[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 35585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14490]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-815]


Countervailing Duty Order on Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 
Coils from France: Rescission of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review

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

ACTION: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France: 
Rescission of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review.

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SUMMARY: On June 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), published a Notice of Initiation of Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Reviews (Sunset Initiation Notice) of the antidumping duty 
orders on stainless steel sheet and strip from France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, and the 
countervailing duty orders on stainless steel sheet and strip from 
France, Italy, and Korea.\1\ Subsequent to the issuance of the Sunset 
Initiation Notice, we discovered an error. As a result, we are 
rescinding initiation of the sunset review with respect to the 
countervailing duty order on stainless sheet and strip in coils from 
France. The International Trade Commission is publishing concurrently 
with this notice its rescission of its notice of Institution of Five-
Year Review.
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    \1\ Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 69 FR 30874 
(June 1, 2004).

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Effective Date:  June 25, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit, Office of Policy 
for Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th St. & Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20230: telephone (202) 482-5050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2004, the Department published in the Federal Register, 
the Sunset Initiation Notice for the antidumping duty orders on 
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, and the 
countervailing duty orders on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils 
from France, Italy, and South Korea. Subsequent to the publication of 
the Sunset Initiation Notice, we discovered an error.

Rescission of Review

    In our Initiation Notice, we indicated that we were initiating 
five-year sunset reviews in accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(c). In the 
Initiation of Reviews section of our Initiation Notice, we initiated a 
sunset review of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel and 
strip in coils from France. However, this order was revoked effective 
November 7, 2003, in implementing certain determinations under Section 
129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.\2\ Therefore, we are 
rescinding the sunset review of the countervailing duty order of 
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from France. The sunset review 
of the antidumping duty order of stainless steel sheet and strip in 
coils from France will continue.
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    \2\ Notice of Implementation Under Section 129 of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act; Countervailing Measures Concerning Certain 
Steel Products From the European Communities, 68 FR 64858 (November 
17, 2003).
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    This amendment is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: June 14, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-14490 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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