{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s80501","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f80501.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f80501.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1)\nContainer.\u2014\nThe term \u201ccontainer\u201d has the meaning given that term in the Convention.\n(2)\nConvention.\u2014\nThe term \u201cConvention\u201d means the International Convention for Safe Containers, and its annexes, done at Geneva, Switzerland,\nDecember 2, 1972\n(3)\nInternational transport.\u2014\nThe term \u201cinternational transport\u201d means the transportation of a container between\u2014\n(A) a place in a foreign country and a place in the jurisdiction of the United States; or\n(B) two places outside the United States by United States carriers.\n(4)\nOwner.\u2014\nThe term \u201cowner\u201d includes the lessee or bailee of a container if a written lease or bailment provides for the lessee or bailee to exercise the owner\u2019s responsibility for maintaining and examining the container.\n(5)\nSafety approval plate.\u2014\nThe term \u201csafety approval plate\u201d has the meaning given that term in annex I of the Convention.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s80501.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f80501."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Container.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201ccontainer\u201d has the meaning given that term in the Convention.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Convention.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cConvention\u201d means the International Convention for Safe Containers, and its annexes, done at Geneva, Switzerland, ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"December 2, 1972","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"International transport.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cinternational transport\u201d means the transportation of a container between\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a place in a foreign country and a place in the jurisdiction of the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" two places outside the United States by United States carriers.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Owner.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cowner\u201d includes the lessee or bailee of a container if a written lease or bailment provides for the lessee or bailee to exercise the owner\u2019s responsibility for maintaining and examining the container.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s80501/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Safety approval plate.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201csafety approval plate\u201d has the meaning given that term in annex I of the Convention.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}