[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR207.100]

[Page 120]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
  PART 207_INVESTIGATIONS OF WHETHER INJURY TO DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES RESULTS 
 
  Subpart G_Implementing Regulations for the North American Free Trade 
                                Agreement
 
Sec. 207.100  Sanctions.

    (a) A person, other than a person exempted from this regulation by 
the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(4), who is determined under this 
subpart to have committed a prohibited act, may be subject to one or 
more of the following sanctions:
    (1) A civil penalty not to exceed $100,000 for each violation, each 
day of a continuing violation constituting a separate violation;
    (2) Debarment from practice in any capacity before the Commission, 
which disbarment may, in appropriate circumstances, include such 
person's partners, associates, employers and employees, for a designated 
time period following publication of a determination that the protective 
order has been breached;
    (3) Denial of further access to proprietary or privileged 
information covered by the breached protective order or to proprietary 
information in future Commission proceedings;
    (4) An official reprimand by the Commission;
    (5) In the case of an attorney, accountant, or other professional, 
referral of the facts underlying the prohibited act to the ethics panel 
or other disciplinary body of the appropriate professional association 
or licensing authority;
    (6) When appropriate, referral of the facts underlying the violation 
to the United States Trade Representative or his or her designees, or to 
another government agency; and
    (7) Any other administrative sanctions as the Commission determines 
to be appropriate.
    (b) Each partner, associate, employer, and employee described in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section is entitled to all the administrative 
rights set forth in this subpart.
    (c) For the purposes of this subpart, the knowing receipt of 
information the receipt of which constitutes a violation of a protective 
order includes, but is not limited to, the reading or unauthorized 
dissemination of the information covered by a protective order by a 
person who knows or should reasonably believe that he or she is not 
authorized to read or disseminate such information.