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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free-Trade
Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel
Reviews; Request for Panel Review
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel
Review.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On January 30, 2006, Mittal
Canada Inc. (formerly Ispat Sidbec Inc.)
filed a First Request for Panel Review
with the United States Section of the
NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article
1904 of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. Panel review was requested
of the final results of the antidumping
duty administrative review made by the
United States Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration,
respecting Carbon and Certain Alloy
Steel Wire Rod from Canada. This
determination was published in the
Federal Register, (71 FR 3822) on
January 24, 2006. The NAFTA
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Secretariat has assigned Case Number
USA–CDA–2006–1904–04 to this
request.
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 reiew 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
Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).
These Rules were published in the
Federal Register on February 23, 1994
(59 FR 8686).
A first Request for Panel Review was
filed with the United States Section of
the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to
Article 1904 of the Agreement, on
January 30, 2006, requesting panel
review of the final determination
described above.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party of interested person may
challenge the final determination in
whole or in part by filing a Complaint
in accordance with Rule 39 within 30
days after the filing of the first Request
for Panel Review (the deadline for filing
a Complaint is March 1, 2006);
(b) A Party, investigating authority, or
interested person that does not file a
Complaint but that intends to appear in
support of any reviewable portion of the
final determination may participate in
the panel review by filing a Notice of
Appearance in accordance with Rule 40
within 45 days after the filing of the first
Request for Panel Review (the deadline
for filing a Notice of Appearance is
March 16, 2006); and
(c) The panel review shall be limited
to the allegations of error of fact or law,
including the jurisdiction of the
investigating authority, that are set out
in the Complaints filed in the panel
review and the procedural and
substantive defenses raised in the panel
review.
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Dated: January 31, 2006.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel
Reviews; Request for Panel Review
AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel Review.
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SUMMARY: On January 30, 2006, Mittal Canada Inc. (formerly Ispat Sidbec
Inc.) filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States
Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North
American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review was requested of the final
results of the antidumping duty administrative review made by the
United States Department of Commerce, International Trade
Administration, respecting Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from
Canada. This determination was published in the Federal Register, (71
FR 3822) on January 24, 2006. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case
Number USA-CDA-2006-1904-04 to this request.
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 reiew 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 Binational Panel Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686).
A first Request for Panel Review was filed with the United States
Section of the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 1904 of the
Agreement, on January 30, 2006, requesting panel review of the final
determination described above.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party of interested person may challenge the final
determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance
with Rule 39 within 30 days after the filing of the first Request for
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is March 1, 2006);
(b) A Party, investigating authority, or interested person that
does not file a Complaint but that intends to appear in support of any
reviewable portion of the final determination may participate in the
panel review by filing a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule
40 within 45 days after the filing of the first Request for Panel
Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is March 16,
2006); and
(c) The panel review shall be limited to the allegations of error
of fact or law, including the jurisdiction of the investigating
authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in the panel review
and the procedural and substantive defenses raised in the panel review.
Dated: January 31, 2006.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 06-1042 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45am]
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