Authority conferred to customs officers to inspect goods, means of transport and persons including their baggage within a customs territory and when entering and exiting customsâ zones. Harmonized System. A system set out in a systemized form coding, designations and description of goods including their payable customs duties.
Car Seats Gate-Checked or Checked as Luggage. Car seats are designed to withstand most motor vehicle crash forces. In general, the MACPS does not consider a gate-checked car seat or a car seat that is checked as luggage to be one that has experienced forces equivalent to a motor vehicle crash.
Most airlines allow you to check a car seat free of charge and do not count it toward your total allowed baggage. Check with your airline for clarification of their policy. When traveling with certain airlines, your car seat will arrive with the rest of your luggage on the baggage carousel.