---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 2009.1"
title: "15"
number: "2009.1"
heading: "Information required in representation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/2009.1"
---

# §2009.1. Information required in representation.

- (a) Each representation submitted under [section 422](/cfr/15/422.md) should state clearly on the first page that the representation is a request for action with respect to the obligations of the United States under the Agreement, and should contain the following information:
  - (1) The foreign country making the representation, the division of the foreign country's government representing that country's interest, the person(s) within the division who is (are) coordinating the foreign country's representation.
  - (2) A description of the standards-related activity at issues, including, whenever possible, copies of the standards-related activity's provisions.
  - (3) **Identification of the foreign goods or services affected by the standards-related activity at issue.**
  - (4) A statement of how the standards-related activity concerned is alleged to violate the obligations of the United States under the Agreement. This statement shoud indicate with particularity which such obligations are alleged to be violated.
  - (5) Indication as to whether the foreign country has officially petitioned, filed or complained for relief concerning the same subject matter as this representation to any international forum.
- (b) Each representation submitted under section 422 of the Act must contain information sufficient to provide a reasonable indication that the standards-related activity concerned is having a significant trade effect, including (but not limited to) the volume of trade in the goods concerned.
- (c) **Representations should be submitted in 10 copies.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 50207, Nov. 5, 1982]

### Amendments

[47 FR 50207, Nov. 5, 1982]