[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61715-61716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17405]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel 
Reviews; Completion of Panel Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel Review of the final determination 
made by the U.S. International Trade Administration, in the matter of 
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada, CVD determination, 
Secretariat File No. USA-CDA-2002-1904-03.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the negotiated settlement agreement between the 
United States and Canadian

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Governments, which terminated the Request for an Extraordinary 
Challenge Committee, this Binational Panel review is completed 
effective October 12, 2006. The panel appointed to this review has been 
dismissed in accordance with the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 
Binational Panel Review, effective October 12, 2006.

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: Pursuant to the negotiated settlement 
agreement between the United States and Canadian Governments, the 
United States withdrew the request for an Extraordinary Challenge 
Committee Review, which was filed on April 27, 2006. The negotiated 
settlement became effective on October 12, 2006. The Extraordinary 
Challenge Committee was to review the decisions of the Binational Panel 
that reviewed the final determination and remand determinations by the 
United States Department of Commerce in ``The Matter of Certain 
Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Affirmative Countervailing 
Duty Determination, Secretariat File No. USA-CDA-2002-1904-03''. 
Therefore, on the basis of the negotiated settlement between the United 
States and Canada, the panel review was completed and the panelists 
discharged from their duties effective October 12, 2006.

    Dated: October 13, 2006.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E6-17405 Filed 10-18-06; 8:45 am]
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