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 108 STAT. 4922 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —The table of contents for title VII, as amended, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 752 the following new item: "Sec. 753. Special rules for injviry inveetigations for certain section 303 countervailing duty orders and investigations.". PART 4—ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED STATES RIGHTS UNDER THE SUBSIDIES AGREEMENT 19 USC 3571. SEC. 281. SUBSIDIES ENFORCEMENT. (a) ASSISTANCE REGARDING MULTILATERAL SUBSIDY REM- EDIES.— The administering authority shall provide information to the public upon request, and, to the extent feasible, assistance and advice to interested parties concerning— (1) remedies and benefits available under relevant provisions of the Subsidies Agreement, and (2) the procedures relating to such remedies and benefits. (b) PROHIBITED SUBSIDIES.— (1) NOTIFICATION OF TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. —I f the administering authority determines pursuant to title VII of the Tariff" Act of 1930 that a class or kind of merchandise is benefiting from a subsidy which is prohibited under Article 3 of the Subsidies Agreement, the administering authority shall notify the Trade Representative and shall provide the Trade Representative with the information upon which the administering authority based its determination. (2) REQUEST BY INTERESTED PARTY REGARDING PROHIBITED SUBSIDY. —An interested party may request that the administering authority determine if there is reason to beUeve that merchandise produced in a WTO member country is benefiting fix)m a subsidy which is prohibited under Article 3 of the Subsidies Agreement. The request shall contain such information as the administering authority may require to support the allegations contained in the request. If the administering authority, after Einalyzing the request and other information reasonably available to the administering authority, determines that there is reason to believe that such merchandise is benefiting fix)m a subsidy which is prohibited under Article 3 of the Subsidies Agreement, the administering authority shall so notify the Trade Representative, and shall include supporting information with the notification. (c) SUBSIDIES ACTIONABLE UNDER THE AGREEMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL. — If the administering authority determines pursuant to title VII of the Tariff" Act of 1930 that a class or kind of merchandise is benefiting from a subsidy described in Article 6.1 of the Subsidies Agreement, the administering authority shall notify the Trade Representative, and shall provide the Trade Representative with the information upon which the administering authority based its determination. (2) REQUEST BY INTERESTED PARTY REGARDING ADVERSE EFFECTS. — An interested party may request the administering authority to determine if there is reason to believe that a subsidy which is actionable under the Subsidies Agreement is causing adverse effects. The request shall contain such information as the administering authority may require to support the allegations contained in the request. At the request of the administering authority, the Commission shall assist

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