§ 3010. — United States participation on Customs Cooperation Council regarding Convention.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC3010]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 18--IMPLEMENTATION OF HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
Sec. 3010. United States participation on Customs Cooperation
Council regarding Convention
(a) Principal United States agencies
(1) Subject to the policy direction of the Office of the United
States Trade Representative under section 3009 of this title, the
Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, and the
Commission shall, with respect to the activities of the Customs
Cooperation Council relating to the Convention--
(A) be primarily responsible for formulating United States
Government positions on technical and procedural issues; and
(B) represent the United States Government.
(2) The Department of Agriculture and other interested Federal
agencies shall provide to the Department of the Treasury, the Department
of Commerce, and the Commission technical advice and assistance relating
to the functions referred to in paragraph (1).
(b) Development of technical proposals
(1) In connection with responsibilities arising from the
implementation of the Convention and under section 1484(f) of this title
regarding United States programs for the development of adequate and
comparable statistical information on merchandise trade, the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commission shall
prepare technical proposals that are appropriate or required to assure
that the United States contribution to the development of the Convention
recognizes the needs of the United States business community for a
Convention which reflects sound principles of commodity identification,
modern producing methods, and current trading patterns and practices.
(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commission shall--
(A) solicit and consider the views of interested parties in the
private sector (including a functional advisory committee) and of
interested Federal agencies;
(B) establish procedures for reviewing, and developing
appropriate responses to, inquiries and complaints from interested
parties concerning articles produced in and exported from the United
States; and
(C) where appropriate, establish procedures for--
(i) ensuring that the dispute settlement provisions and
other relevant procedures available under the Convention are
utilized to promote United States export interests, and
(ii) submitting classification questions to the Harmonized
System Committee of the Customs Cooperation Council.
(c) Availability of Customs Cooperation Council publications
As soon as practicable after August 23, 1988, and periodically
thereafter as appropriate, the Commission shall see to the publication
of--
(1) summary records of the Harmonized System Committee of the
Customs Cooperation Council; and
(2) subject to applicable copyright laws, the Explanatory Notes,
Classification Opinions, and other instruments of the Customs
Cooperation Council relating to the Convention.
(Pub. L. 100-418, title I, Sec. 1210, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1152;
Pub. L. 104-295, Sec. 21(e)(10), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3531.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-295 substituted ``1484(f)'' for
``1484(e)''.
