[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24659]
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[Federal Register: October 5, 1994]
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DEPARMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 Binational
Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review
AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of first request for panel review.
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SUMMARY: On September 26, 1994 Maquiladora Pieles Pitic, S.A. de CV and
Pitic Leather filed a First Request for Panel Review with the U.S.
Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North
American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review was requested of the final
countervailing duty determination made by the International Trade
Administration in the administrative review respecting Leather Wearing
Apparel from Mexico. This determination was published in the Federal
Register on August 25, 1994 (59 FR 43815). The NAFTA Secretariat has
assigned Case Number USA-94-1904-02 to this request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Holbein, United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite
2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-
5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (``Agreement'') establishes a mechanism to replace domestic
judicial review of final determinations in antidumping and
countervailing duty cases involving imports from a NAFTA country with
review by independent binational panels When a Request for Panel Review
is filed, a panel is established to act in place of national courts to
review expeditiously the final determination to determine whether it
conforms with the antidumping or countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, which came into force on
January 1, 1994, the Government of the United States, the Government of
Canada and the Government of Mexico established Rules of Procedure for
Article 1904 Binational Panels Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686).
A first Request for Panel Review was filed with the U.S. Section of
the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 1904 of the Agreement, on
September 26, 1994, requesting panel review of the final countervailing
duty administrative review described above.
The Rules provide that:
(a) a Party or interested person may challenge the final
determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance
with Rule 39 within 30 days after the filing of the first Request for
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is October 26, 1994);
(b) a Party, investigating authority or interested person that does
not file a Complaint but that intends to appear in support of any
reviewable portion of the final determination may participate in the
panel review by filing a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule
40 within 45 days after the filing of the first Request for Panel
Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is November 10,
1994); and
(c) the panel review shall be limited to the allegations of error
of fact or law, including the jurisdiction of the investigating
authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in the panel review
and the procedural and substantive defenses raised in the panel review.
Dated: September 30, 1994.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-24659 Filed 10-4-94; 8:45 am]
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