15 CFR § 2016.2 - Timetable for reviews.

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title: "15 CFR § 2016.2 - Timetable for reviews."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "2016.2"
section_name: "Timetable for reviews."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE"
part_number: "2016"
part_name: "PROCEDURES TO PETITION FOR WITHDRAWAL OR SUSPENSION OF COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY OR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER THE ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT (ATPA), AS AMENDED"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 3201,  sec. 3103(d), Pub. L. 107-210; 116 Stat. 933; E.O. 13277, 67 FR 70303."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 43924, July 25, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2016"
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# 2016.2 Timetable for reviews.

Beginning in calendar year 2003, reviews of pending petitions shall be conducted at least once each year, according to the following schedule, unless otherwise specified by *Federal Register* notice:

(a) September 15: Deadline for submission of petitions for review;

(b) On or about December 1: Announcement published in the *Federal Register* of the results of preliminary review;

(c) Decemeber/January: Written comments submitted and a public hearing held on any proposed actions;

(d) February/March: Preparation of recommendations to the President, Presidential decision, and implementation of Presidential decision.