International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (Act No. 71 of 2002)

Amended Tariff Investigations Regulations

Part C : Procedures

Sub-Part IV - Final Investigation Phase

20. Comments on publication notice

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20.1 Comments must be in writing and may be submitted by hand, mail, facsimile or electronically, and must be received by the Commission by the date indicated in the Publication Notice.

 

20.2 If the comments referred to in subsection 1 are confidential, a nonconfidential version of the comments, conforming to the requirements of section 3, must be submitted with the confidential comments.

 

20.3 Comments that are not accompanied by a non-confidential version or are not otherwise clearly indicated to be confidential may be treated as non-confidential.

 

20.4 The Commission may grant a single extension of the comment period provided for in subsection 1 on good cause shown. This extension will not be longer than 14 days except under exceptional circumstances as approved by the Commission.

 

20.5 Any request for an extension must be submitted in writing normally at least 2 days prior to the deadline provided for in subsection 1, and must contain a detailed motivation for the request.

 

20.6 Any extension granted in terms of subsection 5 will apply only to the party to which such extension was granted and will not apply to other parties.