[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: 15CFR2009.0]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

PART 2009_PROCEDURES FOR REPRESENTATIONS UNDER SECTION 422 OF THE TRADE 

AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2009.0  Submission of representation.









Sec.

2009.0 Submission of representation.

2009.1 Information required in representation.





    (a) Any--(1) Part to the Agreement; or

    (2) Foreign country that is not a Party to the Agreement but is 

found by the United States Trade Representative, (``Trade 

Representative'') to extend rights and privileges to the United States 

that are substantially the same as those that would be so extended if 

that foreign country were a Party to the Agreement, may make a 

representation to the Trade Representative alleging that a standards-

related activity engaged in within the United States violates the 

obligations of the United States under the Agreement on Technical 

Barriers to Trade.

    (b) All representations under section 422 of the Trade Agreements 

Act of 1979 (``section 422'') shall be addressed to the United States 

Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 

600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20506. Alternatively, such a 

representation may be made by diplomatic correspondence and may be 

accepted by the Trade Representative.

    (c) ``The Agreement'', a ``Party to the Agreement'' and ``standards-

related activity'' are defined as in section 451 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

2561).



(5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 2504(b), 2551-2554; E.O. 11846, 40 FR 14291; 

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979, 44 FR 69173; E.O. 12188, 45 FR 989)



[47 FR 50207, Nov. 5, 1982]