Corrected Copy:
April 19, 2006

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,065

PARIS ACCESSORIES, INC.
WALNUTPORT, PENNSYLVANIA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 21, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a union official on behalf of workers at
Paris Accessories, Inc., Walnutport, Pennsylvania. The workers
were engaged in the production of knit dickies, knit hats, ski band
and ski masks.
Employment at the subject plant has declined, and the subject
firm has shifted the production of knit dickies, knit hats, ski
band and ski masks to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a Free
Trade Agreement and the Dominican Republic, a beneficiary country
under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act with the United
States.
Paris Accessories, Inc., Walnutport, Pennsylvania workers were
previously certified (TA-W-54,465) for trade adjustment assistance.
That certification expires on April 21, 2006.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico and Dominican Republic of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced
by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:



“All workers of at Paris Accessories, Inc., Walnutport,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 22, 2006 through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of April, 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance