[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-323]
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[Federal Register: January 6, 1994]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Trade Policy Staff Committee; Initiation of a Review To Consider
Designation of Belarus as a Beneficiary Developing Country Under the
Generalized System of Preferences; Solicitation of Public Comments
Relating to the Designation Criteria
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Solicitation of public comment with respect to the eligibility
of Belarus for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program.
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SUMMARY: The purposes of this notice is to announce the initiation of a
review to consider whether Belarus satisfies criteria for designation
as a beneficiary developing country under the GSP program, and to
solicit public comment relating to the designation criteria.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600
17th Street, NW., room 517, Washington, DC 20506. The telephone number
is (202) 395-6971. Public versions of all documents related to this
review will be available for review by appointment with the USTR Public
Reading Room shortly following the filing deadline. Appointments may be
made from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. by calling (202) 395-
6186.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) has
initiated a review to determine if Belarus meets the designation
criteria of the GSP law and should be designated as a beneficiary. The
GSP is provided for in the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2461-2465). The designation criteria are listed in 19 U.S.C. 2462(a),
2462(b) and 2462(c). Interested parties are invited to submit comments
regarding the eligibility of Belarus for designation as a GSP
beneficiary. The designation criteria mandate determinations related to
participation in commodity cartels, preferential treatment provided by
beneficiaries to other developed countries, expropriation without
compensation, enforcement of arbitral awards, international terrorism,
and internationally recognized worker rights. Other practices taken
into account include market access for goods and services, investment
practices and intellectual property rights.
An original and fourteen (14) copies of comments regarding Belarus'
eligibility may be submitted, in English, to the Chairman of the GSP
Subcommittee, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 600 17th Street, NW., room
517, Washington, DC 20506. Comments must be received no later than 5
p.m. on January 12, 1994.
Information and comments submitted regarding this notice will be
subject to public inspection by appointment with the staff of the USTR
Public Reading Room, except for information granted ``business
confidential'' status pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.6. If the document
contains business confidential information, an original and fourteen
(14) copies of a nonconfidential version of the submission along with
an original and (14) copies of the confidential version must be
submitted. In addition, the document containing confidential
information should be clearly marked ``confidential'' at the top and
bottom of each and every page of the document. The version which does
not contain business confidential information (the public version)
should also be clearly marked at the top and bottom of each and every
page (either ``public version'' or ``non-confidential'').
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-323 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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