---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 208.2"
title: "19"
number: "208.2"
heading: "Definitions applicable to this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/208.2"
---

# §208.2. Definitions applicable to this part.


For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

- (a) Act means the USMCA Implementation Act.
- (b) **Border commercial zone—** means:
  - (1) The area of United States territory of the municipalities along the United States-Mexico international border and the commercial zones of such municipalities as described in [subpart B](/cfr/19/subpartB.md) of [49 CFR part 372](/cfr/49/part372.md).; and
  - (2) Any additional border crossing and associated commercial zones listed in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration OP-2 application instructions or successor documents.
- (c) Cargo originating in Mexico means any cargo that enters the United States by commercial motor vehicle from Mexico, including cargo that may have originated in a country other than Mexico.
- (d) **Change in circumstance—** may include a substantial increase in services supplied by the grantee of a grant of authority.
- (e) Commercial motor vehicle means a commercial motor vehicle, as such term is defined in [49 U.S.C. 31132 (1)](/usc/49/31132.md?p=1), that meets the requirements of [49 U.S.C. 31132(1)(A)](/usc/49/31132.md?p=1-A).
- (f) **Cross-border long-haul trucking services means—**
  - (1) The transportation by commercial motor vehicle of cargo originating in Mexico to a point in the United States outside of a border commercial zone; or
  - (2) The transportation by commercial motor vehicle of cargo originating in the United States from a point in the United States outside of a border commercial zone to a point in a border commercial zone or a point in Mexico.
- (g) Driver means a person that drives a commercial motor vehicle in cross-border long-haul trucking services.
- (h) Grant of authority means registration granted pursuant to [49 U.S.C. 13902](/usc/49/13902.md), or a successor provision, to persons of Mexico to conduct cross-border long-haul trucking services in the United States.
- (i) **Interested party—** means:
  - (1) Persons of the United States engaged in the provision of cross-border long-haul trucking services;
  - (2) A trade or business association, a majority of whose members are part of the relevant United States long-haul trucking services industry;
  - (3) A certified or recognized union, or representative group of suppliers, operators, or drivers who are part of the United States long-haul trucking services industry;
  - (4) The Government of Mexico; or
  - (5) **Persons of Mexico.**
- (j) Material harm means a significant loss in the share of the United States market or relevant sub-market for cross-border long-haul trucking services held by persons of the United States.
- (k) **Operator—** or supplier means an entity that has been granted registration under [49 U.S.C. 13902](/usc/49/13902.md), to provide cross-border long-haul trucking services.
- (l) **Persons of Mexico—** includes:
  - (1) Entities domiciled in Mexico organized, or otherwise constituted under Mexican law, including subsidiaries of United States companies domiciled in Mexico, or entities owned or controlled by a Mexican national, which conduct cross-border long-haul trucking services, or employ drivers who are non-United States nationals; and
  - (2) **Drivers who are Mexican nationals.**
- (m) **Persons of the United States—** includes entities domiciled in the United States, organized or otherwise constituted under United States law, and not owned or controlled by persons of Mexico, which provide cross-border long-haul trucking services and long-haul commercial motor vehicle drivers who are United States nationals.
- (n) Threat of material harm means material harm that is likely to occur.
- (o) Trade Representative means the United States Trade Representative.
- (p) **United States long-haul trucking services industry—** means:
  - (1) United States suppliers, operators, or drivers as a whole providing cross-border long-haul trucking services; or
  - (2) United States suppliers, operators, or drivers providing cross-border long-haul trucking services in a specific sub-market of the whole United States market.
- (q) USMCA means United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 4574(e).

### Source

Source: 85 FR 41357, July 10, 2020, unless otherwise noted.