Notice2023-19439
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: Binational Panel Review: Notice of Request for Panel Review
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Published
September 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
A Request for Panel Review was filed in the matter of Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada: Final Results of a Final Rescission, in Part, of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021 with the U.S. Section of the USMCA Secretariat on August 31, 2023, pursuant to USMCA Article 10.12. The final results of the administrative review were published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2023. The USMCA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-CDA-2023-10.12-01 to this request.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19439]
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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 Certain
Softwood Lumber from Canada: Final Results of a Final Rescission, in
Part, of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021 with the
U.S. Section of the USMCA Secretariat on August 31, 2023, pursuant to
USMCA Article 10.12. The final results of the administrative review
were published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2023. The USMCA
Secretariat has assigned case number USA-CDA-2023-10.12-01 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 <a href="https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreement-accord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/rules-regles-reglas/article-article-articulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng">https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreement-accord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/rules-regles-reglas/article-article-articulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng</a>.
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
October 2, 2023);
(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 October
16, 2023);
(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: September 5, 2023.
Vidya Desai,
U.S. Secretary, USMCA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-19439 Filed 9-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-GT-P
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