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Participation Requirements 

All persons interested in participating 

in the Caribbean Trade Mission to the 

Dominican Republic and Jamaica must 

complete and submit an application 

package for consideration by the 

Department of Commerce. All 

applicants will be evaluated on their 

ability to meet certain conditions and 

best satisfy the selection criteria as 

outlined below. Target recruitment for 

the Trade Mission is between 12 and 15 

companies. 

Fees and Expenses: 

Two Stops .................................................................................................. SME Company1 .................................................................. $3,250 

Two Stops .................................................................................................. Large Company .................................................................. 3,800 

One Stop .................................................................................................... SME Company ................................................................... 1,950 

One Stop .................................................................................................... Large Company .................................................................. 2,250 

Participation fee for each additional company representative ................... ............................................................................................. 500 

1An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small business under SBA regulations (see http://

www.sba.gov/services/contracting_opportunities/sizestandardstopics/index.html). Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered 

when determining business size. The dual pricing schedule reflects the Commercial Service’s user fee schedule that became effective May 1, 

2008 (for additional information see http://www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/initiatives.html). 

Expenses for travel, lodging, most 

meals, and incidentals will be the 

responsibility of each mission 

participant. 

Conditions for Participation: 

An applicant must submit a 

completed and signed mission 

application and supplemental 

application materials, including 

adequate information on the company’s 

products and/or services, primary 

market objectives, and goals for 

participation. If the U.S. Department of 

Commerce receives an incomplete 

application, the Department may reject 

the application, request additional 

information, or take the lack of 

information into account when 

evaluating the applications. 

A company’s products or services 

must be either produced in the United 

States or, if not, marketed under the 

name of a U.S. firm and have at least 

51% U.S. content of the value of the 

finished product/service. 

Selection Criteria for Participation: 

Each applicant to the program will be 

screened for the following: 

• Relevance of the company’s 

business line to the mission’s goals. 

• Timeliness of company’s signed 

application and participation agreement 

including fees. 

• Timely and adequate provision of 

company and product/service 

information and literature, in order to 

enable communication of company’s 

objectives and scheduling of business 

appointments. 

• Provision of adequate information 

on company’s products and/or services, 

and company’s primary market 

objectives, in order to facilitate 

appropriate matching with potential 

business partners. 

Referrals from political organizations 

and any documents containing 

references to partisan political activities 

(including political contributions) will 

be removed from an applicant’s 

submission and not considered during 

the selection process. 

Timeframe For Recruitment And 

Applications 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner on a first come first serve basis, 

including publication in the Federal 

Register, posting on the Commerce 

Department trade missions calendar— 

http://www.ita.doc.gov/doctm/ 

tmcal.html—and other Internet 

websites, publication in domestic trade 

publications and association 

newsletters, mailings from internal 

mailing lists, win-faxes to internal 

database of clients, email to sector 

distribution lists, through posting in the 

Federal Register, and at industry 

meetings, symposia, conferences, trade 

shows, etc. The Trade Mission will also 

be promoted by USCS and by team 

members in U.S. Export Assistance 

Centers. 

Recruitment for the mission is to 

begin immediately and conclude no 

later than March 19, 2010. The U.S. 

Department of Commerce will review all 

applications immediately after the 

deadline. We will inform applicants of 

selection decisions as soon as possible 

after March 19, 2010. Applications 

received after that date will be 

considered only if space and scheduling 

constraints permit. 

Contacts: 

Southern Network Hub: 

Lesa Forbes, Miami U.S. Export 

Assistance Center, 5835 Blue Lagoon 

Drive, Suite 203, Miami, FL 33126, 

Tel: (305) 526–7425 ext 28, Fax: (305) 

526–7434, E-mail: 

Lesa.Forbes@mail.doc.gov; 

Ashley Wilson, Oklahoma U.S. Export 

Assistance Center, 301 N.W. 63rd 

Street, Suite 330, Oklahoma City, OK 

73116, Tel: (405) 608–5302, Fax: (405) 

608–4211, E-mail: 

Ashley.Wilson@mail.doc.gov; 

U.S. Commercial Service in Santo 

Domingo: 

Robert O. Jones, Regional Senior 

Commercial Officer, Megan 

Schildgen, Commercial Officer, Maria 

Elena Portorreal, Senior Commercial 

Specialist, American Embassy, Ave. 

