[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR705.5]

[Page 109]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 705--EFFECT OF IMPORTED ARTICLES ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 705.5  Request or application for an investigation.

    (a) A request or application for an investigation shall be in 
writing. The original and 1 copy shall be filed with the Director, 
Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Room 3876, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.
    (b) When a request, application or motion is under investigation, or 
when an investigation has been completed pursuant to Sec. 705.10 of this 
part, any subsequently filed request or application concerning imports 
of the same or related article that does not raise new or different 
issues may be either consolidated with the investigation in progress as 
provided in Sec. 705.7(e) of this part, or rejected. In either event, an 
explanation for taking such action shall be promptly given to the 
applicant. If the request or application is rejected, it will not be 
returned unless requested by the applicant.
    (c) Requests or applications shall describe how the quantity, 
availability, character, and uses of a particular imported article, or 
other circumstances related to its import, affect the national security, 
and shall contain the following information to the fullest extent 
possible:
    (1) Identification of the applicant;
    (2) A precise description of the article;
    (3) Description of the domestic industry affected, including 
pertinent information regarding companies and their plants, locations, 
capacity and current output of the industry;
    (4) Pertinent statistics on imports and domestic production showing 
the quantities and values of the article;
    (5) Nature, sources, and degree of the competition created by 
imports of the article;
    (6) The effect that imports of the article may have upon the 
restoration of domestic production capacity in the event of national 
emergency;
    (7) Employment and special skills involved in the domestic 
production of the article;
    (8) Extent to which the national economy, employment, investment, 
specialized skills, and productive capacity is or will be adversely 
affected;
    (9) Revenues of Federal, State, or local Governments which are or 
may be adversely affected;
    (10) National security supporting uses of the article including data 
on applicable contracts or sub-contracts, both past and current; and
    (11) Any other information or advice relevant and material to the 
subject matter of the investigation.
    (d) Statistical material presented should be, if possible, on a 
calendar-year basis for sufficient periods of time to indicate trends. 
Monthly or quarterly data for the latest complete years should be 
included as well as any other breakdowns which may be pertinent to show 
seasonal or short-term factors.

[47 FR 14693, Apr. 6, 1982. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, and 
amended at 63 FR 31623, June 10, 1998; 65 FR 62600, Oct. 19, 2000]