[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 13316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6884]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel 
Reviews; Request for Panel Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Request A Panel Review

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SUMMARY: On February 26, 2002, The Government of Canada filed a Notice 
of Intent to Request A Panel Review with the United States Section of 
the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904.4 of the North American 
Free Trade Agreement. The Notice was based on the Notice of Preliminary 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative 
Critical Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final 
Countervailing Duty Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 
Determination regarding Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada, 
made by the United States International Trade Administration. This 
determinations were published in the Federal Register, (66 FR 43186) on 
August 17, 2001. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA-
CDA-2002-1904-03 to this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caratina L. Alston, United States 
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 
Washington, DC 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).
    A Notice of Intent to Request A Panel Review was filed with the 
United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 
1904.4 of the Agreement, on February 27, 2002, requesting that a panel 
be established in accordance with the Article outlined above.
    Article 1904.4 provide in part that:

    Where the competent investigating authority of the importing 
Party has imposed provisional measures in an investigation, the 
other involved Party may provide notice of its intention to request 
a panel under this Article, and the Parties shall being to establish 
a panel at that time.

    Dated: March 4, 2002.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 02-6884 Filed 3-21-02; 8:45 am]
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