Pedro Henriquez Uren ̃ a No. 133, 

Edificio Empresarial Reyna l, 5th 

floor, La Esperilla, Santo Domingo, 

Dominican Republic, Tel.: 1 809–227– 

2121, Fax: 1 809–920–0267, E-mail: 

Robert.O.Jones@mail.doc.gov, 

Megan.Schildgen@mail.doc.gov, 

Maria.Elenaportorreal@mail.doc.gov. 

Sean Timmins, 

Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service 

Trade Missions Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Civil Nuclear Policy Mission to Central 

and Eastern Europe 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Mission Description 

The United States Department of 

Commerce, International Trade 

Administration is organizing a Civil 

Nuclear Policy Mission to Warsaw, 

Poland; Prague, Czech Republic and 

Bratislava, Slovakia from April 18–23, 

2010. Led by a senior Department of 

Commerce official, the mission will 

focus on: (1) Infrastructure and tender 

development, to include the safe, secure 

and proliferation-resistant trade in 

goods and services; (2) promotion of the 

Convention on Supplementary 

Compensation for Nuclear Damages 

(CSC) nuclear liability regime; (3) 

bilateral cooperation on civil nuclear 

commercial opportunities, and (4) 

ensuring opportunities for U.S. firms. 

The mission will demonstrate 

significant U.S. support for its civil 

nuclear industry and the wide range of 

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technical and commercial capabilities it 

possesses. The mission will promote 

U.S. companies from across the civil 

nuclear supply chain, including 

engineering services; fuel providers and 

processing services; reactor designers 

and builders; program managers; 

universities and other nuclear training 

institutions; and, small modular reactor 

technologies. 

Commercial Setting 

The Central and Eastern European 

market offers significant commercial 

opportunities for the U.S. civil nuclear 

industry. Increasing energy demands, 

dependence on Russian fossil fuels, and 

a small but aging fleet of Russian reactor 

technologies is colliding with pressure 

from the EU to meet stricter carbon 

emissions standards. Competitors of the 

U.S. civil nuclear sector are 

predominantly government owned 

entities and receive major support from 

their respective governments. 

Developments in each of the policy 

mission countries signal an historic 

opportunity to provide U.S. industry the 

kinds of government support most 

foreign companies receive. While there 

are opportunities in many of the 

countries in the region, Poland, the 

Czech Republic, and Slovakia offer near 

term viable commercial opportunities 

now. 

Poland is rapidly moving towards 

significant developments of its civil 

nuclear infrastructure and there is 

momentum within the government to 

achieve its aggressive goal of having a 

nuclear reactor online by 2020. In terms 

of infrastructure development, the 

Polish government has released an 

official public declaration of its 

intentions to develop and support an 

indigenous civil nuclear industry—the 

first of many milestones laid out by the 

International Atomic Energy Agency 

(IAEA). Poland has expressed great 

interest in diversifying its energy 

portfolio, which is now overwhelmingly 

dominated by coal-based electricity 

production. 

The Czech Republic has significant 

past experience with nuclear energy but 

is looking to make decisions about a 

new reactor build at its Temelin site— 

at the end of the recent preliminary 

qualification round the U.S. was 

identified as one of the competing 

technologies for the nuclear tender to be 

released later this year. 

While Slovakia is still a year or more 

away from releasing a nuclear tender, 

language included in the Czech 

Republic’s nuclear tender allows for the 

awarded company to have the 

opportunity to build reactors wherever 

CEZ, the managing utility group, has 

possible sites. This includes one new 

reactor in Slovakia. 

