Trade Representative, Office of United States
Pursuant to authority under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, on April 19, 1999, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) imposed 100 percent ad valorem duties on a list of products of certain member States of the European Communities (EC) as a result of the EC's failure to implement the recommendations and rulings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body concerning the EC's regime for the importation, sale and distribution of bananas. On April 11, 2001, the United States and the EC announced an understanding in the Bananas dispute. Pursuant to that understanding, the EC is taking steps to provide greater market access to U.S. banana distributors, and the Trade Representative is terminating the 100 percent ad valorem duties on the list of EC products. The Trade Representative will monitor the EC's compliance with the understanding, and in particular, whether the EC modifies certain tariff rate quotas by January 1, 2002. Should the EC fail to do so, the Trade Representative may again take action under Section 301.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Office of the United States Trade Representative [Docket No. 301-100a] AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Notice of termination of action, monitoring, and request for public comments. SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, on April 19, 1999, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) imposed 100 percent ad valorem duties on a list of products of certain member States of the European Communities (EC) as a result of the EC's failure to implement the recommendations and rulings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body concerning the EC's regime for the importation, sale and distribution of bananas. On April 11, 2001, the United States and the EC announced an understanding in the Bananas dispute. Pursuant to that understanding, the EC is taking steps to provide greater market access to U.S. banana distributors, and the Trade Representative is terminating the 100 percent ad valorem duties on the list of EC products. The Trade Representative will monitor the EC's compliance with the understanding, and in particular, whether the EC modifies certain tariff rate quotas by January 1, 2002. Should the EC fail to do so, the Trade Representative may again take action under Section 301. DATES: Comments should be submitted by 5 p.m. on August 7, 2001. The termination of increased duties is effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumpt…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Implementation of WTO Recommendations Concerning the European Communities' Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas
Implementation of WTO Recommendations Concerning the European Communities' Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas
Implementation of WTO Recommendations Concerning the European Communities' Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas
Implementation of WTO Recommendations Concerning the European Communities' Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas
Citation: 66 FR 35689
