DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,993

PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS
A SUBSIDIARY OF ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, NV
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), 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 adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 19, 2002, and filed
by the company on behalf of the workers at Philips Semiconductors,
a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics, NV, Albuquerque, New
Mexico. The workers at the subject firm produce semiconductor
wafers.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined absolutely at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that company imports of
semiconductor wafers increased during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with wafers produced at Philips
Semiconductors, a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics, NV,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers at the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers Philips Semiconductors, a subsidiary of Royal
Philips Electronics, NV, Albuquerque, New Mexico, engaged in
employment related to the production of semiconductor wafers
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 5, 2001, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of September, 2002.




/s/Linda G. Poole_________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance