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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

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

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

ACTION: Notice of Completion of the Binational Panel Review of the 
affirmative countervailing duty determination made by the International 
Trade Administration, respecting Softwood Lumber Products from Canada, 
Secretariat File No. USA-92-1904-01.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to CFTA Rule 81 of the Rules of Procedure for Article 
1904, and the Extraordinary Challenge Committee Memorandum Opinion and 
Order dated August 3, 1994, the Binational Panel Review of the subject 
described above was completed on August 4, 1994.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By a decision dated August 3, 1994, the 
Extraordinary Challenge Committee in Secretariat File No. ECC-94-1904-
01USA, dismissed the request for an extraordinary challenge of the 
Binational Panel's May 6, 1993 and December 17, 1993 Memoranda Opinion 
and Orders for failure to meet the standards of an extraordinary 
challenge set forth in FTA Article 1904.13. The Committee ordered that 
the Binational Panel's Memoranda Opinion and Orders shall remain in 
effect and affirmed the Orders of the Panel dated May 6, 1993, December 
17, 1993 and February 23, 1994. Pursuant to Rule 85 of the Rules of 
Procedure for Article 1904, the Panel members are discharged from their 
duties effective August 4, 1994, the day after the decision affirming 
the panel decision.

    Dated: August 8, 1994.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-19969 Filed 8-12-94; 8:45 am]
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