---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 114.3"
title: "19"
number: "114.3"
heading: "Carnets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/114.3"
---

# §114.3. Carnets.

- (a) **Use.** A carnet issued in conformity with the provisions of a Convention or Agreement identified in [§ 114.2](/cfr/19/114.2.md) and with the regulations in this part shall serve as an entry document within the scope contemplated by the applicable Convention or Agreement and as a bond for the performance of acts in compliance with the provisions of such Convention or Agreement and the Customs statutes and regulations which are involved. Such carnet shall:
  - (1) Show the period for which it is valid,
  - (2) Be fully completed in accordance with the provisions of the Convention or Agreement which provides for its issuance, and
  - (3) Include an English translation whenever the goods covered by a carnet are described in another language.
- (b) **Area of validity.** Carnets are valid in the customs territory of the United States which includes only the States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4490, Mar. 6, 1971, as amended by T.D. 98-10, 63 FR 4168, Jan. 28, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1623, 1624.

### Source

Source: T.D. 70-134, 35 FR 9261, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 71-70, 36 FR 4490, Mar. 6, 1971, as amended by T.D. 98-10, 63 FR 4168, Jan. 28, 1998]