Payment of assessments.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (2) The U.S. Customs Service shall collect assessments on imported watermelons from importers and forward such assessments under an agreement between the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Importers shall be responsible for payment of assessments directly to the Board of any assessments due but not collected by the U.S. Customs Service at the time of entry, or withdrawal, on watermelons imported into the United States for human consumption. (c) (2) Pursuant to § 1210.350 of the Plan, each handler shall file with the Board a report for each month that assessable watermelons were handled. All handler reports shall contain at least the following information: (i) The handler's name, address, and telephone number; (ii) Date of report (which is also the date of payment to the Board); (iii) Period covered by the report; (iv) Total quantity of watermelons handled during the reporting period; (v) Date of last report remitting assessments to the Board; and (vi) Listing of all persons for whom the handler handled watermelons, their addresses, hundredweight handled, and total assessments remitted for each producer. In lieu of such a list, the handler may substitute copies of settlement sheets given to each person or computer generated reports, provided such settlement sheets or computer reports contain all the information listed above. (vii) Name, address, and hundredweight handled for each person claiming exemption for assessment. (viii) If the handler

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1210.518