[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR174.15]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 174--PROTESTS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B--Protests
 
Sec. 174.15  Consolidation of protests filed by different parties.

    (a) General. Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, separate 
protests relating to one category of merchandise covered by an entry 
shall be considered as a single protest whether filed as a single 
protest or filed as separate protests relating to the same category by 
one or more parties in interest or an authorized agent.
    (b) NAFTA transactions. The following rules shall apply to a 
consolidation of multiple protests concerning a determination of origin 
under subpart G of part 181 of this chapter if one of the protests is 
filed by or on behalf of an exporter or producer described in 
Sec. 174.12(a)(5) of this part:
    (1) If consolidation under paragraph (a) of this section is pursuant 
to specific written requests for consolidation received from all 
interested parties who filed protests under this part, those interested 
parties shall be deemed to have waived their rights to confidentiality 
as regards business information within the meaning of Sec. 181.121 of 
this chapter. In such cases, a separate notice of the decision will be 
issued to each interested party under this part but without regard to 
whether the notice reflects confidential business information obtained 
from one but not all of those interested parties.
    (2) If consolidation under paragraph (a) of this section is done by 
the port director in the absence of specific written requests for 
consolidation from all interested parties who filed protests under this 
part, no waiver of confidentiality by those interested parties shall be 
deemed to have taken place. In such cases, a separate notice of the 
decision will be issued to each interested party and each such notice 
shall adhere to the principle of confidentiality set forth in 
Sec. 181.121 of this chapter.

[T.D. 94-1, 58 FR 69472, Dec. 30, 1993]