[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: 15CFR2006.13]



[Page 468-469]

 

                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

PART 2006_PROCEDURES FOR FILING PETITIONS FOR ACTION UNDER SECTION 301 

OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2006.13  Information open to public inspection.



    (a) With the exception of information subject to Sec. 2006.15, an 

interested person may, upon advance request, inspect at a public reading 

room in the Office of the United States Trade Representative:

    (1) Any written petition, brief, or similar submission of 

information (other than that to which confidentiality applies) made in 

the course of a section 302 proceeding;

    (2) Any stenographic record of a public hearing held pursuant to 

section 302 or 304.

    (b) In addition, upon written request submitted in accordance with 

section 308 of the Trade Act, any person may obtain from the Section 301 

Chairman the following, to the extent that such information is available 

to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative or other Federal 

agencies:

    (1) Information on the nature and extent of a specific trade policy 

or practice of a foreign government or instrumentality with respect to 

particular goods, services, investment, or intellectual property rights;

    (2) Information on United States rights under any trade agreement 

and the remedies which may be available under that agreement and under 

the laws of the United States; and

    (3) Information on past and present domestic and international 

proceedings



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or actions with respect to the policy or practice concerned.

    (c) An appropriate fee will be charged for duplication of documents 

requested under Sec. 2006.13.