[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34968-34969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16458]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 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 June 26, 1995 Mitsubishi Electronics Industries Canada, 
Inc. filed a First Request for Panel Review with the U.S. Section of 
the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American 
Free Trade Agreement. Panel review was requested of the Determination 
Not to Revoke Antidumping Duty Orders and Findings Nor To Terminate 
Suspended Investigations made by the International Trade Administration 
in the respecting Color Picture Tubes from Canada. This determination 
was published in the Federal Register on May 25, 1995 (60 FR 27720, 
27722). The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA-95-1904-03 
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 NAFTA establishes a 
mechanism to replace domestic judicial review of final determinations 
in antidumping and 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 NAFTA, 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). The panel 
review in this matter will be conducted in accordance with these Rules.
    A first Request for Panel Review was filed with the U.S. Section of 
the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 1904 of the NAFTA, on June 
26, 1995, requesting panel review of the final determination described 
above.
    The Rules provide that:

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    (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 July 26, 1995);
    (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 August 10, 
1995); 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: June 28, 1995.
James R. Holbein,
U.S. Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-16458 Filed 7-3-95; 8:45 am]
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