WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.491
6 October 1999
(99-4182)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Department of the Treasury  (35)
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Trademarked Products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Anticounterfeiting
Consumer Protection Act:   Customs Entry Documentation  (2 pages)
6. Description of content:   This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to
implement section 12 of the Anticounterfeiti ng Consumer Protecti on Act of 1996 (ACPA),
enacted by Congress to protect consumers and American businesses from counterfeit
copyrighted and trademarked products.  Section 12 of the ACPA concerns the content of entry
documentation required by Customs to determine whether the imported merchandise or itspackaging bears an infringing trademark.  The proposed regulatory provision requires
importers to provide on the invoice a listing of all trademarks appearing on imported
merchandise and its packaging.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To help fight counterfeiting more effectively.
8. Relevant documents:   64 FR 49423, 13 September 1999; 19 CFR Part 141.   Will appear in
the Federal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:      
    
10. Final date for comments:   12 November 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:  The text is also available on the Internet at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html