United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews; Notice of Decision of Panel

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews; Notice of Decision of Panel

AGENCY: United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Binational

Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of decision of panel.

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SUMMARY: On July 13, 1994 the binational Panel issued its decision in

the review of the final determination made by the Canadian

International Trade Tribunal respecting Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet

Originating in or Exported from the United States of America, The

Secretariat assigned File No. CDA-93-1904-09 to this matter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Holbein, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, D.C. 20230, (202) 482-5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the United States-Canada Free-

Trade Agreement (``Agreement'') establishes a mechanism to replace

domestic judicial review of final determinations in antidumping and

countervailing duty cases involving imports from the other 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, 1989, the Government of the United States and the Government

of Canada established Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational

Panel Reviews (``Rules''). The Rules were published in the Federal

Register on December 30, 1988 (53 FR 53212). The Rules were amended by

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel

Reviews, published in the Federal Register on December 27, 1989 (54 FR

53165). A consolidated version of the amended Rules was published in

the Federal Register on June 15, 1992 (57 FR 26698). The Rules were

further amended and published in the Federal Register on February 8,

1994 (59 FR 5892). The panel review in this matter was conducted in

accordance with the Rules, as amended.

PANEL DECISION: In the July 13, 1994 decision, the binational panel

affirmed the investigating authority's final determination.

Dated: July 18, 1994.

James R. Holbein,

U.S. Secretary NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 94-17972 Filed 7-22-94; 8:45 am]

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