Interpretation ID: nht90-2.23

TYPE: INTERPRETATION-NHTSA

DATE: APRIL 25, 1990

FROM: STEPHEN P. WOOD -- ACTING CHIEF COUNSEL, NHTSA

TO: CHARLES M.A. SAEDT

TITLE: NONE

ATTACHMT: LETTER DATED 4-8-90 FROM CHARLES M.A. SAEDT ATTACHED; (OCC-4641)

TEXT:

This is in reply to your letter of April 8, 1990, with respect to your intended exportation of a Volkswagen manufactured to conform to European specifications. You are a member of the Dutch armed forces, and you will be in the United States until June 1 991. You understand that you will need to get an exemption when you import the car into the United States.

As Taylor Vinson of this OffiCe explained to you on April 10, at the port of entry you will be required to execute a Form HS-7, a declaration form covering the importation of your car into the United States. It appears that you are eligible to mark Box 12, and to import the vehicle under the declaration that you are a member of the armed forces of a foreign country on assignment in the United States. You must attach a copy of your official orders to this form. When this is done, there should be no pr oblem in importing your car.

You also represent by marking Box 12 that you are importing the vehicle for your own personal use and on a temporary basis, that you will not sell the vehicle to any person in the United States, and that you will export the vehicle upon departing the Uni ted States at the conclusion of your tour of duty.