19-CFR-134-Country-of-Origin-Marking

71619CFRCh.I(4–1–06Edition)§133.52clause’’oftheCopyrightActof1976(17U.S.C.602,603):(i)SatisfactoryevidenceissubmittedthatastatementofabandonmenthasbeenfiledandrecordedintheCopy-rightOfficebythecopyrightownerinaccordancewiththeproceduresoftheCopyrightOffice;and(ii)Thenoticeofcopyrightiscom-pletelyobliteratedpriortoreleaseofthebooksorperiodicals.[T.D.72–266,37FR20678,Oct.3,1972,asamendedbyT.D.79–159,44FR31968,June4,1979;T.D.87–40,52FR9476,Mar.25,1987]§133.52Dispositionofforfeitedmer-chandise.(a)Trademark(otherthancounterfeit)ortradenameviolations.Articlesfor-feitedforviolationofthetrademarklaws,otherthanarticlesbearingacounterfeittrademark,shallbedis-posedofinaccordancewiththeproce-duresapplicabletoforfeituresforvio-lationoftheCustomslaws,aftertheremovalorobliterationofthename,mark,ortrademarkbyreasonofwhichthearticleswereseized.(b)Copyrightviolations.Articlesfor-feitedforviolationofthecopyrightlawsshallbedestroyed.(c)Articlesbearingacounterfeittrade-mark.Merchandiseforfeitedforviola-tionofthetrademarklawsshallbede-stroyed,unlessitisdeterminedthatthemerchandiseisnotunsafeorahaz-ardtohealthandtheCommissionerofCustomsorhisdesigneehasthewrit-tenconsentoftheU.S.trademarkowner,inwhichcasetheCommissionerofCustomsorhisdesigneemaydisposeofthemerchandise,afterobliterationofthetrademark,wherefeasible,by:(1)DeliverytoanyFederal,State,orlocalgovernmentagencythat,intheopinionoftheCommissionerorhisdes-ignee,hasestablishedaneedforthemerchandise;or(2)Gifttoanycharitableinstitutionthat,intheopinionoftheCommis-sionerorhisdesignee,hasestablishedaneedforthemerchandise;or(3)Saleatpublicauction,ifmorethan90dayshaspassedsincethefor-feitureandCustomshasdeterminedthatnoneedforthemerchandisehasbeenestablishedunderparagraph(c)(1)or(c)(2)ofthissection.[T.D.79–159,44FR31969,June4,1969,asamendedbyT.D.94–90,59FR55997,Nov.10,1994;T.D.97–91,62FR61232,Nov.17,1997]§133.53Refundofduty.Ifaviolationofthetrademarkorcopyrightlawsisnotdiscovereduntilafterentryanddepositofestimatedduty,theentryshallbeendorsedwithanappropriatenotationandthedutyrefundedasanerroneouscollectionuponexportationordestructionoftheprohibitedarticlesinaccordancewith§158.41or§158.45ofthischapter.[T.D.72–266,37FR20678,Oct.3,1972,asamendedbyT.D.73–175,38FR17447,July2,1973]PART134—COUNTRYOFORIGINMARKINGSec.134.0Scope.SubpartA—GeneralProvisions134.1Definitions.134.2Additionalduties.134.3Deliverywithhelduntilmarkedandredeliveryordered.134.4Penaltiesforremoval,defacement,oralterationofmarking.SubpartB—ArticlesSubjecttoMarking134.11Countryoforiginmarkingrequired.134.12ForeignarticlesreshippedfromaU.S.possession.134.13Importedarticlesrepackedormanip-ulated.134.14Articlesusuallycombined.SubpartC—MarkingofContainersorHolders134.21Specialmarking.134.22Generalrulesformarkingofcon-tainersorholders.134.23Containersorholdersdesignedfororcapableofreuse.134.24Containersorholdersnotdesignedfororcapableofreuse.134.25ContainersorholdersforrepackedJ-listarticlesandarticlesincapableofbeingmarked.134.26Importedarticlesrepackedormanip-ulated.SubpartD—ExceptionstoMarkingRequirements134.31Requirementsofotheragencies.VerDateAug31200513:04Apr18,2006Jkt208059PO00000Frm00726Fmt8010Sfmt8010Y:\SGML\208059.XXX208059717BureauofCustomsandBorderProtection,DHS,Treasury§134.1134.32Generalexceptionstomarkingre-quirements.134.33J-Listexceptions.134.34Certainrepackedarticles.134.35Articlessubstantiallychangedbymanufacture.134.36Inapplicabilityofmarkingexceptionforarticlesprocessedbyimporter.SubpartE—MethodandLocationofMarkingImportedArticles134.41Methodsandmannerofmarking.134.42Specificmethodmayberequired.134.43Methodsofmarkingspecificarticles.134.44Locationandotheracceptablemeth-odsofmarking.134.45Approvedmarkingsofcountryname.134.46Markingwhennameofcountryorlo-calityotherthancountryoforiginap-pears.134.47Souvenirsandarticlesmarkedwithtrademarksortradenames.SubpartF—ArticlesFoundNotLegallyMarked134.51Procedurewhenimportationfoundnotlegallymarked.134.52Certificateofmarking.134.53Examinationpackages.134.54ArticlesreleasedfromCustomscus-tody.134.55CompensationofCustomsofficersandemployees.AUTHORITY:5U.S.C.301;19U.S.C.66,1202(GeneralNote3(i),HarmonizedTariffSched-uleoftheUnitedStates),1304,1624.SOURCE:T.D.72–262,37FR20318,Sept.29,1972,unlessotherwisenoted.§134.0Scope.Thispartsetsforthregulationsim-plementingthecountryoforiginmark-ingrequirementsandexceptionsofsec-tion304oftheTariffActof1930,asamended(19U.S.C.1304),togetherwithcertainmarkingprovisionsoftheHar-monizedTariffScheduleoftheUnitedStates(19U.S.C.1202).Thecon-sequencesandprocedurestobefol-lowedwhenarticlesarenotlegallymarkedaresetforthinthispart.Theconsequencesandprocedurestobefol-lowedwhenarticlesarefalselymarkedaresetforthin§11.13ofthischapter.Specialmarkingandlabelingrequire-mentsarecoveredelsewhere.Provi-sionsregardingthereviewandappealrightsofexportersandproducersre-sultingfromadverseNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreementmarkingdeci-sionsarecontainedinsubpartJofpart181ofthischapter.[T.D.81–290,46FR58070,Nov.30,1981,asamendedbyT.D.89–1,53FR51255,Dec.21,1988;T.D.94