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 102 STAT. 1196

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988 "(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible domestic entity may file a petition with the Commission requesting that a product category be established with respect to short life cycle merchandise at any time after the merchandise becomes the subject of 2 or more affirmative dumping determinations. "(B) CONTENTS,—A petition filed under subparagraph (A) shall— "(i) identify the short life cycle merchandise that is the subject of the affirmative dumping determinations, "(ii) specify the short life cycle merchandise that the petitioner seeks to have included in the same product category as the merchandise that is subject to the affirmative dumping determinations, "(iii) specify any short life cycle merchandise the petitioner particularly seeks to have excluded from the product category, "(iv) provide reasons for the inclusions and exclusions specified under clauses (ii) and (iii), and "(v) identify such merchandise in terms of the designations used in the Tariff Schedules of the United States. "(2) DETERMINATIONS ON SUFFICIENCY OF PETITION.—Upon

Federal Register, publication.

receiving a petition under paragraph (1), the Commission shall— "(A) request the administering authority to confirm promptly the affirmative determinations on which the petition is based, and "(B) upon receipt of such confirmation, determine whether the merchandise covered by the confirmed affirmative determinations is short life cycle merchandise and whether the petitioner is an eligible domestic entity. "(3) NOTICE; HEARINGS.—If the determinations under paragraph (2)(B) are affirmative, the Commission shall— "(A) publish notice in the Federal Register that the petition has been received, and "(g) provide Opportunity for the presentation of views regarding the establishment of the requested product category, including a public hearing if requested by any interested person. "(4) DETERMINATIONS.—

"(A) IN GENERAL.—By no later than the date that is 90 days after the date on which a petition is filed under paragraph (1), the Commission shall determine the scope of the product category into which the short life cycle merchandise that is the subject of the affirmative dumping determinations identified in such petition shall be classified for purposes of this section. "(B) MODIFICATIONS NOT REQUESTED BY PETITION.— "(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may, on its own

initiative, make a determination modifying the scope of any product category established under subparagraph (A) at any time. "(ii) NOTICE AND HEARING.—Determinations may be

made under clause (i) only after the Commission has— "(I) published in the Federal Register notice of the proposed modification, and

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