22 C.F.R. § 61.2
Department -means the Department of State.
Applicant- means:
Application form -means the Application for Certificate of International Educational Character (Form IAP-17) which is required for requesting Department certification of United States produced audio-visual materials under the provisions of the Beirut Agreement.
Attestation Officer -means the Chief Attestation Officer of the United States and any member of his or her staff with authority to issue Certificates or Importation Documents.
Audio-visual materials -means:
Authentication -means the process through which an applicant obtains a United States Importation Document for Audio-visual Materials (Form IA-862).
Basic rights -means the world-wide non-restrictive ownership rights in audio-visual materials from which the assignment of subsidiary rights (such as language versions, television, limited distribution, reproduction, etc.) are derived.
Beirut Agreement -means the "Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific, or Cultural Character."
Certificate -means a document attesting that the named material complies with the standards set forth in Article I of the Beirut Agreement issued by:
Certification -means the process of obtaining a certificate attesting that audio-visual materials of United States origin being exported from the United States comply with the standards set forth in Article I of the Beirut Agreement, as interpreted pursuant to Section 207 of Public Law 101-138 .
Collateral instructional material -means a teacher's manual, study guide, or similar instructional material prepared or reviewed by a bona fide subject matter specialist. Such material must delineate the informational or instructional objectives of the audio-visual material and illustrate or explain how to utilize such material to attain the stated objectives.
Committee on attestation -means the committee which advises the Attestation Officer on matters of policy and the evaluation of specific materials.
Exports -means educational, scientific, and cultural audio-visual material of United States origin, being sent from the United States.
Importation document -means the United States Importation Document for Audio-visual Materials (Form IA-862) issued by the Chief Attestation Officer of the United States which attests that materials of foreign origin entering the United States comply with the standards set forth in Article I of the Beirut Agreement (as interpreted pursuant to section 207 of Public Law 101-138 ) and is therefore entitled to duty-free entry into the United States pursuant to the provisions of United States Customs Bureau Harmonized Tariff System Item No. 9817.00.4000.
Imports -means educational, scientific, and cultural audio-visual material of foreign origin being brought into the United States.
Instruct or inform -means to teach, train or impart knowledge through the development of a subject or aspect of a subject to aid the viewer or listener in a learning process. The instructional or informational character of audio-visual material may be evidenced by the presence of collateral instructional material.
Knowledge -means a body of facts and principles acquired by instruction, study, research, or experience.
Review Board -means the panel appointed by the Secretary of State to review appeals filed by applicants from decisions rendered by an Attestation Officer.
Secretary of State -means the Secretary of State of the State Department.
Serial certification -means certification by the Department of materials produced in series form and which, for time-sensitive reasons, cannot be reviewed prior to production; but samples are provided on application, and the materials are subject to post-certification review.
Subject matter specialist -means an individual who has acquired special skill in or knowledge of a particular subject through professional training or practical experience.
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