[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: 15CFR2006.8]



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                  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. 2006.8  Submission of written briefs.



    (a) In order to participate in the presentation of views either at a 

public hearing or otherwise, an interested person must submit a written 

brief before the close of the period of submission announced in the 

public notice. The brief may be, but need not be, supplemented by the 

presentation of oral testimony in any public hearing scheduled in 

accordance with Sec. 2006.7.

    (b) The brief shall state clearly the position taken and shall 

describe with particularity the supporting rationale. It shall be 

submitted in 20 copies, which must be legibly typed, printed, or 

duplicated.

    (c) In order to assure each interested person an opportunity to 

contest the information provided by other parties, the Section 301 

Committee will entertain rebuttal briefs filed by any interested person 

within a time limit specified in the public notice. Rebuttal briefs 

should be strictly limited to demonstrating errors of fact or analysis 

not pointed out in the briefs or



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hearing and should be as concise as possible.