---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 115.10"
title: "19"
number: "115.10"
heading: "Certificate of approval."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/115.10"
---

# §115.10. Certificate of approval.


A Certifying Authority shall issue a certificate of approval by design type for a specified number or unlimited series of containers that are approved in accordance with the procedures contained in §§ [115.29](/cfr/19/115.29.md), [115.31](/cfr/19/115.31.md), [115.38](/cfr/19/115.38.md), and [115.41](/cfr/19/115.41.md), and road vehicles that are approved in accordance with the procedures contained in §§ [115.49](/cfr/19/115.49.md), [115.52](/cfr/19/115.52.md), [115.63](/cfr/19/115.63.md), and [115.66](/cfr/19/115.66.md) of this part.

- (a) **Road vehicles.** A Certifying Authority shall issue a certificate of approval conforming to the model in Annex 4 of the 1975 TIR Convention for vehicles submitted for individual or design type approval, if satisfied that the vehicles comply with the technical conditions prescribed in Annex 2 of the TIR Convention, 1975.
- (b) **Containers—**
  - (1) **Approval after manufacture.** A Certifying Authority shall issue a certificate of approval conforming to the model in appendix 3, Part II to Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and appendix 3 to Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972, for containers approved at a stage after manufacture, when it has been ascertained that the containers comply with the technical conditions prescribed in Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and Annex 4 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. The certificate shall be valid for the number of containers approved.
  - (2) **Design type approved.** A Certifying Authority shall issue a single certificate of approval conforming to the model in appendix 2, Part II to Annex 7 of the TIR Convention, 1975, and appendix 2 to Annex 5 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972, for containers approved by design type when it has been ascertained that the container type complies with the technical conditions prescribed in Annex 7 of the 1975 TIR Convention, and Annex 4 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. The certificate shall be valid for all containers manufactured in conformity with the specifications of the type approved.
- (c) **Provisions common to both approval procedures.** The certificate of approval issued pursuant to paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section shall be valid for either the specific number of containers approved, or for an unlimited series of containers of the approved type.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 19 U.S.C. 66, 1624; E.O. 12445 of October 17, 1983.

### Source

Source: T.D. 86-92, 51 FR 16161, May 1, 1986, unless otherwise noted.