of customs concerned shall have been furnished with:

(1) If the merchandise is in general order, the written application of the consignee for extension and any evidence of identity required by § 56.2 (c); or

(2) If the merchandise is charged against an entry bond, the agreement of the principal and the sureties on the bond to remain bound under the terms and conditions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension had been granted, or a new bond with acceptable sureties to include the period of extension; or

(3) If the merchandise is charged against a carrier's bond, the agreement of the principal and the sureties on the bond to remain bound under the terms and conditions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension had been granted; and

(4) If the merchandise is in general order or charged against an entry bond, the certificate of the proprietor of the warehouse in which the merchandise is stored consenting to the extension, or certifying that all charges or amounts due or owing to the proprietor for the storage or handling of the merchandise up to the date of the beginning of the 1-year period of extension requested have been paid.

(b) Pursuant to the same authority and subject to the same conditions, such 1-year or 3-year period, as the case may be, is hereby extended for an additional period of 1 year each from and after the expiration of the immediately preceding extension if such expiration occurs during the continuance of the aforesaid national emergency.

(b) If the merchandise concerned is stored in the public store, all charges or amounts due or owing to the Government for the storage or handling of the merchandise up to the date of the beginning of the 1-year period of extension requested shall be paid as a condition precedent to the granting of the extension.

(c) In connection with each application for extension, there shall be furnished, as evidence that the applicant is the consignee, the bill of lading or a duplicate thereof or a carrier's certificate covering the merchandise, but it will not be necessary that such evidence be furnished in connection with applications for any subsequent extensions when made by the same applicant.

(d) If the application is approved by the collector, he shall endorse the fact and date of his approval on both copies of the application, retain the original as his record of the transaction, and return the duplicate to the consignee for his records. If the application is disapproved by the collector, he shall re

tain both copies of the application on file in his office and advise the applicant in writing as to the reasons for his disapproval.

§ 56.3 Extension of bonds.

(a) In each case in which the merchandise remains charged against a carrier's bond, customs Form 3587, and an extension or further extension of the 1-year period prescribed in section 491, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is desired, there shall be furnished to the collector of customs at the port where the charge against the bond was made the agreement of the principal and sureties on such bonds in the following form:

EXTENSION OF CARRIER'S BOND Whereas, in Treasury Decision No. 52896, of December 28, 1951, issued pursuant to authority contained in the President's Proclamation No. 2948, dated October 12, 1951, the 1-year period prescribed in section 491, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, was extended for 1 year and further extended for additional periods of 1 year each from and after the expiration of the immediately preceding extension, provided, among other things, that in each case in which the merchandise remains charged against a carrier's bond the principal on such bond shall agree to the extension and shall furnish the agreement of the sureties on the bond to remain bound under the terms and conditions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension had been granted, and

Whereas, the carrier's bond described below was furnished in connection with the entry for transportation in bond indicated. and it is now desired to extend the liability under such bond for a period of 1 year from the date of maturity of the bond:1 Name of carrier:

(b) In each case in which the merchandise is covered by a warehouse entry bond on customs Form 7555, and an extension or further extension of the 3year period prescribed in sections 557 and 559, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is desired, the principal on the bond, in order to obtain the benefit of such extension, shall furnish to the collector of customs at the port where the bond is on file an agreement in the following form:

EXTENSION OF WAREHOUSE ENTRY BOND Whereas, in Treasury Decision No. 52896, of December 28, 1951, issued pursuant to authority contained in the President's Proclamation No. 2948, dated October 12, 1951, the 3-year warehousing period for imported merchandise prescribed in sections 557 and 559, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, was extended for 1 year and further extended for additional periods of 1 year each from and after the expiration of the immediately preceding extension, provided, among other things, that in each case the principal on the entry bond shall furnish the agreement of the sureties on the bond to remain bound under the terms and conditions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension had been granted, and

Whereas, the warehouse entry bond described below was furnished in connection with the warehouse entry indicated, and it is now desired to extend the liability under such bond for a period of 1 year from the date of maturity of the bond:1

Port of Bond No.

Warehouse entry No. Description of merchandise Date of importation

EXTENSION OF GENERAL TERM BOND FOR ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE 1a

Whereas, in Treasury Decision No. 52896, of December 28, 1951, issued pursuant to authority contained in the President's Proclamation No. 2948, dated October 12, 1951, the 3-year warehousing period for imported merchandise prescribed in sections 557 and 559, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, was extended for 1 year and further extended for additional periods of 1 year each from and after the expiration of the immediately preceding extension, provided, among other things, that in each case the principal on the entry bond shall furnish the agreement of the sureties on the bond to remain bound under the terms and conditions of the bond to the same extent as if no extension had been granted, and

Whereas, the bond described below was furnished by

(Name of principal on the bond) and accepted by the Government of the United States to cover, among other things, the entry of imported merchandise for warehouse or rewarehouse at the port(s) of during the period 19____, and

beginning on ending on

--

By

(Name and official title) (c) If the principal on a warehouse entry bond desires to furnish a new bond to include the period of extension or further extension in lieu of furnishing an agreement in the form prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, the new bond shall be furnished on customs Form 7555 but with the words "3 years" appearing in conditions (1) and (2) of the form changed to read "4 years" or "5 years," and so forth, as the case may require.

(d) In cases in which the merchandise concerned was entered for warehouse and charged against a General Term Bond for Entry of Merchandise, customs Form 7595, or against a Blanket Smelting and Refining Bond in the form prescribed in Treasury Decision 50267, as modified by Treasury Decision 52403, the agreement of the principal and sureties on the bond shall be furnished to the collector of customs in the following form:

1 Here insert the words "as extended" if a previous extension has been allowed.

executed by

principal, and

(Name and official title)

A sufficient number of copies of this agreement shall be furnished to permit retention of the original in the Bureau and the filing of one copy at each of the ports where the entries involved were filed.

(e) There shall also be furnished with either of the agreements or the new bond required in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section a statement of the proprietor of the warehouse in which the merchandise concerned is stored, consenting to the extension or further extension covered by the agreement or new bond, or certifying that all charges or amounts due or owing to the proprietor for storage or handling of the merchandise concerned up to the date of the beginning of the 1-year period of extension or further extension covered by the agreement or new bond have been paid. Such statements shall not be required in cases in which the principal on the agreement or new bond is the proprietor of the warehouse in which the merchandise is stored.