[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69994-69995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31020]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-818]


Low Enriched Uranium from France: Extension of the Time Limit for 
the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 16, 2003.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicki Schepker or Carol Henninger at 
(202) 482-1756 or (202) 482-3003, respectively; Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

TIME LIMITS:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to complete 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding for 
which a review is requested and the final results within 120 days after 
the date on which the preliminary results are published. However, if it 
is not practicable to complete the review within these time periods, 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 
time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after 
the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding for which a 
review is requested, and for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days 
if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
results) from the date of publication of the preliminary results.

Background

    Eurodif S.A. (Eurodif), a French producer of subject merchandise, 
and its affiliated parties Compagnie G[eacute]n[eacute]rale Des 
Mati[egrave]res Nucl[eacute]aires (COGEMA) and COGEMA, Inc. 
(collectively, COGEMA/Eurodif), requested an administrative review of 
the antidumping order on low enriched uranium from France on February 
3, 2003. United States Enrichment Corporation and USEC, Inc. (the 
petitioner), a domestic producer of subject merchandise, requested a 
review on February 28, 2003. On March 25, 2003, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of the administrative review, covering 
the period July 13, 2001, through January 31, 2003, (Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 68 FR 14394). On October 27, 2003, the 
Department published a notice extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results, (Extension of the Time Limit for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 68 FR 61184). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than December 18, 2003. 
On November 18, 2003, the petitioner filed comments for the 
Department's consideration prior to the preliminary results. On 
December 1, 2003, COGEMA/Eurodif responded to those comments.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the revised time limit due to the complex 
issues that have been raised. Examples of issues that must be 
considered include the proper treatment of commingled merchandise, the 
appropriateness of granting a constructed export price (CEP) offset, 
and the application of the major input rule. Therefore, the Department 
is extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results 
until no later than January 20, 2004. We intend to issue the final 
results no later than 120 days after publication of the preliminary 
results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: December 9, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement II.
[FR Doc. 03-31020 Filed 12-15-03; 8:45 am]
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