Sec. 2.1201  Purpose.

    (a) In order to carry out its responsibilities under the 
Communications Act and the various treaties and international 
regulations, and in order to promote efficient use of the radio 
spectrum, the Commission has developed technical standards for radio 
frequency

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equipment. The technical standards applicable to individual types of 
equipment are found in that part of the rules governing the service 
wherein the equipment is to be operated. In addition to the technical 
standards, the rules governing the service may require that such 
equipment receive an equipment authorization from the Commission as a 
prerequisite for marketing and importing this equipment into the U.S.A. 
The marketing rules, Sec. 2.801 et seq., were adopted pursuant to the 
authority in section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended 
(47 U.S.C. 302).
    (b) The rules in this section set out the conditions under which 
radio frequency devices as defined in Sec. 2.801 that are capable of 
causing harmful interference to radio communications may be imported 
into the U.S.A.
    (c) Nothing in this section prevents importers from shipping goods 
into foreign trade zones or Customs bonded warehouses, such as is the 
prescribed procedure under Sec. 2.1204(a)(5). Radio frequency devices 
capable of causing harmful interference, however, cannot be withdrawn 
from these areas except in accordance with the provisions of this 
section.
[ 41 FR 25904 , June 23, 1976, as amended at  54 FR 17714 , Apr. 25, 1989; 
 56 FR 26619 , June 10, 1991;  57 FR 38286 , Aug. 24, 1992]