[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8159-8160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02400]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: 
Binational Panel Review: Notice of Request for Panel Review

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

ACTION: Notice of USMCA request for panel review.

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SUMMARY: A Request for Panel Review was filed in the matter of Softwood 
Lumber from Canada: Final Determinations of the Five-Year Reviews of 
the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders with the U.S. Section of 
the USMCA Secretariat on January 29, 2024. The final results were 
determined by the United States International Trade Commission and were 
published in the Federal Register

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on December 28, 2023. The USMCA Secretariat has assigned case number 
USA-CDA-2024-10.12-01 to this request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vidya Desai, United States Secretary, 
USMCA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230, 202-482-5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 10.12 of chapter 10 of USMCA 
provides a dispute settlement mechanism involving trade remedy 
determinations issued by the Government of the United States, the 
Government of Canada, and the Government of Mexico. Following a Request 
for Panel Review, a Binational Panel is composed to review the trade 
remedy determination being challenged and issue a binding Panel 
Decision. There are established USMCA Rules of Procedure for Article 
10.12 (Binational Panel Reviews), which were adopted by the three 
governments for panels requested pursuant to Article 10.12(2) of USMCA 
which requires Requests for Panel Review to be published in accordance 
with Rule 40. For the complete Rules, please see https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreement-accord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/rules-regles-reglas/article-article-articulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng.
    The Rules provide that:
    (a) A Party or interested person may challenge the final 
determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance 
with Rule 44 no later than 30 days after the filing of the first 
Request for Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is 
February 28, 2024);
    (b) A Party, an investigating authority or other interested person 
who does not file a Complaint but who intends to participate in the 
panel review shall file a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule 
45 no later than 45 days after the filing of the first Request for 
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is March 
14, 2024));
    (c) The panel review will be limited to the allegations of error of 
fact or law, including challenges to the jurisdiction of the 
investigating authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in 
the panel review and to the procedural and substantive defenses raised 
in the panel review.

    Dated: January 30, 2024.
Vidya Desai,
United States Secretary, USMCA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-02400 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
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