[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR174.15]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 174_PROTESTS--Table of Contents

 

                           Subpart B_Protests

 

Sec.  174.15  Consolidation of protests filed by different parties.



    (a) General. Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, separate 

protests relating to one category of merchandise covered by an entry 

shall be considered as a single protest whether filed as a single 

protest or filed as separate protests relating to the same category by 

one or more parties in interest or an authorized agent.

    (b) NAFTA transactions. The following rules shall apply to a 

consolidation of multiple protests concerning a determination of origin 

under subpart G of part 181 of this chapter if one of the



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protests is filed by or on behalf of an exporter or producer described 

in Sec.  174.12(a)(5) of this part:

    (1) If consolidation under paragraph (a) of this section is pursuant 

to specific written requests for consolidation received from all 

interested parties who filed protests under this part, those interested 

parties shall be deemed to have waived their rights to confidentiality 

as regards business information within the meaning of Sec.  181.121 of 

this chapter. In such cases, a separate notice of the decision will be 

issued to each interested party under this part but without regard to 

whether the notice reflects confidential business information obtained 

from one but not all of those interested parties.

    (2) If consolidation under paragraph (a) of this section is done by 

the port director in the absence of specific written requests for 

consolidation from all interested parties who filed protests under this 

part, no waiver of confidentiality by those interested parties shall be 

deemed to have taken place. In such cases, a separate notice of the 

decision will be issued to each interested party and each such notice 

shall adhere to the principle of confidentiality set forth in Sec.  

181.121 of this chapter.



[T.D. 94-1, 58 FR 69472, Dec. 30, 1993]