19 USC § 1676 - Required consultations

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title: "19 USC § 1676 - Required consultations"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1676"
section_name: "Required consultations"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "Reviews; Other Actions Regarding Agreements"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VII, § 761, as added Pub. L. 98–573, title VI, § 611(a)(4), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3031; amended Pub. L. 103–465, title II, § 270(a)(1)(I), (b)(1)(C), (2), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4917.)"
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# § 1676. Required consultations

**(a)** **Agreements in response to countervailable subsidies** Within 90 days after the administering authority accepts a quantitative restriction agreement under section 1671c(a)(2) or (c)(3) of this title, the President shall enter into consultations with the government that is party to the agreement for purposes of—

**(1)** eliminating the countervailable subsidy completely, or

**(2)** reducing the net countervailable subsidy to a level that eliminates completely the injurious effect of exports to the United States of the merchandise.

**(b)** **Modification of agreements on basis of consultations** At the direction of the President, the administering authority shall modify a quantitative restriction agreement as a result of consultations entered into under subsection (a).

**(c)** **Special rule regarding agreements under section 1671c(c)(3) of this title** section 1671c(c)(3) of this titlesection 1671c(f) of this titlesection 1671c(i) of this title

This subpart shall cease to apply to a quantitative restriction agreement described in  at such time as that agreement ceases to have force and effect under  or violation is found under .

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VII, § 761, as added Pub. L. 98–573, title VI, § 611(a)(4), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3031; amended Pub. L. 103–465, title II, § 270(a)(1)(I), (b)(1)(C), (2), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4917.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a). , (2), inserted “countervailable” before “subsidies” in heading.

Subsec. (a)(1), (2). , inserted “countervailable” before “subsidy”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective, except as otherwise provided, on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (), and applicable with respect to investigations, reviews, and inquiries initiated and petitions filed under specified provisions of this chapter after such date, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section applicable with respect to investigations initiated by petition or by the administering authority under parts I and II of this subtitle, and to reviews begun under , on or after , see , as amended, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under .