[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR2016.0]

[Page 469-470]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
 
  PART 2016_PROCEDURES TO PETITION FOR WITHDRAWAL OR SUSPENSION OF COUNTRY 
  ELIGIBILITY OR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER THE ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT 
  (ATPA), AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2016.0  Requests for reviews

    (a) Any person may submit a request (hereinafter ``petition'') that 
the designation of a country as an Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) 
beneficiary country be withdrawn or suspended, or the application of 
preferential treatment under the ATPA to any article of any ATPA 
beneficiary country be withdrawn, suspended, or limited. Such petitions 
should: include the name of the person or the group requesting the 
review; identify the ATPA beneficiary country that would be subject to 
the review; if the petition is requesting that the preferential 
treatment of an article or articles be withdrawn, suspended, or limited, 
identify such article or articles with particularity and explain why 
such article or articles were selected; indicate the specific section 
203(c) or (d) (19 U.S.C.

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3202(c), (d)) eligibility criterion that the petitioner believes 
warrant(s) review; and include all available supporting information. The 
Andean Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) may 
request other information. If the subject matter of the petition was 
reviewed pursuant to a previous petition, the petitioner should consider 
providing the Andean Subcommittee with any new information related to 
the issue.
    (b) Any person may submit a petition that the designation of a 
country as an Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication At (ATPDEA) 
beneficiary country be withdrawn or suspended, or the application of 
preferential treatment to any article of any ATPDEA beneficiary country 
under section 204(b)(1), (3), or (4) (19 U.S.C.. 3202(b)(1), (3), (4)) 
be withdrawn, suspended, or limited. Such petitions should: Include the 
name of the person or the group requesting the review; identify the 
ATPDEA beneficiary country that would be subject to the review; if the 
petition is requesting that the preferential treatment of an article or 
articles be withdrawn, suspended, or limited, identify such article or 
articles with particularity and explain why such article or articles 
were selected; indicate the specific section 204(b)(6)(B) (19 U.S.C. 
3203(b)(6)(B)) eligibility criterion or criteria that the petition 
believes warrant(s) review; and include all available supporting 
information. The Andean Subcommittee may request other information. If 
the subject matter of the petition was reviewed pursuant to a previous 
petition, the petitioner should consider providing the Andean 
Subcommittee with any new information related to the issue.
    (c) All petitions and other submissions should be submitted in 
accordance with the schedule (see Sec. 2016.2) and requirements for 
submission that The Office of the United States Trade Representative 
(USTR) will publish annually in the Federal Register in advance of each 
review. Foreign governments may make submission in the form of 
diplomatic correspondence and should observe the deadlines for each 
annual review published in the Federal Register.
    (d) The TPSC may at any time, on its own motion, initiate a review 
to determine whether: the designation of a country as an ATPA 
beneficiary country should be withdrawn or suspended; the application of 
preferential treatment under the ATPA to any article of any ATPA 
beneficiary country should be withdrawn, suspended, or limited; the 
designation of a country as an ATPDEA beneficiary country should be 
withdrawn or suspended; or the application of preferential treatment to 
any article of any ATPDEA beneficiary country under section 204(b)(1), 
(3), or (4) (19 U.S.C. 3202(b)(1), (3), or (4) should be withdrawn, 
suspended, or limited.
    (e) Petitions requesting the action described in paragraph (a) or 
(b) of this section that indicate the existence of exceptional 
circumstances warranting an immediate review may be considerd outside of 
the schedule for the annual review announced in the Federal Register. 
Requests for such urgent consideration should contain a statement of 
reasons indicating why an expedited review is warranted.