[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR210.36]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 210--ADJUDICATION AND ENFORCEMENT--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart F--Prehearing Conferences and Hearings
 
Sec.  210.36  General provisions for hearings.

    (a) Purpose of hearings. (1) An opportunity for a hearing shall be 
provided in each investigation under this part, in accordance with the 
Administrative Procedure Act. At the hearing, the presiding 
administrative law judge will take evidence and hear argument for the 
purpose of determining whether there is a violation of section 337 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, and for the purpose

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of making findings and recommendations, as described in Sec.  
210.42(a)(1)(ii), concerning the appropriate remedy and the amount of 
the bond to be posted by respondents during Presidential review of the 
Commission's action, under section 337(j) of the Tariff Act.
    (2) An opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the 
Administrative Procedure Act shall also be provided in connection with 
every motion for temporary relief filed under this part.
    (b) Public hearings. All hearings in investigations under this part 
shall be public unless otherwise ordered by the administrative law 
judge.
    (c) Expedition. Hearings shall proceed with all reasonable 
expedition, and, insofar as practicable, shall be held at one place, 
continuing until completed unless otherwise ordered by the 
administrative law judge.
    (d) Rights of the parties. Every hearing under this section shall be 
conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (i.e., 5 
U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  554 through 556). Hence, every party shall have the 
right of adequate notice, cross-examination, presentation of evidence, 
objection, motion, argument, and all other rights essential to a fair 
hearing.
    (e) Presiding official. An administrative law judge shall preside 
over each hearing unless the Commission shall otherwise order.