[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: 19CFR354.11]

[Page 299]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 354--PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATION OF AN ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY ADMINISTRATIVE PROTECTIVE ORDER--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  354.11  Prehearing conference.

    (a)(1) If an administrative hearing has been requested, the 
presiding official 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 presiding 
official will direct the parties to correspond with each other or to 
confer by telephone or otherwise to achieve the purposes of such a 
conference.