[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2053]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904 
Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Termination of Panel Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Termination of the Panel Review of the final 
antidumping duty determination made by the International Trade 
Administration in the administrative review, respecting Circular Welded 
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube From Mexico (Secretariat File No. USA-97-
1904-06).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Notice of Consent Motion to Terminate the 
Panel Review by the Investigating Authority, the panel review is 
terminated as of January 13, 1999. Complaints were filed pursuant to 
Rule 39, Notices of Appearance were filed pursuant to Rule 40 and a 
panel has been appointed. All ``participants'' in this review as 
defined in Rule 3 of the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational 
Panel Review have consented to the motion for termination. Pursuant to 
Rule 71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel 
Review, this panel review is terminated.

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 requested and terminated pursuant 
to these Rules.

    Dated: January 21, 1999.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 99-2053 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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