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Disposition of Excluded Articles Pursuant to the Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act

customs-cbp · CBP · Rule · Published 1997-04-22 · 62 FR 19492

Document

Document number
97-10272
Federal Register citation
62 FR 19492
CFR reference
19 CFR 133
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
customs-cbp
Sub-agency
CBP
Publication date
1997-04-22
Treasury docket
T.D. 97-30

Abstract

This document amends the Customs Regulations to implement section 8 of the Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 (ACPA), which was enacted by Congress to protect consumers and American businesses from counterfeit copyrighted and trademarked products. Section 8 of the ACPA concerns the disposition of excluded articles and eliminates a statutory provision that allowed infringing imported goods to be returned to the country of export whenever it is shown that the importer had no reasonable grounds for believing his or her acts constituted a violation of law. The statutory amendment now requires government officials to destroy such goods. The regulatory change reflects the statutory amendment and is designed to help Customs fight counterfeiting more effectively.

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