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[FR Doc No: 94-20648]


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[Federal Register: August 23, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Parts 10, 101, 111, 123, 128, 141, 143, 145, 148, 159

[T.D. 94-71]
RIN 1515-AB53

 

Express Consignments; Formal and Informal Entries of Merchandise; 
Administrative Exemptions

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Interim regulations; Notice of Effective Date.

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SUMMARY: This document gives notice that the interim regulations 
regarding express consignments, formal and informal entries of 
merchandise and administrative exemptions which were published in the 
Federal Register on June 13, 1994, will become effective on August 23, 
1994. A motion for a preliminary injunction which would have prevented 
Customs from implementing and making effective these interim 
regulations was denied by the United States Court of International 
Trade on August 16, 1994. The temporary restraining order which was 
issued on July 25, 1994, enjoining Customs from implementing and making 
effective the interim regulations on its scheduled effective date of 
July 28, 1994, pending the decision on the motion for the preliminary 
injunction, has expired.

DATES: The effective date of the interim regulations published at 59 FR 
30289 is August 23, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William G. Rosoff, Office of 
Regulations and Rulings (202) 482-7040.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    On June 13, 1994, a document was published by U.S. Customs in the 
Federal Register (59 FR 30289) as T.D. 94-51 setting forth interim 
regulations implementing certain statutory amendments to the Customs 
laws contained in the Customs modernization provisions of the North 
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and clarifying certain 
procedures for low-value shipments brought into the U.S.
    The document provided for a 45-day delayed effective date, with a 
30-day comment period preceding that effective date. The effective date 
was to become July 28, 1994, and comments were requested by July 13, 
1994.
    On July 25, 1994, the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders 
Association of America, Inc. filed a motion for a temporary restraining 
order with the United States Court Of International Trade (Court No: 
94-07-00423). Pursuant to the motion, the temporary restraining order 
was issued by the court; consequently, Customs was restrained and 
enjoined from implementing and making effective the interim 
regulations. A document was published in the Federal Register (59 FR 
38548) on July 28, 1994, informing the public that the effective date 
of the interim regulations was delayed.
    A hearing on the motion for a preliminary injunction was held on 
August 9, 1994. On August 16, 1994, the Court of International Trade 
issued a decision (Slip. Op. 94-129) denying the motion and dismissing 
the case. Consequently, the temporary restraining order has expired and 
Customs is no longer restrained from making the interim regulations 
published as T.D. 94-51 effective. This document is notice that the 
interim regulations will become effective on August 23, 1994.
    Customs will complete its ongoing analysis of all substantive 
comments received in response to the request for comments in the 
interim regulations before Customs issues final regulations on the 
subject matter.

    Dated: August 18, 1994.
Samuel H. Banks,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Commercial Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-20648 Filed 8-18-94; 12:45 pm]
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