[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22888]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''),
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: Morton Schnabel, 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. 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 copies, plus two copies of the
nonconfidential version, 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 1104H, 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 99-00003.''
A summary of the application follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: JV Export Trading Company, Inc., 16468 SW 95th Lane,
Miami, Florida 33196.
Contact: Kevin M. Dyer, Attorney at Law.
Telephone: (212) 599-2396.
Application No.: 99-00003.
Date Deemed Submitted: August 27, 1999.
Members (in addition to applicant): None.
JV 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. Technology Rights
Technology Rights, including, but not limited to, patents,
trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets that relate to Products and
Services.
4. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of
Products, Services and Technology Rights)
Export Trade Facilitation Services, including, but not limited to:
Professional services in the areas of government relations and
assistance with state and federal export programs; foreign trade and
business protocol; consulting; market research and analysis; collection
of information on trade opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint
ventures; shipping and export management; export licensing;
advertising; documentation and services related to compliance with
customs requirements; insurance and financing; bonding; warehousing;
export trade promotion; trade show exhibitions; organizational
development; management and labor strategies; transfer of technology;
transportation; and facilitating the formation of shippers'
associations.
Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts of Latin America.
Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation
JV Export Trading Company, Inc. seeks to have the following conduct
certified:
1. Entering into exclusive export distribution agreements with U.S.
manufacturers for export to the Latin American markets or sub-markets
within Latin America;
2. Entering into agreements, exclusive and otherwise, with U.S.
manufacturers regarding the prices for which subject products will be
sold in Latin American market;
3. Entering into agreements with other exporters to Latin America
regarding products, price and territories; and
4. Entering into agreements with U.S. manufacturers and exporters,
including those in competition with one another regarding the sharing
of price, technical know-how, marketing, research and related
information.
Dated: August 30, 1999.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-22888 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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