---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 2552"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "2552"
heading: "Representations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/2552"
units:
  - "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"
---

# §2552. Representations


Any—

- (1) Party to the [Agreement](/usc/19/2518.md?p=1); or
- (2) foreign [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) that is not a Party to the [Agreement](/usc/19/2518.md?p=1) but is found by the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) to extend rights and privileges to the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) that are substantially the same as those that would be so extended if that foreign [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) were a Party to the [Agreement](/usc/19/2518.md?p=1);

may make a representation to the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) alleging that a [standards](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=5)-related activity engaged in within the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) violates the obligations of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) under the [Agreement](/usc/19/2518.md?p=1). Any such representation must be made in accordance with procedures that the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) shall by regulation prescribe and must provide a reasonable indication that the [standards](/usc/19/2576b.md?p=5)-related activity concerned is having a significant trade effect. No [person](/usc/19/1683.md?p=8) other than a Party to the [Agreement](/usc/19/2518.md?p=1) or a foreign [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) described in [paragraph (2)](#2) may make such a representation.


## Source credit

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

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### 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.