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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Binational Panel 
Reviews; Notice of Decision of Panel

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

ACTION: Notice of decision of panel.

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SUMMARY: On June 14, 1994 the binational Panel issued its decision in 
the review of the final determination made by the Deputy Minister of 
National Revenue (Customs, Excise and Taxation) respecting Certain 
Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet Originating in or Exported from the United 
States of America. The Binational Secretariat assigned Secretariat File 
No. CDA-93-1904-08 to 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 amended and a consolidated version of the 
amended Rules was published in the Federal Register on June 15, 1992 
(57 FR 26698). The Rules were further amended and published in the 
Federal Register on February 8, 1994 (59 FR 5892). The panel review in 
this matter will be conducted in accordance with these Rules, as 
amended.

Background

    In the June 14, 1994 decision, the binational panel affirmed in 
part and remanded in part the investigating authorities' final 
determination. The binational panel instructed the investigating 
authority to provide its Determination on Remand within 90 days of the 
panel decision (by September 12, 1994).

    Dated: July 8, 1994.
Caratina L. Alston,
Deputy U.S. Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-17277 Filed 7-14-94; 8:45 am]
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