---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 207.101"
title: "19"
number: "207.101"
heading: "Reporting of prohibited act and commencement of investigation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/207.101"
---

# §207.101. Reporting of prohibited act and commencement of investigation.

- (a) Any person who has information indicating that a prohibited act has been committed shall immediately report all pertinent facts relating thereto to the Commission Secretary.
- (b) Upon receipt, the Commission Secretary shall record the information, assign an investigation number, and forward all information he or she received to the Office of Unfair Import Investigations.
- (c) As expeditiously as possible, the Office of Unfair Import Investigations shall conduct an inquiry to determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that a person or persons have committed a prohibited act. At any time, the Office of Unfair Import Investigations may request that the Commission assign an administrative law judge to oversee the inquiry.
- (d) At the conclusion of the inquiry, the Office of Unfair Import Investigations shall assess whether the available information is sufficient to provide reasonable cause to believe that a person or persons have committed a prohibited act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 777(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677f (d); secs. 402(g), 405 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (107 Stat. 2057, Pub. L. 103-182, Dec. 8, 1993).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 5097, Feb. 3, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1335, 1671-1677n, 2482, 3513, 4582.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 76468, Dec. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted.