[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 78287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21911]


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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 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 https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreement-accord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/rules-regles-reglas/article-article-articulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng.
    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]
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