                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                  CHAPTER 21--NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--APPLICATION OF AGREEMENT TO SECTORS AND SERVICES
 
                           Part A--Safeguards
 
        subpart 1--relief from imports benefiting from agreement
 
Sec. 3355. Termination of relief authority


(a) General rule

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no import 
relief may be provided under this subpart--
        (1) in the case of a Canadian article, after December 31, 1998; 
    or
        (2) in the case of a Mexican article, after the date that is 10 
    years after the date on which the Agreement enters into force;

unless the article against which the action is taken is an item for 
which the transition period for tariff elimination set out in the United 
States Schedule to Annex 302.2 of the Agreement is greater than 10 
years, in which case the period during which relief may be granted shall 
be the period of staged tariff elimination for that article.

(b) Exception

    Import relief may be provided under this subpart in the case of a 
Canadian article or Mexican article after the date on which such relief 
would, but for this subsection, terminate under subsection (a) of this 
section, but only if the Government of Canada or Mexico, as the case may 
be, consents to such provision.

(Pub. L. 103-182, title III, Sec. 305, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2103.)


          North American Free Trade Agreement: Entry Into Force

    The North American Free Trade Agreement entered into force on Jan. 
1, 1994, see note set out under section 3311 of this title.
