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restrictions. On March 15, the Secretary

issued the determination . . . that

waived FOAA restrictions for the RS

and Serbia, but only for carefully

targeted categories of assistance. Certain

RS municipalities remain subject to a

comprehensive assistance ban. Any

assistance to them, except for

emergency foods or medical or

demining assistance, would require a

separate waiver for specified activities,

and must be justified on the basis that

achievement of Dayton goals provide an

overriding justification, e.g., minority

returns or concrete democratization

objectives. The assistance for Serbia is

carefully designed to be compatible

with standing U.S. policy against

providing significant assistance until

there is a transition to democracy in

Belgrade.

In the Republika Srpska, support for

. . . USAID and State public diplomacy

programs promoting democratization,

reconciliation, and free and

independent media . . . is exempt from

these restrictions. The municipalities of

Foca, Pale, and Prijedor are excluded

from this waiver, because competent

authorities have failed to take necessary

and significant steps to apprehend and

transfer war crimes indictees to the

International Criminal Tribunal for the

Former Yugoslavia. These

municipalities will not be eligible for

new U.S. assistance.

Notice

The terms and conditions published

in this RFP are binding and may not be

modified by any Bureau representative.

Explanatory information provided by

the Bureau that contradicts published

language will not be binding. Issuance

of the RFP does not constitute an award

commitment on the part of the

Government. The Bureau reserves the

right to reduce, revise, or increase

proposal budgets in accordance with the

needs of the program and the

availability of funds. Awards made will

be subject to periodic reporting and

evaluation requirements.

Notification

Final awards cannot be made until

funds have been appropriated by

Congress, allocated and committed

through internal Bureau procedures.

Dated: April 26, 2000.

Evelyn S. Lieberman,

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and

Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Generalized System of Preferences

(GSP); Initiation of a Review to

Consider the Designation of Nigeria as

a Beneficiary Developing Country

Under the GSP; Solicitation of Public

Comments Relating to the Designation

Criteria.

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice and solicitation of public

comment with respect to the eligibility

of Nigeria for the GSP program.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

initiation of a review to consider the

designation of Nigeria as a beneficiary

developing country under the GSP

program and solicits public comment

relating to the designation criteria.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP

Subcommittee, Office of the United

States Trade Representative, 600 17th

Street, N.W., Room 518, Washington,

D.C. 20508. The telephone number is

(202) 395–6971.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

government of Nigeria has requested

that it be granted eligibility for

beneficiary status under the GSP

program. The Trade Policy Staff

Committee (TSPC) has initiated a review

to determine if Nigeria should be

designated as a beneficiary developing

country under the GSP program. A

country may not be designated a

beneficiary developing country, absent a

finding that such designation would be

in the economic interests of the United

States, if any one of several elements are

found, including: the country is a party

to an arrangement of countries and

participates in any action pursuant to

such arrangement, the effect of which is

to withhold supplies of vital commodity

resources from international trade or to

raise the price of such commodities to

an unreasonable level, and to cause

serious disruption of the world

economy; the provision by the country

of preferential treatment to products of

other developed countries which has a

significant adverse effect on U.S.

commerce; the expropriation by the

country of U.S.-owned property without

compensation; a failure by the country

to enforce arbitral awards in favor of

U.S. persons; the support by the country

of international terrorism; or a failure by

the country to take steps to protect

internationally recognized worker

rights. Other factors taken into account

in determining whether a country will

be designated a beneficiary developing

country include: the extent to which the

country has assured the United States

that it will provide market access for

U.S. goods; the extent to which the

country has taken action to reduce

trade-distorting investment practices

and policies; and the extent to which

the country is providing adequate and

effective protection of intellectual

property rights. The criteria for

designation are set forth in full in

section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.).

Interested parties are invited to

submit comments regarding the

eligibility of Nigeria for designation as

a GSP beneficiary developing country.

Submission of comments must be made

in English in 14 copies to the Chairman

of the GSP Subcommittee, Trade Policy

Staff Committee, and be received in

Room 518 at 600 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20508, no later than 5

p.m. on Monday, July 10th. Except for

submission granted ‘‘business

confidential’’ status pursuant to 15 CFR

2003.6, information and comments

submitted regarding Nigeria will be

subject to public inspection by

appointment with the staff of the USTR

Public Reading Room. For an

appointment, please call Ms. Brenda

Webb at 202/395–6186. If the document

contains business confidential

information, 14 copies of a

nonconfidential version of the

submission along with 14 copies of the

confidential version must be submitted.

In addition, the submission should be

clearly marked ‘‘confidential’’ at the top

and bottom of each 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 page (either ‘‘public

version’’ or ‘‘non-confidential’’).

H.J. Rosenbaum,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements

Filed During the Week Ending March

31, 2000

The following Agreements were filed

with the Department of Transportation

under the provisions of 49 Sections

U.S.C. 412 and 414. Answers may be

filed within 21 days after the filing of

the application.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7161.

Date Filed: March 29, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.