 1975 (40 FR 16645); or
[T.D. 75�0, 40 FR 36767, Aug. 22, 1975]
� 12.7 Permits required for importation.
(a) Under the Act of February 15, 1927 (44 Stat. 1101, as amended, 21 U.S.C. 141�9), commonly known as the Federal Import Milk Act, the importation into the United States of milk and cream is prohibited unless the person by whom such milk or cream is shipped or transported into the United States holds a valid permit from the Department of Health and Human Services. Such permits become invalid at the end of one year unless applications for renewal are filed prior to the date of expiration.
(b) The regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services under the said act require that each container of milk or cream shipped or transported into the United States by a permittee shall have firmly attached thereto a tag showing in clear and legible type the product (raw milk, pasteurized milk, raw cream, or pasteurized cream) the permit number and the name and address of the shipper; except that in case of unit shipments consisting of milk only or cream only under one permit number, each container need not be so marked if the vehicle of transportation is sealed and tagged with the above-mentioned tag. In such case the tag is required to show, in addition to the other required information, the number of containers and the contents of each. Customs officers shall not permit the importation of any milk or cream that is not tagged in accordance with such regulations.
[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82�5, 47 FR 35475, Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 89� 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]
� 12.8 Inspection; bond; release.
(a) All imported meat, meat-food products horse meat and horse meat-food products offered for entry into the United States are subject to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 306, Tariff Act of 1930. The term 搈eat and meat-food products,� for the purpose of this section, shall include any imported article of food or any imported article which enters or may enter into the composition of food for human consumption, which is derived or prepared in whole or in part from any portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goat, if such portion is all or a considerable and definite portion of the article, except such articles as organotherapeutic substances, meat juice, meat extract, and the like, which are only for medicinal purposes and are advertised only to the medical profession. Such meat, meat-food products, horse meat and horse meat-food products shall not be released from Customs custody prior to inspection by an inspector of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Meat and Poultry Inspection, except when authority is given by such inspector for inspection at the importer's premises or other place not under Customs supervision. In such case a bond for the return to Customs custody of the merchandise shall be given by the consignee or agent on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set forth in �3.62 of this chapter, and the conveyances or packages in which such merchandise is removed to the place of examination shall be sealed or corded and sealed by a customs officer or an inspector of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Meat and Poultry Inspection, with import-meat seals furnished by the Department of Agriculture unless bearing United States Customs seals, or in the case of packages otherwise identified as provided for in this section. When cording is necessary for proper sealing, the cords shall be furnished and affixed by the importer or his agent. Import-meat seals or cords and seals may be broken only by a Customs officer or inspector of the Meat Inspection Division, Agricultural Research Service.
If the product is found to be acceptable upon inspection the package will be marked 揢.S. Inspected and Passed� and this warning notice defaced.
[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 78�, 43 FR 13060, Mar. 29, 1978; T.D. 82�5, 47 FR 35476, Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 84�3, 49 FR 41167, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 89� 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 99�, 64 FR 13675, Mar. 22, 1999; T.D. 99�, 64 FR 43265, Aug. 10, 1999; T.D. 00�, 65 FR 53574, Sept. 5, 2000]
� 12.9 Release for final delivery to consignee.
� 12.10 Regulations and orders of the Department of Agriculture.
� 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�, 43 FR 13060, Mar. 29, 1978]
� 12.12 Release under bond.
Plants or plant products which require fumigation, disinfection, sterilization, or other treatment as a condition of entry may be released to the permittee for treatment at a plant approved by the Department of Agriculture upon the giving of a bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set forth in �3.62 of this chapter to insure that the merchandise is treated under the supervision and to the satisfaction of an inspector of the Department of Agriculture or returned to Customs custody when demanded by the port director.
[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 84�3, 49 FR 41167, Oct. 19, 1984]
� 12.13 Unclaimed shipments.
[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 74�4, 39 FR 12091, Apr. 3, 1974]
� 12.14 Detention.
� 12.15 Disposition; refund of duty.
Plants or plant products which are prohibited admission into the United States under Federal law or regulations and are exported or destroyed under proper supervision are exempt from duty and any duties collected thereon shall be refunded. (See Ё158.41 and 158.45(c) of this chapter.)
[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 72�8, 37 FR 20174, Sept. 27, 1972]
� 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 �3.62 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�5, 47 FR 35476, Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 84�3, 49 FR 41167, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 89� 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]
� 12.17 Importation restricted.
[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 78�, 43 FR 13060, Mar. 29, 1978; T.D. 82�5, 47 FR 35476, Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 89� 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]
� 12.18 Labels.
