Explanation WHAT THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS IS The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The Code is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is divided into Chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each Chapter is further subdivided into Parts covering specific regulatory areas. The individual volumes of the Code are revised as of January 1 of each year. LEGAL STATUS The contents of the Federal Register are required to be judicially noticed (44 U.S.C. 1507). The Code of Federal Regulations is prima facie evidence of the text of the original documents (44 U.S.C. 1510). HOW TO USE THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS The Code of Federal Regulations is kept up to immediate date by the individual issues of the Federal Register. These two publications must be used together to determine the latest version of any given rule. By consulting the "List of CFR Sections Affected," which is issued monthly and is cumulative and the "Cumulative List of Parts Affected" in the Federal Register, the user of the Code can quickly determine whether there have been any amendments since the preceding January 1 to the provisions of the Code in which he is interested. These lists will refer the user to the Federal Register in which he may find the latest amendment of any given rule. EFFECTIVE DATES Each volume of the Code contains amendments published during the preceding calendar year. Source citations for the regulations are referred to by volume number and page number of the Federal Register and date of publication. Publication dates and effective dates are usually not the same and care must be exercised by the user in determining the actual effective date. In instances where the effective date is beyond the cut-off date for the Code a note has been inserted to reflect the future effective date. OBSOLETE PROVISIONS Provisions that become obsolete before January 1 are not carried. Code users may find the text of provisions in effect on a given date in the past by using the numerical list of sections affected. For the period before January 1, 1964, the user should consult the "List of Sections Affected, 1949-1963" published in a separate volume. For the period beginning January 1, 1964, a "List of Sections Affected" is published at the end of each book. Other tables and guides that relate to the Code of Federal Regulations include the following: 1 CFR App. C List of Acts Requiring Publication in the Federal Reg ister. Index-digest of Federal laws and rules requiring the retention Table of Acts with Statutory and Guide to Federal Register Table of Finding Aids and loca- Parallel Tables of Statutory The subject index to the Code, which is revised annually, is contained in a separate volume entitled "General Index." This volume also contains a table of CFR titles, chapters, and parts, an alphabetical list of CFR subtitles and chapters, and lists of current and superseded CFR volumes. An index to the text of Presidential documents is found at the end of each compilation of Title 3, The President. INQUIRIES AND SALES Inquiries concerning technical or legal aspects of the Code should be addressed to the Director, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. 20408. Sales are handled exclusively by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. January 4, 1971. FRED J. EMERY Title 19-Customs Duties CHAPTER I-Bureau of Customs, Department of the Treasury CHAPTER III-Bureau of Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce Part 1 200 301 CROSS REFERENCES: Regulations of the Department of Agriculture: See Titles 7, 9, and 17. Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury: See Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Chapter I; Intoxicating Liquors, 27 CFR Chapter I. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice: See Food and Drugs, 21 CFR Chapter II. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation: See 33 CFR Chapter I, 41 CFR Chapter 12B, and 46 CFR Chapter I. Customs service in the Canal Zone: See Panama Canal, 35 CFR Part 57. Defense Department procurement: See National Defense, 32 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter A. Department of State: See Foreign Relations, 22 CFR Chapter I. Export clearance and destination control: See Commerce and Foreign Trade, 15 CFR Part 386. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: See Food and Drugs, 21 CFR Chapter I. Foreign excess property: See Public Property and Works, 44 CFR Part 401. Foreign trade statistics: See Commerce and Foreign Trade, 15 CFR Part 30. Foreign-Trade Zones Board: See Commerce and Foreign Trade, 15 CFR Chapter IV. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice: See Aliens and Nationality, 8 CFR Chapter I. Importation of wildlife or eggs; and importation of feathers of wild birds: See Wildlife and Fisheries, 50 CFR Parts 13–14. Post Office Department (International Mail): See Postal Service, 39 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter C. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: See Public Health, 42 CFR Chapter I. |