98-10434. North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Notice of Termination of Panel Review

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19715-19716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10434]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel 
Reviews; Notice of Termination of Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of panel review.

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SUMMARY: A Notice of Consent Motion to Terminate the Panel Review of 
the final countervailing determination made by the Secretaria de 
Comercio y Fomento Industrial, respecting Hydrogen Peroxide Originating 
in the USA was filed by Electroquimica Mexicana S.A. de C.V. on 
November 24, 1997. The same company filed the First Request for Panel 
Review with the Mexican Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to 
Article 1904 of the North American Free-Trade Agreement. This panel 
review was assigned Secretariat File Number MEX-97-1904-01 by the 
Mexican Section. Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for 
Article 1904 Binational Panel Review, this panel review was terminated 
on December 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Holbein, United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 
2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

[[Page 19716]]

Washington, D.C. 20230, [phone].

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 Panel Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were 
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686). 
The Panel Review in this matter was conducted in accordance with these 
Rules.

    Dated: April 9, 1998.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 98-10434 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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