Each separate container of such virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product imported is required by the regulations of the Department of Agriculture to bear the true name of the product and the permit number assigned by the Department of Agriculture in the following form: 揢.S. Veterinary Permit No. ____,� or an abbreviation thereof authorized by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services. Each separate container also shall bear a serial number affixed by the manufacturer for identification of the product with the records of preparation thereof, together with a return date.
� 12.19 Detention; samples.
� 12.20 Disposition.
� 12.21 Licensed establishments.
[T.D. 69�1, 34 FR 14328, Sept. 12, 1969, as amended by T.D. 82�5, 47 FR 35476, Aug. 16, 1982]
� 12.22 Labels; samples.
� 12.23 Detention; examination; disposition.
(a) Port directors shall detain all importations of unlicensed viruses, therapeutic serums, toxins, antitoxins, and analogous products, and arsphenamines or its derivatives (or any other trivalent organic arsenic compound) for the treatment or cure of diseases or injuries of man pending examination by the Director, Bureau of Biologics, unless satisfied from evidence furnished at the time of entry that the products are intended solely for purposes of controlled investigation and not for sale, barter, or exchange, as evidenced by a copy of a filed 揘otice of Claimed Investigational Exemption for a New Drug,� pursuant to �2.1 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Regulations (21 CFR 312.1), or are being imported under the short supply provisions of �1.22 of the Public Health Service Regulations (42 CFR 601.22).
� 12.24 Regulations of the Department of Agriculture.
� 12.26 Importations of wild animals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, and crustaceans; prohibited and endangered and threatened species; designated ports of entry; permits required.
(a)(1) The importation into the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States of live specimens of:
(i) Any species of the so-called 揻lying fox� or fruit bat of the genus Pteropus;
(vi) Any live specimens or egg of the species of so-called 損ink starling� or 搑osy pastor� Sturnus roseus;
(xi) Any other species of wild mammals, wild birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacea), amphibians, reptiles, or the offspring or eggs of any of the foregoing which the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe by regulations to be injurious to human beings, to the interest of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, or to wildlife or the wildlife resources of the United States, is prohibited, except as may be authorized by the issuance of a permit by the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240, or his authorized representative. If any such prohibited specimen is imported, or if any specie or subspecie of other live or dead fish or wildlife, including any parts, products, or eggs thereof, appearing on the Endangered Species List published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is imported, Customs release of the prohibited specimen or endangered fish or wildlife shall be refused unless there has been issued and presented in connection with entry a proper U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit authorizing the import transaction. In the absence of such permit, injurious specimens prohibited entry shall be required to be immediately exported or destroyed. Changes in injurious species and endangered species or subspecies which are prohibited or restricted importation may be published from time to time in 50 CFR part 13桰mportation of Wildlife or Eggs Thereof or in part 17桟onservation of Endangered Species and Other Fish or Wildlife. Unreleased species or subspecies of live or dead endangered fish or wildlife, including parts, products, or eggs thereof, shall remain under detention subject to seizure and delivery to an appropriate regional director or other agent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for disposition as appropriate pursuant to 50 CFR part 17.
(3) Regulations (50 CFR part 17) require the importer or his agent to file a Declaration for the Importation of Fish or Wildlife, unless it is an import transaction exempted from the requirement by 50 CFR part 13 or part 17. Such declaration on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Form 3�7, available to importers through Customs ports of entry, shall be filed with the appropriate Customs officer at the port of entry conducting the actual Customs clearance and release of the declared fish, wild mammal, or bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, or dead body or egg thereof. The declaration on Form 3�7 shall show the common and scientific names, number, and country of origin of all species or subspecies declared, designate and identify any species listed on the U.S. List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife, 50 CFR part 17, appendix A, and indicate whether any species is subject to laws and regulations in any foreign country regarding its taking, transportation, or sale. See paragraph (g) of this section for special documentation requirements.
(4) Federal agencies, subject to requirements in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, may import solely for their own use live wildlife except migratory birds, or their eggs, without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, upon filing the declaration on Form 3�7. Importation of bald or golden eagles, or their eggs is prohibited.
(e) If a shipment contains migratory birds for which a permit is required by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, and such permit is not at hand when the birds arrive, an examination thereof shall be made at once by the port director and any duties estimated to be due shall be collected. A stipulation shall be filed with the port director within 24 hours of the entry to produce the necessary permit within 30 days from the date of entry, whereupon final liquidation shall be suspended until the permit is produced or the 30-day period expires. The shipment may be immediately released if a bond is filed with the port director on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set forth in �3.62 of this chapter, in an amount equal to the entered value plus estimated duties. If the bond conditions are violated the port director shall issue a claim for liquidated damages under the bond. In lieu of filing a bond the merchandise may be left in Customs custody at the risk and expense of the importer pending issuance of the permit.
