[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR206.33]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                 CHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 206--INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO GLOBAL AND BILATERAL SAFEGUARD 
ACTIONS, MARKET DISRUPTION, TRADE DIVERSION, AND REVIEW OF RELIEF 
ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D--Investigations Relating to Bilateral Safeguard Actions
 
Sec. 206.33  Who may file a petition.

    (a) In general. A petition under this subpart D may be filed by an 
entity, including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized 
union, or group of workers, that is representative of a domestic 
industry producing an article that is like or directly competitive with 
a Canadian or Mexican article that is allegedly, as a result of the 
reduction or elimination of a duty provided for under the North American 
Free Trade Agreement, being imported into the United States in such 
increased quantities (in absolute terms) and under such conditions so 
that imports of the article alone constitute a substantial cause of 
serious injury, or

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(except in the case of a Canadian article) a threat of serious injury, 
to such domestic industry.
    (b) Perishable agricultural product. An entity of the type described 
in paragraph (a) of this section that represents a domestic industry 
producing a perishable agricultural product may petition for provisional 
relief with respect to imports of such product from Canada or Mexico 
only if such product has been subject to monitoring by the Commission 
for not less than 90 days as of the date the allegation of injury is 
included in the petition.
    (c) The President is authorized to provide import relief with 
respect to an article from Canada or Mexico during the period provided 
for in section 305(a) of the NAFTA Implementation Act; the President may 
provide relief after the expiration of this period, but only if the 
Government of Canada or Mexico, as the case may be, consents to such 
provision (see section 305(b) of the NAFTA Implementation Act).