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(3) If the Government determines that a 

particular exception requested in accordance 

with paragraph (c) of FAR clause 52.225–11 

does not apply, the Government will evaluate 

only those offers based on use of the 

equivalent domestic, WTO GPA country, 

Australian, Chilean, or Moroccan, least 

developed country, or Caribbean Basin 

country construction material, and the offeror 

shall be required to furnish such domestic, 

WTO GPA country, Australian, Chilean, or 

Moroccan, least developed country, or 

Caribbean Basin country construction 

material. An offer based on use of the foreign 

construction material for which an exception 

was requested—

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small 

Entity Compliance Guide

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.

SUMMARY: This document is issued 

under the joint authority of the 

Secretary of Defense, the Administrator 

of General Services and the 

Administrator for the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

This Small Entity Compliance Guide has 

been prepared in accordance with 

Section 212 of the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996. It consists of a summary of the 

rule appearing in Federal Acquisition 

Circular (FAC) 2001–27 which amends 

the FAR. An asterisk (*) next to a rule 

indicates that a regulatory flexibility 

analysis has been prepared. Interested 

parties may obtain further information 

regarding this rule by referring to FAC 

2001–27, which precedes this 

document. These documents are also 

available via the Internet at http://

www.acqnet.gov/far.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laurieann Duarte, FAR Secretariat, (202) 

501–4225. For clarification of content, 

contact Cecelia Davis at (202) 219–0202. 

Free Trade Agreements—Australia and 

Morocco 

This interim rule allows contracting 

officers to purchase the products of 

Australia and Morocco without 

application of the Buy American Act if 

the acquisition is subject to the Free 

Trade Agreements. The U.S. Trade 

Representative negotiated Free Trade 

Agreements with Australia and 

Morocco, which go into effect January 1, 

2005, according to Public Laws 108–286 

and 108–302. These Agreements join the 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA) and the Chile and Singapore 

Free Trade Agreements which are 

already in the FAR. The threshold for 

applicability of the Australian Free 

Trade Agreement is $58,550 (the same 

as other Free Trade Agreements to date), 

but the threshold for applicability of the 

Morocco Free Trade Agreement is 

$175,000. Because of the short statutory 

time frame, this is an interim rule. Also 

in this rule are changes requested by the 

U.S. Trade Representative, in the list of 

Least Developed Countries, and changes 

in terminology on how the FAR uses the 

terms ‘‘designated country’’ and ‘‘Trade 

Agreements Act.’’ Some technical 

changes are also included.

Dated: December 22, 2004. 

Laura Auletta, 

Director, Contract Policy Division.

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