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The Export Trade Certificate of Review Program - The Competitive Edge for U.S. Exporters
[Federal Register: December 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 236)]
[Notices]
[Page 71134-71135]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of Application to Amend an Export Trade Certificate of
Review.
SUMMARY: Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA''), International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to
amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate''). This
notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests comments relevant
to whether the Certificate should be issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, (202) 482-
5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. An Export Trade Certificate
of Review protects the holder and the members identified in the
Certificate from state and federal government antitrust actions and
from private treble damage antitrust actions for the export conduct
specified in the Certificate and carried out in compliance with its
terms and conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Export Trading Company
Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a
notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and
summarizing its proposed export conduct.
Request for Public Comments
Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the
determination whether an amended Certificate should be issued. If the
comments include any privileged or confidential business information,
it must be clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be
nonconfidential. An original and five (5) copies, plus two (2) copies
of the nonconfidential version, should be submitted no later than 20
days after the date of this notice to: Export Trading Company Affairs,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
7021-B H, Washington, DC 20230. Information submitted by any person is
exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552). However, nonconfidential versions of the comments will be made
available to the applicant if necessary for determining whether or not
to issue the Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as
``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 05-2A001.'' A
summary of the application for an amendment follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: Central America Poultry Export Quota, Inc. (``CA-PEQ''),
901 New York Avenue, NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20001-4413.
Contact: Kyd D. Brenner, Partner, DTB Associates, LLP, Telephone:
(202) 661-7098.
Application No.: 05-2A001.
Date Deemed Submitted: November 28, 2006.
The original CA-PEQ Certificate was issued on January 30, 2006 (71
FR 6753, February 9, 2006) and last amended on July 11, 2006 (71 FR
40076, July 14, 2006).
Proposed Amendment
1. CA-PEQ seeks to amend the Export Trade Activities and Methods of
Operation section of its certificate at part 2 (Implementation), F
(Contents of Bid), first sentence, (ii) from: the quantity of poultry
bid, in an amount that is a multiple of 25 metric tons to: the quantity
of poultry bid, with a minimum bid of one metric ton.
2. CA-PEQ seeks to allow for the public disclosure of the following
two additional pieces of information regarding the result of its public
tender process: (a) The average bid price for all successful bids; and
(b) the names of the successful bidders. This change would be reflected
by amending the Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation
section of its certificate at part 2 (Implementation), H
(Confidentiality of Information) from: The Administrator shall treat
all bids and their contents as confidential. The Administrator shall
disclose any such information only to another neutral third party or
authorized government official of the United States, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua, signatories to the DR-CAFTA, and only
where necessary to ensure the effective operation of the TRQ System or
where required by law (including appropriate disclosure in connection
with the arbitration of a dispute). However, after the issuance of all
TRQ Certificates from an open-tender process, the Administrator shall
notify all bidders and shall disclose publicly (i) the total tonnage
for which TRQ Certificates were awarded, and (ii) the lowest price per
metric ton of all successful bids to: The Administrator shall treat all
bids and their contents as confidential. The Administrator shall
disclose any such information only to another neutral third party or
authorized government official of the United States, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua, signatories to the DR-CAFTA, and only
where necessary to ensure the effective operation of the TRQ System or
where required by law (including appropriate disclosure in connection
with the arbitration of a dispute). However, after close of each open-
tender process the Administrator shall notify all bidders and shall
disclose publicly (i) the total tonnage for which TRQ certificates were
awarded, (ii) the lowest price per metric
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ton of all successful bids, (iii) the average price per metric tons for
all successful bids, and (iv) the names of the winning bidders.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-20904 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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