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Practices Review, all petitions to review

the GSP status of any beneficiary

developing country must be received by

the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade

Policy Staff Committee no later than 5

p.m., Monday, August 21, 2000.

Petitions submitted after the deadline

will not be considered for review and

will be returned to the petitioner.

Notice also is hereby given that the

2000 Annual GSP Product Review is

canceled due to the extraordinary work

that is required to conduct an

accelerated review of products eligible

to be designated under GSP for

beneficiaries of the Africa Growth and

Opportunity Act.

The GSP provides for the duty-free

importation of designated articles when

imported from designated beneficiary

developing countries. The GSP is

authorized by title V of the Trade Act of

1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), as

amended (the ‘‘Trade Act’’), and is

implemented in accordance with

Executive Order 11888 of November 24,

1975, as modified by subsequent

Executive Orders and Presidential

Proclamations.

A. 2000 GSP Annual Country Eligibility

Practices Review

Interested parties may submit

petitions to have the GSP status of any

eligible beneficiary developing country

reviewed with respect to any of the

designation criteria listed in sections

502(b) or 502(c) of the Trade Act (19

U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c)). Such petitions

must comply with the requirements of

15 CFR 2007.01(b).

B. Submission of Petitions and Requests

Petitions to modify GSP treatment

should be addressed to GSP

Subcommittee, Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Room 518, Washington, DC 20508. An

original and fourteen (14) copies of each

petition must be submitted in English.

If the petition contains business

confidential information, an original

and fourteen (14) copies of a

nonconfidential version of the

submission along with an original and

fourteen (14) copies of the business

confidential version must be submitted.

In addition, the submission containing

business confidential information

should be clearly marked ‘‘business

confidential’’ at the top and bottom of

each and every page of the submission.

Petitions submitted as ‘‘business

confidential’’ must conform to 15 CFR

2003.6 and other qualifying information

submitted in confidence must conform

to 15 CFR 2007.7. The version that does

not contain business confidential

information (the public version) should

also be clearly marked at the top and

bottom of each (either page ‘‘public

version’’ or ‘‘nonconfidential’’).

Only the public versions of the

submissions will be available for public

inspection and only by appointment.

Appointments to review petitions may

be made by contacting Ms. Brenda Webb

(Tel. 202/395–6186) of the USTR Public

Reading Room. The hours of the

Reading Room are 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon

and 1:00 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

Jon Rosenbaum,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade

and Development.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

[Docket No. WTO/D–202]

WTO Consultations Regarding U.S.

Action Under Section 203 of the Trade

Act of 1974 Concerning Line Pipe

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Office of the United

States Trade Representative (USTR) is

providing notice that on June 13, 2000,

Korea requested consultations with the

United States under the Marrakesh

Agreement Establishing the World

Trade Organization (WTO), regarding

the U.S. action under section 203 of the

Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘Trade Act’’) (19

U.S.C. 2253) concerning line pipe.

Presidential Proclamation 7274, issued

on February 18, imposed safeguards on

imports of line pipe, effective March 1,

2000 (65 FR 9193, February 23, 2000).

Korea alleges that the U.S. action on line

pipe is inconsistent with various

provisions of the WTO Agreement on

Safeguards and the General Agreement

on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘‘GATT

1994’’). Pursuant to Article 4.3 of the

WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

(‘‘DSU’’), such consultations are to take

place within a period of 30 days from

the date of the request, or within a

period otherwise mutually agreed

between the United States and Korea.

USTR invites written comments from

the public concerning the issues raised

in this dispute.

DATES: Although the USTR will accept

any comments received during the

course of the dispute settlement

proceedings, comments should be

submitted on or before July 21 to be

assured of timely consideration by

USTR prior to consulting with Korea.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Sandy

McKinzy, Monitoring and Enforcement

Unit, Office of the General Counsel,

Room 122, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC, 20508, Attn: Line

Pipe Dispute. Telephone (202) 395–

3582.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rachel Shub, Associate General

Counsel, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC, (202) 395–7305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

127(b) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (19 U.S.C.

3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and

opportunity for comment be provided

after the United States receives a request

for the establishment of a WTO dispute

settlement panel. Consistent with this

obligation, but in an effort to provide

additional opportunity for comment,

USTR is providing notice that

consultations have been requested

pursuant to the WTO Dispute

Settlement Understanding. If such

consultations should fail to resolve the

matter and a dispute settlement panel is

established pursuant to the DSU, such

panel, which would hold its meetings in

Geneva, Switzerland, would be

expected to issue a report on its findings

and recommendations within six to nine

months after it is established.

Major Issues Raised by Korea

On December 22, 1999, the United

States International Trade Commission

(USITC) transmitted to the President an

affirmative determination in its

investigation under section 202 of the

Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252), with respect

to imports of certain circular welded

carbon quality line pipe (line pipe)

provided for in subheadings 7306.10.10

and 7306.10.50 of the Harmonized

Schedule of the United States. The

USITC determined that line pipe is

being imported in such increased

quantities as to be a substantial cause of

serious injury or the threat of serious

injury to the domestic industry

producing a like or directly competitive

article.

