[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61459-61460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17352]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904; 
Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Withdrawal of Extraordinary 
Challenge Committee Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Withdrawal of Extraordinary Challenge Committee.

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    Review of the final affirmative countervailing duty determination 
filed on April 27, 2006, concerning the decisions of the binational 
panel that reviewed the final determination and remand determinations 
made by the United States Department of Commerce in the Matter of 
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty

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Determination, Secretariat File No. USA-CDA-2002-1904-03.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the negotiated settlement between the United 
States and the Canadian Governments, the Extraordinary Challenge 
Committee review of the above noted case is terminated as of October 
12, 2006. No Committee has been appointed to this panel review.

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 Extraordinary Challenge Committees (``Rules''). These 
Rules were published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 
FR 8686). The panel review in this matter was requested pursuant to 
these Rules and terminated in accordance with the settlement agreement.

    Dated: October 13, 2006.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E6-17352 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]
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