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Panel Review was requested of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final determination regarding Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances; July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013. This determination was published in the Federal Register (79 FR 54967), on September 15, 2014. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA–MEX–2014–1904–01 to this request. SUMMARY: [FR Doc. 2014–25317 Filed 10–23–14; 8:45 am] Review. VerDate Sep<11>2014 Product(s) E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 206 / Friday, October 24, 2014 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Ann Y. Iyomasa, Acting United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438. 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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63600-63601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25331]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel 
Reviews; First 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 October 16, 2014, Grupo Simec, Orge S.A. DE C.V., and Orge 
S.A. DE C.V. (``Simec'') 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 U.S. Department of Commerce's final determination 
regarding Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances; July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013. 
This determination was published in the Federal Register (79 FR 54967), 
on September 15, 2014. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number 
USA-MEX-2014-1904-01 to this request.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Ann Y. Iyomasa, Acting United 
States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement (``Agreement'') established 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 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, 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 October 16, 2014, requesting a panel review of the 
determination and order described above.
    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 39 within 30 days after the filing of the first Request for 
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is November 17, 
2014);
    (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 December 1, 
2014); 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 panel review and 
the procedural and substantive defenses raised in the panel review.

    Dated: October 20, 2014.
Marsha Ann Y. Iyomasa,
Acting United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2014-25331 Filed 10-23-14; 8:45 am]
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