{"abstract":"On May 13, 2009, the United States and the European Communities (\"EC\") announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Beef Hormones dispute. Under the first phase of the agreement, the EC is obligated to open a new beef tariff-rate quota (TRQ) in the amount of 20,000 metric tons at zero rate of duty. The United States in turn is obligated not to increase additional duties above those in effect as of March 23, 2009. The EC established the new beef TRQ on August 1, 2009. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that the Trade Representative is terminating additional duties that were announced in January 2009, but which have been delayed up to now and have never entered into force. This action leaves in place the additional duties that have been in effect since March 23, 2009 on a reduced list of products. (For ease of reference, the reduced list is reprinted in the annex to this notice.) By taking this action, the Trade Representative has completed the process necessary to implement U.S. obligations under the first phase of the MOU and to pursue additional market access under subsequent phases of the MOU.","action":"Notice and action.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE","name":"Trade Representative, Office of United States","id":491,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/trade-representative-office-of-united-states","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/491","parent_id":null,"slug":"trade-representative-office-of-united-states"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2009/09/24/E9-23000.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"74 FR 48808","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: Additional duties in connection with the Beef Hormones dispute had been scheduled to be effective with respect to products that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 19, 2009. Effective September 19, 2009, those additional duties are terminated. This action leaves in place the 100 percent ad valorem duties that have been in effect since March 23, 2009 on a reduced list of products.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. USTR-2009-0022"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E9-23000","effective_on":"2009-09-19","end_page":48811,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2009/09/24/E9-23000.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/09/24/E9-23000/implementation-of-the-us-ec-beef-hormones-memorandum-of-understanding","images":{"EN24SE09.001":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.001/EN24SE09.001_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.001/EN24SE09.001_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.001/EN24SE09.001_original_size.png"},"EN24SE09.000":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.000/EN24SE09.000_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.000/EN24SE09.000_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.000/EN24SE09.000_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"EN24SE09.001":{"large":{"identifier":"EN24SE09.001","content_type":"image/png","size":42081,"width":823,"sha":"391d03c1c4c468340ffbf4607e81d4cd","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.001/EN24SE09.001_large.png","height":464},"medium":{"identifier":"EN24SE09.001","content_type":"image/png","size":22164,"width":521,"sha":"f45b9afe59d51f44e0979a186c0f917f","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.001/EN24SE09.001_medium.png","height":294},"original_size":{"identifier":"EN24SE09.001","content_type":"image/png","size":83091,"width":3932,"sha":"895e746b0b70d12e0645a849b36d017c","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.001/EN24SE09.001_original_size.png","height":2218}},"EN24SE09.000":{"large":{"identifier":"EN24SE09.000","content_type":"image/png","size":92152,"width":823,"sha":"94b5ff3794b73b6c138349086c0b6f25","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.000/EN24SE09.000_large.png","height":1022},"medium":{"identifier":"EN24SE09.000","content_type":"image/png","size":43594,"width":498,"sha":"87b3572aa8603304e074033a6bdaa18d","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.000/EN24SE09.000_medium.png","height":618},"original_size":{"identifier":"EN24SE09.000","content_type":"image/png","size":157738,"width":3760,"sha":"37057ca611c6cf615e2a9a24b2332e02","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN24SE09.000/EN24SE09.000_original_size.png","height":4667}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E9-23000?publication_date=2009-09-24","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2009-09-24/E9-23000/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":143,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 18:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-09-24/pdf/E9-23000.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2009-09-24","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2009/09/24/E9-23000.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2009-09-24T14:12:39Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":48808,"subtype":null,"title":"Implementation of the U.S.-EC Beef Hormones Memorandum of Understanding","toc_doc":"Implementation of the U.S.EC Beef Hormones Memorandum of Understanding","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":74}