25466 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 2, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

President’s Export Council;

Subcommittee on Encryption; Notice

of Partially Closed Meeting

The President’s Export Council

Subcommittee on Encryption

(PECSENC) will meet on May 16, 2000,

at the U.S. Department of Commerce,

Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4832,

14th Street between Pennsylvania and

Constitution Avenues, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. The meeting will

begin in open session at 9:30 a.m. The

Subcommittee provides advice on

matters pertinent to policies regarding

commercial encryption products.

Open Session: 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

3. Update on Bureau of Export

Administration initiatives.

4. Issue briefings.

5. Open discussion.

Closed Session: 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

6. Discussion of matters properly

classified under Executive Order

12958, dealing with the U.S. export

control program and strategic

criteria related thereto.

A limited number of seats will be

available for the open session.

Reservations are not accepted. To the

extent time permits, members of the

public may present oral statements to

the PECSENC. The public may submit

written statements at any time before or

after the meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation

materials to PECSENC members, the

PECSENC suggests that public

presentation materials or comments be

forwarded before the meeting to the

address listed below: Ms. Lee Ann

Carpenter, OSIES/EA/BXA MS: 3876,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th St.

and Constitution Ave., NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

A Notice of Determination to close

meetings, or portions of meetings, of the

Subcommittee to the public on the basis

of 5 U.S.C. 522(c)(1) was approved

October 25, 1999, in accordance with

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. A

copy of the Notice of Determination is

available for public inspection and

coying in the Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. For more information,

contact Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter on (202)

482–2583.

Dated: April 25, 2000.

Iain S. Baird,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–10901 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Request for Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of first request for panel

review.

SUMMARY: On April 10, 2000, Cemex,

S.A. de C.V. (‘‘CEMEX’’) filed a First

Request for Panel Review with the

United States Section of the NAFTA

Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of

the North American Free Trade

Agreement. A second request was filed

by Cementos de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V.

(‘‘CDC’’) on April 11, 2000. Panel review

was requested of the final antidumping

duty administrative review

determination made by the International

Trade Administration, respecting Gray

Portland Cement and Clinker from

Mexico. This determination was

published in the Federal Register (65

FR 13943) on March 15, 2000. The

NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case

Number USA–MEX–00–1904–03 to this

request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caratina L. Alston, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686).

A first Request for Panel Review was

filed with the United States Section of

the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to

Article 1904 of the Agreement, on April

10, 2000, requesting panel review of the

final antidumping duty administrative

review described above.

The Rules provide that:

(a) A Party or interested person may

challenge the final determination in

whole or in part by filing a Complaint

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30

days after the filing of the first Request

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing

a Complaint is May 10, 2000);

(b) A Party, investigating authority or

interested person that does not file a

Complaint but that intends to appear in

support of any reviewable portion of the

final determination may participate in

the panel review by filing a Notice of

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40

within 45 days after the filing of the first

Request for Panel Review (the deadline

for filing a Notice of Appearance is May

25, 2000); and

(c) The panel review shall be limited

to the allegations of error of fact or law,

including the jurisdiction of the

investigating authority, that are set out

in the Complaints filed in the panel

review and the procedural and

substantive defenses raised in the panel

review.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Caratina L. Alston,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 00–10907 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Corporate Session With Nigerian

Officials: Event Announcement

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Nigeria business event

opportunity.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Commerce invites U.S. companies to

participate in a corporate session with

Nigerian Government officials as part of

the U.S.-Nigeria Joint Economic

Partnership Commission on June 14,

2000 in Abuja, Nigeria. The corporate

session is composed of a working

breakfast, sector-specific meetings, and

a keynote luncheon.

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DATES: Requests must be received no

later than May 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: In order to receive full

consideration for this event, send a 1–

2 page summary of your company’s

business experience in Nigeria and/or

your current concerns about doing

business in Nigeria to Douglas Wallace,

USDOC Nigeria Desk Officer, by mail to

Room 2037, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, or

by fax at (202) 482–5198.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Douglas Wallace, USDOC Nigeria Desk

Officer, Office of Africa, Room 2037,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–5149.

Notice of Business Event Opportunity

U.S. and Nigerian Government

officials will hold the second round of

the U.S.-Nigeria Joint Economic

Partnership Commission (JEPC) in

Abuja on June 12–14, 2000. The purpose

of the JEPC is to open channels of

discussion between high-ranking USG

and GON officials on issues affecting the

economic and commercial relationship

between the two countries.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is

organizing a Corporate Session on June

14 to focus on U.S. private sector

concerns about the Nigerian business

environment. The Corporate Session

will give U.S. companies the

opportunity to present to Nigerian

decision makers the obstacles they face

in doing business in Nigeria and suggest

possible trade and regulatory changes

which would help create a more

attractive environment for U.S. trade

and investment. The Corporate Session

will also allow the Nigerian officials to

announce specific opportunities related

to priority sectors in Nigeria.

The following is an outline of the

Corporate Session to date:

June 14, 2000

9:00–10:00 a.m.—Working Breakfast

The Corporate Session will begin with

a one-hour working breakfast involving

USG and GON officials and U.S. and

Nigerian private sector representatives.

The leader of the Nigerian side, Chief

Economic Advisor to the President

Philip Asiodu, will welcome the

participants, summarize the Nigerian

economic situation and business

environment, and outline the GON’s

expected policy changes in the near

term. Asiodu will then invite the USG

leader, State Under Secretary Alan

Larson, to summarize the developments

and issues raised during the JEPC

discussions for the private sector

participants.

10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—Sector-Specific

Meetings

Upon conclusion of the working

breakfast, participants will separate into

four sector-specific meetings: (1)

agribusiness, (2) telecom, (3)

transportation, and (4) energy/

environmental technologies. Each subgroup will be co-led by a USG official

who will introduce the GON leader and

act as discussion moderator. After brief

remarks from the Nigerian side, U.S.

and Nigerian public and private sector

participants will engage in an open,

sector-specific dialogue.

12:30–2:00 p.m.—Lunch

The Corporate Session Luncheon will

feature a keynote speech and further

questions/answers.

Edward Casselle,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and

Increase of a Guaranteed Access Level

for Certain Cotton, Wool and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Costa Rica

April 26, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits and increasing a guaranteed

access level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port,

call (202) 927–5850, or refer to the U.S.

Customs website at http://

www.customs.gov. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, carryover and the recrediting

of unused carryforward.

Upon the request of the Government

of Costa Rica, the U.S. Government has

agreed to increase the current

Guaranteed Access Level for textile

products in Category 447.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 50495, published on

September 17, 1999.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements

April 26, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury,

Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on September 13, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Costa Rica and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on May 2, 2000, you are directed

to adjust the current limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

340/640 .................... 1,175,116 dozen.

342/642 .................... 409,129 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,314,665 dozen.

443 ........................... 237,553 numbers.

447 ........................... 14,125 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999.

Also effective on ,

you are directed to increase the Guaranteed

Access Level for Category 447 to 14,000

dozen.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–10892 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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