                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                CHAPTER 13--TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)
 
  Part C--Administrative and Judicial Proceedings Regarding Standards-
                           Related Activities
 
    subpart 1--representations alleging united states violations of 
                               obligations
 
Sec. 2552. Representations

    Any--
        (1) Party to the Agreement; or
        (2) foreign country that is not a Party to the Agreement but is 
    found by the Trade Representative to extend rights and privileges to 
    the United States that are substantially the same as those that 
    would be so extended if that foreign country were a Party to the 
    Agreement;

may make a representation to the Trade Representative alleging that a 
standards-related activity engaged in within the United States violates 
the obligations of the United States under the Agreement. Any such 
representation must be made in accordance with procedures that the Trade 
Representative shall by regulation prescribe and must provide a 
reasonable indication that the standards-related activity concerned is 
having a significant trade effect. No person other than a Party to the 
Agreement or a foreign country described in paragraph (2) may make such 
a representation.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 422, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 247; Pub. L. 
103-182, title III, Sec. 351(b)(2)(A), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2122; 
Pub. L. 104-295, Sec. 21(b)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3529.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-295 amended directory language of Pub. L. 103-182. 
See 1993 Amendment note below.
    1993--Pub. L. 103-182, as amended by Pub. L. 104-295, substituted 
``Trade Representative'' for ``Special Representative'' wherever 
appearing.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2553, 2561 of this title.
