[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR2001.0]



[Page 445-447]

 

                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

PART 2001_CREATION, ORGANIZATION, AND FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2001.0  Scope and purpose.









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Part                                                                Page

2001            Creation, organization, and functions.......         447

2002            Operation of committees.....................         449

2003            Regulations of Trade Policy Staff Committee.         452

2004            Freedom of information policies and 

                    procedures..............................         454

2005            Safeguarding individual privacy.............         458

2006            Procedures for filing petitions for action 

                    under section 301 of the Trade Act of 

                    1974, as amended........................         463

2007            Regulations of the U.S. Trade Representative 

                    pertaining to eligibility of articles 

                    and countries for the Generalized System 

                    of Preference Program (GSP (15 CFR Part 

                    2007))..................................         469

2008            Regulations to implement E.O. 12065; Office 

                    of the United States Trade 

                    Representative..........................         475

2009            Procedures for representations under section 

                    422 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.         479

2011            Allocation of tariff-rate quota on imported 

                    sugars, syrups and molasses.............         480

2012            Implementation of tariff-rate quotas for 

                    beef....................................         486

2013            Developing and least--developing country 

                    designations under the Countervailing 

                    Duty Law................................         487

2014            Implementation of tariff-rate quota for 

                    imports of lamb meat....................         488

2015            Implementation of tariff-rate quotas for 

                    sugar-containing products...............         488

2016            Procedures to petition for withdrawal or 

                    suspension of country eligibility or 

                    duty-free treatment under the Andean 

                    Trade Preference Act (ATPA), as amended.         489

Appendix A to Chapter XX--Administration of the Trade 

  Agreements Program........................................         492



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Sec.

2001.0 Scope and purpose.

2001.1 Creation and location.

2001.2 Organization.

2001.3 Functions.



    Authority: Pub. L. 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978; 76 Stat. 902, 19 U.S.C. 

1872, as amended; E.O. 11846 of March 27, 1975, 40 FR 14291, March 31, 

1975.



    Source: 40 FR 18419, Apr. 28, 1975, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) This chapter sets out terms of reference of the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative (hereinafter the ``Office''), and the 

procedures whereby it carries out its general responsibilities under the 

trade agreements program.

    (b) One of the primary purposes of these regulations is to inform 

the public of the unit known as the Trade Policy Staff Committee, which 

replaces and assumes the functions formerly performed by The Trade Staff 

Committee and the Trade Information Committee. One of the functions of 

the Trade Policy Staff Committee is to afford an opportunity for 

interested parties to present oral and written statements concerning the 

trade agreements program and related matters.