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 PUBLIC LAW 97-325—OCT. 15, 1982

96 STAT. 1603

Public Law 97-325 97th Congress An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the SpecialEquipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP), and for other purposes.

Oct. 15, 1982 [H.R. 6164] "

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may International Carriage be cited as the ''International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs of Perishable Act". Foodstuffs FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

SEC. 2. Congress herebyfindsand declares that— (1) the United States, as a member of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations, participated in development by that Commission of the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage; (2) the agreement requires that equipment involved in the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs be inspected, tested, and certified to specified standards; (3) this Act will make it possible for equipment in the United States to be inspected, tested, and certified in accordance with the agreement and the standards specified therein; and (4) this Act will improve the conditions for the movement of perishable foodstuffs in international carriage in equipment owned or operated by United States firms, wWch will serve to protect existing trade and promote expansion of trade in perishable foodstuffs, and will improve the sale of United States manufactured equipment for use in international carriage.

Act. 7 USC 4401 note. 7 USC 4401.

DEFINITIONS

7 USC 4402. SEC. 3. As used in this Act— (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.

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