---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 2012.3"
title: "15"
number: "2012.3"
heading: "Export certificates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/2012.3"
---

# §2012.3. Export certificates.

- (a) Beef may only be entered as a product of a participating country if the importer makes a declaration to the Customs Service, in the form and manner determined by the Customs Service, that a valid export certificate is in effect with respect to the beef.
- (b) **To be valid, an export certificate shall—**
  - (1) Be issued by or under the supervision of the government of the participating country;
  - (2) Specify the name of the exporter, the product description and quantity, and the calendar year for which the export certificate is in effect;
  - (3) Be distinct and uniquely identifiable; and
  - (4) **Be used in the calendar year for which it is in effect.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Proclamation No. 6763; sec. 404, Pub. L. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 15230, Mar. 23, 1995, unless otherwise noted.