Parties to the investigation.
Parties to the investigation. The phrase parties to the investigation means the interested party (or interested parties, in the case of consolidation pursuant to 165.13) who filed the allegation of evasion and the importer (or importers, in the case of consolidation pursuant to 165.13) who allegedly engaged in evasion. In the case of investigations initiated based upon a request from a Federal agency, parties to the investigation only refers to the importer or importers who allegedly engaged in evasion, and not the Federal agency.
Source
19 CFR § 165.1
Scoping language
As used in this part, the following terms will have the meanings indicated unless either the context in which they are used requires a different meaning or a different definition is prescribed for a particular section of this part: