[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1667]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


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

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

ACTION: Notice of Stay of the determination under section 129(a)(4) of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act made by the International Trade 
Commission, respecting softwood lumber products from Canada 
(Secretariat File No. USA-CDA-2005-1904-03).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Notice of Consent Motion to Stay Panel 
Proceedings by the complainants, the panel review is stayed pending the 
outcome of the ongoing Extraordinary Challenge Committee proceeding. A 
panel has not been appointed to this panel review. Pursuant to Rule 
83(1) of the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel 
Review, this panel review is stayed as of March 22, 2005.

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). 
The panel review in this matter was requested and stayed pursuant to 
these Rules.

    Dated: April 4, 2005.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E5-1667 Filed 4-11-05; 8:45 am]
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