[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3346]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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 January 29, 1996 The Titan Industrial Corporation, Dofasco,
Inc., Stelco Inc. and Algoma Inc. filed a First Request for Panel
Review with the Mexican Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to
Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review
was requested of the final antidumping determination review made by the
Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial, in the antidumping
investigation respecting Rolled Steel Plate Originating in or Exported
from Canada. This determination was published in the Diario Official de
la Federacion on December 28, 1995. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned
Case Number MEX-96-1904-02 to this request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Holbein, United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite
2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 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 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).
A first Request for Panel Review was filed with the Mexican Section
of the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 1904 of the Agreement, on
January 29, 1996, requesting panel review of the final antidumping duty
investigation 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 February 28,
1996);
(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 March 14,
1996); 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: February 8, 1996.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-3346 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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