Notice2024-21911
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: Binational Panel Review: Notice of Request for Panel Review
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
September 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
A Request for Panel Review was filed in the matter of Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022 with the U.S. Section of the USMCA Secretariat on September 18, 2024. The USMCA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-CDA-2024-10.12-03 to this request.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 78287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21911]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: A Request for Panel Review was filed in the matter of Certain
Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Results of the
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022 with the U.S. Section
of the USMCA Secretariat on September 18, 2024. The USMCA Secretariat
has assigned case number USA-CDA-2024-10.12-03 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: The final results of the investigation under
review were determined by the United States Department of Commerce and
were published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2024 (89 FR
67062).
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 18, 2024);
(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
November 4, 2024);
(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 19, 2024.
Vidya Desai,
United States Secretary, USMCA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-21911 Filed 9-24-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-GT-P
</pre></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on September 25, 2024.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.