On February 18, 2000, pursuant to

section 203 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.

2253), Presidential proclamation 7274

imposed increases in duties on imports

of line pipe in excess of 9000 short tons

(8,164,663 kg) from each country,

effective March 1, 2000 through March

1, 2003. Proclamation 7274 exempts

products of Canada and Mexico from

these duty increases. Korea alleges that

‘‘the U.S. procedures and

determinations that led to the

imposition of the safeguard measure as

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well as the measure itself’’ are

inconsistent with U.S. obligations under

Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 and 12 of the WTO

Agreement on Safeguards and with

Articles I, XIII and XIX of the GATT

1994.

Public Comment: Requirements for

Submissions

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments concerning

the issues raised in the dispute.

Comments must be in English and

provided in fifteen copies. A person

requesting that information contained in

a comment submitted by that person be

treated as confidential business

information must certify that such

information is business confidential and

would not customarily be released to

the public by the commenter.

Confidential business information must

be clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS

CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a contrasting color

ink at the top of each page of each copy.

Information or advice contained in a

comment submitted, other than business

confidential information, may be

determined by USTR to be confidential

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.

2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that

information or advice may qualify as

such, the submitter—

(1) Must so designate the information

or advice;

(2) Must clearly mark the material as

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ in a

contrasting color ink at the top of each

page of each copy; and

(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the

information or advice.

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the

URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will

maintain a file on this dispute

settlement proceeding, accessible to the

public, in the USTR Reading Room:

Room 101, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20508. The public

file will include a listing of any

comments received by USTR from the

public with respect to the proceeding;

and, if applicable, the U.S. submissions

to the panel in the proceeding, the

submissions, or non-confidential

summaries of submissions, to the panel

received from other participants in the

dispute, as well as the report of the

dispute settlement panel, and the report

of the Appellate Body. An appointment

to review the public file (Docket WTO/

D–202, Line Pipe Dispute) may be made

by calling Brenda Webb, (202) 395–

6186. The USTR Reading Room is open

to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon

and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

A. Jane Bradley,

Assistant United States Trade Representative

for Monitoring and Enforcement.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements

Filed During the Week Ending June 23,

2000

The following Agreements were filed

with the Department of Transportation

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412

and 414. Answers may be filed within

21 days after the filing of the

application.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7549.

Date Filed: June 19, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International Air

Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC2 EUR 0316 dated May 23, 2000

(Issuance).

PTC2 EUR 0325 dated June 16, 2000

(Adoption)

Mail Vote 076—Resolution 078y

TC2 Pex Fares Within Europe

Intended effective date: June 23, 2000

Docket Number: OST–2000–7566.

Date Filed: June 22, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International Air

Transport Association.

Subject:

CAC/28/Meet/006/00 dated June 8, 2000

Finally Adopted Resos R1–6

Minutes—CAC/28/Meet/005/00 dated June

7, 2000

Intended effective date: October 1, 2000

Docket Number: OST–2000–7579.

Date Filed: June 23, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International Air

Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC12 USA–EUR 0099 dated June 20,

2000.

North Atlantic USA-Europe Expedited

Resolutions 002v and 054s

Intended effective date: August 1, 2000

Dorothy Y. Beard,

Federal Register Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Applications for Certificates

of Public Convenience and Necessity

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed

Under Subpart Q During the Week

Ending June 23, 2000

The following Applications for

Certificates of Public Convenience and

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier

Permits were filed under Subpart Q of

the Department of Transportation’s

Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR

302.1701 et seq.). The due date for

Answers, Conforming Applications, or

Motions to Modify Scope are set forth

below for each application. Following

the Answer period DOT may process the

application by expedited procedures.

Such procedures may consist of the

adoption of a show-cause order, a

tentative order, or in appropriate cases

a final order without further

proceedings.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7546.

Date Filed: June 19, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: July 10, 2000.

Description: Application of Swissjet,

Inc. pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41102 and

subpart. Q, applies for a Certificate of

Public Convenience and Necessity to

authorize Swissjet to engage in foreign

charter air transportation of persons,

property and mail.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7547.

Date Filed: June 19, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: July 10, 2000.

Description: Application of Swissjet

Inc. pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41102 and

subpart Q, applies for a Certificate of

Public Convenience and Necessity to

authorize Swissjet to engage in

interstate charter air transportation of

persons, property and mail.

Docket Number: OST–2000–7548.

Date Filed: June 19, 2000.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: July 10, 2000.

Description: Application of

Continental Airlines, Inc. pursuant to 49

U.S.C. 41102 and subpart B, applies for

renewal of its Route 682 certificate

authorizing Continental to provide

scheduled air transportation of persons,

property and mail between Newark,

New Jersey, and Lima, Peru, via the

intermediate point Bogota, Colombia.

Dorothy Y. Beard,

Federal Register Liaison.

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