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[FR Doc No: 94-17972]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 
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 July 13, 1994 the binational Panel issued its decision in 
the review of the final determination made by the Canadian 
International Trade Tribunal respecting Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet 
Originating in or Exported from the United States of America, The 
Secretariat assigned File No. CDA-93-1904-09 to this matter.

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 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''). The 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). 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 was conducted in 
accordance with the Rules, as amended.

PANEL DECISION: In the July 13, 1994 decision, the binational panel 
affirmed the investigating authority's final determination.

    Dated: July 18, 1994.
James R. Holbein,
U.S. Secretary NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-17972 Filed 7-22-94; 8:45 am]
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