19 CFR § 115.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t19/s115.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "19 CFR § 115.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "115.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "115"
part_name: "CARGO CONTAINER AND ROAD VEHICLE CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS CONVENTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 19 U.S.C. 66, 1624; E.O. 12445 of October 17, 1983."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 86-92, 51 FR 16161, May 1, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "115"
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# 115.1 Purpose.

This chapter establishes procedures for certifying containers and road vehicles in conformance with the Customs Convention on Containers (1956) (TIAS 6634), the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (1959) (TIAS 6633), the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets, November 14, 1975 (TIAS), and the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 (TIAS), by applying the procedures and technical conditions set forth in the annexes to these conventions.