19 U.S.C. § 3010 : US Code - Section 3010: United States participation on Customs Cooperation Council regarding Convention

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(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.