Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of a Good for Purposes of Annex 311 of the North American Free Trade Agreement; Rules of Origin Applicable To Imported Merchandise

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Parts 10, 12, 102, 134, and 177

RIN 1515-AB19; 1515-AB34

Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of a Good for

Purposes of Annex 311 of the North American Free Trade Agreement; Rules

of Origin Applicable To Imported Merchandise

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 5, 1995, Customs published in the Federal Register a

notice of proposed rulemaking that set forth proposed amendments to the

interim Customs Regulations establishing rules for determining when the

country of origin of a good is one of the parties to the North American

Free Trade Agreement for purposes of Annex 311 of that Agreement and

republished, with some modifications, proposed amendments to the

Customs Regulations to provide uniform rules governing the

determination of the country of origin of imported merchandise. This

document extends for an additional 30 days the period of time within

which interested [[Page 29521]] members of the public may submit

comments on the proposed amendments.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (preferably in triplicate) may be addressed

to the Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs Service, Franklin Court, 1301

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20229. Comments submitted

may be inspected at the Regulations Branch, Office of Regulations and

Rulings, Franklin Court, 1099 14th Street, N.W., Suite 4000,

Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Gethers, Office of Regulations

and Rulings (202-482-6980).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On May 5, 1995, Customs published in the Federal Register (60 FR

22312) a notice of proposed rulemaking that (1) set forth proposed

amendments to the interim Customs Regulations, published in the Federal

Register on January 3, 1994, as T.D. 94-4, which established the rules

for determining when the country of origin of a good is one of the

parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement for purposes of

Annex 311 of that Agreement and (2) republished, with some

modifications, proposed amendments to the Customs Regulations to set

forth uniform rules governing the determination of the country of

origin of imported merchandise, which also had been published in the

Federal Register on January 3, 1994. The document solicited public

comments that were to be received on or before June 19, 1995.

Customs has been requested to extend the period of time for

comments in order to afford interested parties additional time to study

the proposed regulatory changes and prepare responsive comments.

Customs believes that it would be appropriate to grant the request.

Accordingly, the period of time for the submission of comments is being

extended 30 days.

Dated: May 30, 1995.

Stuart P. Seidel,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings.

[FR Doc. 95-13644 Filed 6-2-95; 8:45 am]

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