§ 4402. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC4402]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 75--INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS
Sec. 4402. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(1) The term ``agreement'' means the Agreement on the
International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special
Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage, and the annexes and the
appendices thereto, done at Geneva, September 1, 1970, under the
auspices of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United
Nations.
(2) The term ``contracting party'' means any country that is
eligible under article 9 of the agreement and that has complied with
the terms of such article.
(3) The term ``equipment'' means the special transport equipment
that complies with the definitions and standards set forth in annex
1 to the agreement, including, but not limited to, railway cars,
trucks, trailers, semitrailers, and intermodal freight containers
that are insulated only, or insulated and equipped with a
refrigerating, mechanically refrigerating, or heating appliance.
(4) The term ``perishable foodstuffs'' means quick deep-frozen
and frozen food products listed in annex 2 and food products listed
in annex 3 to the agreement.
(5) The term ``international carriage'' means transportation of
perishable foodstuffs if such foodstuffs are loaded in equipment or
the equipment containing them is loaded onto a rail or road vehicle,
in the territory of any country and such foodstuffs are, or the
equipment containing them is, unloaded in the territory of another
country that is a contracting party, where such transportation is
by--
(A) rail,
(B) road,
(C) any combination of rail and road, or
(D) any sea crossing of less than one hundred and fifty
kilometers, if preceded or followed by one or more land journeys
as referred to in clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph,
and the perishable foodstuffs are shipped in the same equipment
used for such land journeys without transloading of such
foodstuffs.
In the case of any transportation that involves one or more sea
crossings other than as specified in clause (D) of this paragraph,
each land journey shall be considered separately.
(6) The term ``United States'' means the fifty States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other
territory or possession of the United States.
(Pub. L. 97-325, Sec. 3, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1603.)
