[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: 19CFR213.2]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                 CHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 213--TRADE REMEDY ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 213.2  Definitions.

    (a) Office. The Trade Remedy Assistance Office (hereinafter Office) 
provides general information to the public, upon request, and, to the 
extent feasible, assistance and advice to interested parties concerning 
the remedies and benefits available under the trade laws identified in 
Sec. 213.2(b) and the procedures to be followed and appropriate filing 
dates in investigations under those trade laws. In coordination with 
other agencies responsible for administering the trade laws listed in 
Sec. 213.2(b), the Office also provides technical assistance, as defined 
in Sec. 213.2(d) to eligible small businesses that seek to obtain 
remedies and benefits under the trade laws. The Office's address is 
Trade Remedy Assistance Office, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 
E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436.
    (b) Trade laws. The trade laws (with respect to which general 
information and technical assistance are available) are defined as:
    (1) Chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 
et seq., relating to injury caused by import competition);
    (2) Chapters 2 and 3 of such title II (relating to adjustment 
assistance for workers and firms);
    (3) Chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411 
et seq., relating to relief from foreign import restrictions and export 
subsidies);
    (4) Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq., 
relating to the imposition of countervailing duties and antidumping 
duties);
    (5) Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862, 
relating to the safeguarding of national security);
    (6) Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337, relating 
to unfair practices in import trade); and
    (7) Section 406 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2436, relating 
to market disruption).
    (c) Administering agencies. Administering agency refers to the 
agency or agencies responsible for administering a particular trade law. 
The trade laws relating to injury caused by import competition, unfair 
practices in import trade and market disruption are administered by the 
Commission. The trade laws relating to countervailing and antidumping 
duties are jointly administered by the Commission and the Department of 
Commerce. The trade laws relating to adjustment assistance for firms and 
safeguarding national security are administered by the Department of 
Commerce. The trade law relating to adjustment assistance for workers is 
administered by the Department of Labor. The trade law relating to 
relief from foreign import restrictions and export subsidies is 
administered by the United States Trade Representative.
    (d) Technical Assistance. Technical assistance is informal advice 
and assistance, including informal legal advice,

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intended to enable eligible small businesses to determine the 
appropriateness of pursuing particular trade remedies, to prepare 
petitions and complaints (other than those which are frivolous in the 
opinion of the agency) and to seek to obtain the remedies and benefits 
available under the trade laws identified in Sec. 213.2(b). Technical 
assistance is available to eligible small businesses at any time until 
the completion of administrative review or of an appeal to the 
administering agency regarding proceedings under the trade laws listed 
in Sec. 213.2(b). Technical assistance does not include legal 
representation of an eligible small business or advocacy on its behalf 
and receipt of technical assistance does not ensure that the recipient 
will prevail in any trade remedy proceeding. The Office provides such 
technical assistance independently of other Commission staff but may 
consult with other staff as appropriate.
    (e) Applicant. An applicant is an individual, partnership, 
corporation, joint venture, trade or other association, cooperative, 
group of workers, or certified or recognized union, or other entity that 
applies for techincal assistance under this part.
    (f) Eligible small business. An eligible small business is an 
applicant that the Office has determined to be entitled to technical 
assistance in accordance with the SBA size standards and the procedures 
set forth in this part.
    (g) SBA size standards. SBA size standards are the small business 
size standards of the Small Business Administration set forth in 13 CFR 
121.2. The SBA size standards categorize business concerns according to 
the Standard Industrial Classification (``SIC'') code of the Bureau of 
the Census and base the size determination upon the number of employees 
or annual receipts of the business concern in the appropriate SIC 
category.