[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1773]
[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an
application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice
summarizes the conduct for which certification is sought and requests
comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Friedrich R. Crupe, Acting Director,
Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade
Administration, (202) 482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.
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. A 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 Act 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 a Certificate should be issued. An original and
five (5) copies should be submitted no later than 20 days after the
date of this notice to: Office of Export Trading Company Affairs,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, room 1800H,
Washington, DC 20230. Information submitted by any person is exempt
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Comments should refer to this application as ``Export Trade Certificate
of Review, application number 94-00001.'' A summary of the application
follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, Inc., Post
Office Box 28136, Jacksonville, Florida 32226, Contact: Joseph Strain,
Founder & President, Telephone: (904) 346-5435.
Application No.: 94-00001.
Date Deemed Submitted: January l4, 1994.
Members (in addition to applicant): None.
Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, Inc. seeks a Certificate
to cover the following specific Export Trade, Export Markets, and
Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operations.
Export Trade
1. Products
All products.
2. Services
All services.
3. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of
Products and Services)
All export trade facilitation services in connection with the
export of Products and Services, including consulting, international
market research, advertising, marketing, insurance, product research
and design, legal assistance, transportation, trade documentation,
freight forwarding, communication and processing of foreign orders,
warehousing, foreign exchange and financing.
Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) and the Republic of South
Africa.
Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation
Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, Inc. may:
1. Require that exporters using its Export Trade Facilitation
Services sign exclusive dealing contracts allowing Northeast Florida
Export Trading Company, Inc. to be their sole Export Intermediary for
sales to specified markets.
2. Require exporters using its Export Trade Facilitation Services
to export through the Jacksonville Port Authority Aviation and Marine
Facilities.
3. Sign exclusive distributorship agreements with other Export
Intermediaries that prohibit such other Export Intermediaries from
handling competing Products and Services.
4. Sign exclusive arrangements with its clients that prohibit
Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, Inc. from representing
competing companies.
Definitions
``Export Intermediary'' means a person who acts as a distributor,
sales representative, sales or marketing agent, or broker, or who
performs similar functions, including providing or arranging for the
provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services.
Protection Provided by Certificate
This Certificate will protect the Northeast Florida Export Trading
Company, Inc. and its directors, officers, and employees acting on its
behalf from private treble damage actions and government criminal and
civil suits under Federal and State antitrust laws for the export
conduct specified in the Certificate and carried out during its
effective period in compliance with its Terms and Conditions.
Dated: January 21, 1994.
Jude Kearney,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Service Industries and Finance.
[FR Doc. 94-1773 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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