15 CFR § 2006.2 - Adequacy of the petition.

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title: "15 CFR § 2006.2 - Adequacy of the petition."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "2006.2"
section_name: "Adequacy of the petition."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE"
part_number: "2006"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR FILING PETITIONS FOR ACTION UNDER SECTION 301 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Sec. 309(a)(1), Trade Act of 1974, as amended by sec. 1301 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-418, 102 Stat. 1176 (19 U.S.C. 2419)."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 20595, May 18, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2006.2 Adequacy of the petition.

If the petition filed pursuant to section 302 does not conform substantially to the requirements of §§ 2006.0 and 2006.1, the Chairman of the Section 301 Committee may decline to docket the petition as filed and, if requested by petitioner, return it to petitioner with guidance on making the petition conform to the requirements, or may nevertheless determine that there is sufficient information on which to proceed to a determination whether to initiate an investigation.