[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: 19CFR356.22]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
            CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 356--PROCEDURES AND RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE 1904 OF THE NORTH 
AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D--Violation of a Protective Order or a Disclosure Undertaking
 
Sec. 356.22  Prehearing conference.

    (a)(1) If an administrative hearing has been requested, the 
administrative law judge will direct the parties to attend a prehearing 
conference to consider:
    (i) Simplification of issues;
    (ii) Obtaining stipulations of fact and of documents to avoid 
unnecessary proof;
    (iii) Settlement of the matter;
    (iv) Discovery; and
    (v) Such other matters as may expedite the disposition of the 
proceedings.
    (2) Any relevant and significant stipulations or admissions will be 
incorporated into the initial decision.
    (b) If a prehearing conference is impractical, the administrative 
law judge will direct the parties to correspond with each other or to 
confer by telephone or otherwise to achieve the purposes of such a 
conference.