Mission Goals 

The objective of this policy mission is 

to leverage U.S. support for its civil 

nuclear sector, demonstrate technical 

capabilities in support of the 

development of upcoming nuclear 

tenders, and introduce U.S. companies 

to key government officials and utility 

executives. The mission will also seek 

to inform secondary U.S. suppliers— 

those not directly bidding on the design 

aspect of nuclear tenders—about the 

market opportunities available to them. 

In addition, mission goals include: 

• Encouraging the nuclear industry in 

participating countries to seek 

opportunities for new construction; 

• Promoting fair, open, and 

transparent contract bidding processes; 

• Advancing the principle that 

contracts should be awarded based on 

commercial and technical merits; and, 

• Promoting ratification of the 

Convention on Supplementary 

Compensation for Nuclear Damage 

(CSC) as the global nuclear liability 

regime—the only international 

instrument that provides the basis for 

establishing a global regime, including 

countries with and without nuclear 

power facilities. Without such a regime, 

in the unlikely event of a nuclear 

incident, claims for damage would be 

the subject of protracted and 

complicated litigation in the courts of 

many countries against multiple 

potential defendants with no guarantee 

of recovery. The U.S. ratified CSC in 

2008. 

This mission advances the goals of the 

Department’s Civil Nuclear Trade 

Initiative, which is aimed at supporting 

the U.S. nuclear industry’s endeavors to 

rebuild its manufacturing base by 

capturing opportunities abroad. We 

believe this will result in important 

economic gains for the United States in 

terms of new jobs, technological 

innovations, specialized manufacturing 

capabilities, and large-scale trade and 

investment opportunities. 

Mission Scenario 

Participants will visit capitals in each 

of the three countries—Warsaw, Prague, 

and Bratislava. 

During the trade mission participants 

will: (1) Be briefed on the status of the 

civil nuclear infrastructure in each 

country; (2) be introduced to 

government officials and decision 

makers; and (3) be taken on a site visit 

to the Temelin reactor. 

PROPOSED MISSION TIMETABLE

Date Day Activity 

April 18 ................................... Sunday—Warsaw .......................................... • Arrive in Warsaw, Poland. 

• Reception dinner. 

April 19 ................................... Monday—Warsaw ......................................... • Meetings with Government of Poland officials and decision 

makers from the Polish utility PGE. 

• Commercial briefings from Embassy staff and Commerce experts. 

April 20 ................................... Tuesday—Warsaw/Prague ............................ • Additional meetings with Polish officials and potential private 

sector partners. 

• Travel to Prague. 

• Meetings with Government of Czech Republic officials and decision makers from CEZ. 

• Reception dinner in Prague. 

April 21 ................................... Wednesday—Prague .................................... • Meetings with Government of Czech Republic officials and decision makers from CEZ. 

April 22 ................................... Thursday—Bratislava .................................... • Travel to Temelin for a site visit. 

• Travel to Bratislava. 

• Commercial briefings from Embassy staff and Commerce experts. 

• Reception dinner in Bratislava. 

April 23 ................................... Friday—Bratislava ......................................... • Government and utility meetings. 

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1An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer 

employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small 

business under SBA regulations (see http:// 

www.sba.gov/services/contracting opportunities/ 

sizestandardstopics/index.html). 

2Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries 

will be considered when determining business size. 

The dual pricing reflects the Commercial Service’s 

user fee schedule that became effective May 1, 2008 

(see http://www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/ 

initiatives.html for additional information). 

PROPOSED MISSION TIMETABLE—Continued 

Date Day Activity 

• Depart for Vienna and DC. 

Note: The final schedule and potential site visits will depend on the availability of local government and business officials, specific goals of 

mission participants, and air travel schedules. 

Participation Requirements 

All persons interested in participating 

in the Civil Nuclear Policy Mission 

must complete and submit an 

application for consideration by the 

Department of Commerce. All 

applicants will be evaluated on their 

ability to meet certain conditions and 

best satisfy the selection criteria as 

outlined below. Approximately 8 to 12 

companies will be selected to 

participate in the mission from the 

applicant pool. U.S. companies already 

doing business in the region as well as 

U.S. companies seeking to enter the 

region for the first time are encouraged 

to apply. 