(g)(1) All import shipments of fish and wildlife subject to the regulations or permit requirements of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531, or other statutory authority, shall be subject to examination or inspection by that agency's officer serving the port of entry, for determination as to permissible release or such other disposition as he may direct. Customs officers performing examinations of such fish and wildlife in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 50 CFR part 10 and parts 13 through 17, shall release shipments only upon submission by the importer of evidence sufficient to establish compliance with those regulations, any applicable permit requirements, and compliance with applicable identification and package or container marking requirements as specified by 50 CFR 17.6(a) and 17.9. In case of doubt as to whether fish, birds, or other wildlife belong to prohibited or endangered species or subspecies or whether an entry permit is required, or in case of suspicion on the part of officers of the Customs that the species sought to be entered are prohibited or endangered species or subspecies imported under other names or descriptions, the importation shall be refused Customs release, and the importer shall be responsible for concluding arrangements acceptable to the regional director or other agent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for proper handling, custody, and care, at the importer's expense and risk, of the unreleased fish, birds, or other wildlife. No Customs disposition of the importation shall be concluded pending the determination by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the true nature of the species or subspecies. In case of refusal or neglect of the importer or consignee, or agent of either, to have the identity so established, final disposition of the importation shall be required as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In addition to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Form 3�7, required to be filed as prescribed in 50 CFR 17.4 upon entry of importations of fish and wildlife, entrants shall present appropriate foreign export permits, other acceptable foreign documentary evidence of lawful taking, transportation, or sale, or appropriate American consular certificates upon importation of fish and wildlife species or subspecies subject to such documentation requirements of 50 CFR 17.4 (c) and (d).
(2) Any antique article imported under �.53(g) of this chapter shall be entered at one of the following ports:
(i) The privilege of entry for immediate transportation granted by section 552, Tariff Act of 1930, shall not be allowed for importations of fish, birds, or other wildlife which are confirmed at the port of first arrival or discharge to be injurious prohibited species, or which require permits issued prior to importation, or which are subject to quarantine regulations or inspection at the ports of first arrival or discharge or other specified place of veterinary inspection. However, entry for immediate transportation properly is allowed for any importation of fish, birds, or other wildlife which at the place of first arrival or discharge is not confirmed to be an injurious prohibited specie and which, following compliance with any applicable quarantine regulations or required veterinary inspection, is being transported by means of an in-bond movement to a port of entry designated in 50 CFR part 17, appendix B, for Customs entry (see paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section). Ports of designated entry, inspection, quarantine, and related enforcement procedures covering certain animals and poultry and certain animal and poultry products imported into the United States are regulated by requirements and standards prescribed in regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture (see 9 CFR parts 92�; 19 CFR 12.8 and 12.24).
Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting �.26, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.
� 12.27 Importation or exportation of wild animals or birds, or the dead bodies thereof illegally captured or killed, etc.
[T.D. 89� 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]
� 12.28 Importation of wild mammals and birds in violation of foreign law.
No imported wild mammal or bird, or part or product thereof, shall be released from Customs custody, except as permitted under �.26(i) relating to an in-bond movement to a port designated for wildlife entry, if the port director has knowledge of a foreign law or regulation obliging enforcement of section 527(a), Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1527(a)), unless the importation is an excepted transaction entitled to entry under the provisions of section 527(c) of the Tariff Act or, in connection with the entry, there is presented documentation in the manner specified in 50 CFR 17.4(c) (1) or (2) required for import transactions subject to foreign laws or regulations regarding taking, transportation, or sale of wildlife including wild mammals and birds or parts or products thereof (see �.26).
[T.D. 70�2, 35 FR 17994, Nov. 24, 1970, as amended by T.D. 82�5, 47 FR 35476, Aug. 16, 1982]
� 12.29 Plumage and eggs of wild birds.
(c) The importation of the eggs of wild nongame birds is prohibited except as dead natural history specimens for museum or scientific collection purposes. The eggs of migratory birds may be imported for propagating purposes or for scientific and other limited purposes under permits issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240. State game departments, municipal game farms or parks, and public museums, zoological parks or societies, and scientific or educational institutions may import the eggs of migratory birds without a permit (50 CFR 16.3). The eggs of certain game or migratory birds imported for hatching, such as ducks, geese, swans, turkeys, pigeons, doves, pheasant, grouse, partridges, quail, guinea fowl, and pea fowl, are subject to the regulations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Such regulations require that permits, except for eggs from Canada offered for entry at certain land border ports, must be obtained before the eggs are shipped from the country of origin and that all eggs shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by a national government veterinarian of the country of origin and inspected at a designated port of entry. (continued)