[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: 19CFR354.3]

[Page 294]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
            CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 354--PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATION OF AN ANTIDUMPING 
OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY ADMINISTRATIVE PROTECTIVE ORDER--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 354.3  Sanctions.

    (a) A person determined under this part to have violated a 
administrative protective order may be subjected to any or all of the 
following sanctions:
    (1) Barring such person from appearing before the International 
Trade Administration to represent another for a designated time period 
from the date of publication in the Federal Register of a notice that a 
violation has been determined to exist;
    (2) Denying the person access to business proprietary information 
for a designated time period from the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of a notice that a violation has been determined to exist;
    (3) Other appropriate administrative sanctions, including striking 
from the record any information or argument submitted by, or on behalf 
of, the violating party or the party represented by the violating party; 
terminating any proceeding then in progress; or revoking any order then 
in effect;
    (4) Requiring the person to return material previously provided by 
the Secretary and all other materials containing the business 
proprietary information, such as briefs, notes, or charts based on any 
such information received under an administrative protective order; and
    (5) Issuing a private letter of reprimand.
    (b)(1) The firm of which a person determined to have violated a 
administrative protective order is a partner, associate or employee; any 
partner, associate, employer, or employee of such person; and any person 
represented by such person may be barred from appearing before the 
International Trade Administration for a designated time period from the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of notice that a violation 
has been determined to exist or may be subjected to the sanctions set 
forth in paragraph (a) of this section, as appropriate.
    (2) Each person against whom sanctions are proposed under paragraph 
(b)(1) of this section is entitled to all the administrative rights set 
forth in this part separately and apart from rights provided to a person 
subject to sanctions under paragraph (a) of this section, including the 
right to a charging letter, right to representation, and right to a 
hearing, but subject to joinder or consolidation by a presiding official 
under Sec. 354.12(b).

[53 FR 47920, Nov. 28, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 24404, May 4, 1998]