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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 
Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion of Panel Review

AGENCY: United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Binational 
Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel Review of the final determination 
made by the Deputy Minister for National Revenue, Customs, Excise and 
Taxation respecting Preformed Fiberglass Pipe Insulation with a Vapor 
Barrier, Originating in or Exported from the United States of America 
is terminated. (Secretariat File No. CDA-93-1904-12)

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SUMMARY: This notice is effective February 7, 1994, the 31st day 
following the filing of a consent motion to terminate the binational 
panel review of this matter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Holbein, United States Secretary, Binational Secretariat, 
suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 
482-5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the United States-Canada Free-
Trade Agreement (``Agreement'') establishes a mechanism to replace 
domestic judicial review of final determinations in antidumping and 
countervailing duty cases involving imports from the other 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, 1989, the Government of the United States and the Government 
of Canada established Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational 
Panel Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were published in the Federal 
Register on December 30, 1988 (53 FR 53212). The Rules were amended by 
Amendments to the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel 
Reviews, published in the Federal Register on December 27, 1989 (54 FR 
53165). The Rules were further amended and a consolidated version of 
the amended Rules was published in the Federal Register on June 15, 
1992 (57 FR 26698). The panel review in this matter was conducted in 
accordance with these Rules, as amended.

Background

    Rule 73(2) of the Article 1904 Panel Rules provides, in pertinent 
part, that, ``where all participants file Notices of Motion requesting 
termination, the panel review is terminated.'' A Consent Motion 
requesting termination was received from all participants on January 5, 
1994. Pursuant to Rule 80(c) of the Article 1904 Panel Rules, the panel 
review in this matter will be completed on the 31st day following the 
day on which the panel review was terminated (February 7, 1994).

    Dated: February 3, 1994.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, FTA Binational Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-2992 Filed 2-8-94; 8:45 am]
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