Fees and Expenses 

After a company or trade organization 

has been selected to participate in the 

mission, a payment to the Department of 

Commerce in the form of a participation 

fee is required. The participation fee, 

which will cover one representative, 

will be $4,500.00 for large firms and 

$3,000.00 for a small or medium-sized 

enterprise (SME) 1 or non-government 

organization.2 The fee for each 

additional firm representative is $600. 

Expenses for travel, lodging, most 

meals, and incidentals will be the 

responsibility of each mission 

participant. 

Conditions for Participation 

• An applicant must submit a 

completed and signed mission 

application and supplemental 

application materials, including 

adequate information on the company’s 

products and/or services, primary 

market objectives, and goals for 

participation. If the U.S. Department of 

Commerce receives an incomplete 

application, the Department may reject 

the application, request additional 

information, or take the lack of 

information into account when 

evaluating. 

• Certify that the products and 

services the export of which it seeks to 

promote through the mission are either 

produced in the United States, or, if not, 

marketed under the name of a U.S. firm 

and have at least fifty-one percent U.S. 

content. Because of the unique nature of 

the energy sector targeted by this 

mission, in cases where the U.S. content 

does not exceed fifty percent, especially 

where the applicant intends to pursue 

investment and major project 

opportunities, the following factors, 

often associated with U.S. ownership, 

may be considered in determining 

whether the applicant’s participation in 

the trade mission is in the U.S. national 

interest: 

—U.S. materials and equipment content; 

—U.S. labor content; 

—Repatriation of profits to the U.S. 

economy; and/or 

—Potential for follow-on business that 

would benefit the U.S. economy; 

• No applicant may represent a 

company that is majority owned or 

controlled by a foreign government 

entity or entities. 

Selection Criteria for Participation 

Selection will be based on the 

following criteria: 

• Suitability of the company’s 

products or services; 

• Applicant’s potential for business 

in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, 

including likelihood of exports resulting 

from the mission; and 

• Consistency of the applicant’s goals 

and objectives with the stated scope of 

the mission. 

Referrals from political organizations 

and any documents containing 

references to partisan political activities 

(including political contributions) will 

be removed from an applicant’s 

submission and not considered during 

the selection process. 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Applications 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (http://www.ita.doc.gov/ 

doctm/tmcal.html) and other Internet 

Web sites, press releases to general and 

trade media, direct mail, notices by 

industry trade associations and other 

multiplier groups, and publicity at 

industry meetings, symposia, 

conferences, and trade shows. 

Recruitment for the mission will 

begin immediately and conclude no 

later than Monday, March 15, 2010. The 

U.S. Department of Commerce will 

review all applications after the 

deadline. We will inform applicants of 

selection decisions after March 15, 

2010. Applications received after the 

deadline will be considered only if 

space and scheduling constraints 

permit. 

Contacts 

David Kincaid, Manufacturing and 

Services, Office of Energy and 

Environmental Industries, Tel: 202– 

482–1706, Fax: 202–482–5665, Email: David.Kincaid@trade.gov ; 

Reginald Miller, Regional Director for 

Central/Eastern Europe and Russia, 

Tel: 202–482–5402, Fax: 202–482– 

2456, E-mail: 

Reginald.Miller@trade.gov. 

Sean Timmins, 

Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service 

Trade Missions Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Executive-Led Trade Mission to 

Colombia and Panama; Change to 

Mission Dates 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Mission Description 

The United States Department of 

Commerce, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. and Foreign 

Commercial Service is organizing a 

Trade Mission to Bogota ́ and Cartagena, 

Colombia and Panama City, Panama, 

September 20–24, 2010, to be led by a 

senior Commerce official. The mission 

will focus on helping U.S. companies 

launch or increase their export business 

in these promising markets. It will also 

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