[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15084]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel 
Reviews; Notice of Completion of Panel Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel Review.

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SUMMARY: On April 26, 1996 the panel review of the final antidumping 
determination made by the Secretaria de Comerico y Fomento Industrial, 
in the antidumping investigation respecting Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet 
Originating in or Exported from Canada was completed. This matter was 
assigned Secretariat File No. MEX-96-1904-01.

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 North American Free Trade 
Agreement (``Agreement'') 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 Agreement, 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 was conducted in accordance with these 
Rules.

Background

    On January 26, 1996 Dofasco, Inc. filed a First Request for Panel 
Review with the Mexican Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to 
Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review 
was requested of the final antidumping determination made by the 
Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial, in the antidumping 
investigation respecting Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet Originating in or 
Exported from Canada. This determination was published in the Diario 
Official de la Federacion on December 27, 1995. Pursuant to subrule 
71(2) of the Rules, the panel review in this matter was completed on 
April 26, 1996.

    Dated: May 17, 1996.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-15084 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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