[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 93 (Friday, May 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26364-26365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12257]


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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: North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA Secretariat, United 
States Section, International Trade Administration, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of panel review of the final 
countervailing duty determination made by the International Trade 
Administration, respecting steel wire rod from Canada. (Secretariat 
File No. USA-97-1904-08).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Consent Motion to Terminate the Panel Review, 
the panel review is terminated as of May 6, 1999. Complaints were filed 
pursuant to Rule 39, Notices of Appearance were filed pursuant to Rule 
40, however no panel has been appointed. Pursuant to Rule 73(2) of the 
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel Review, this panel 
review is terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caratina L. Alston, Acting 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 panel. 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: May 7, 1999.
Caratina L. Alston,
Acting United States Secretary, FTA Binational Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 99-12257 Filed 5-13-99; 8:45 am]
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