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ADMINISTRATION 

Office of the Federal Register 

Agreements In Force as of December 

31, 2005 Between the American 

Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Representative 

Office in the United States 

AGENCY: Office of the Federal Register, 

NARA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

agreements. 

SUMMARY: The American Institute in 

Taiwan has concluded a number of 

agreements with the Taipei Economic 

and Cultural Representative Office in 

the United States (formerly the 

Coordination Council for North 

American Affairs) in order to maintain 

cultural, commercial and other 

unofficial relations between the 

American people and the people of 

Taiwan. The Director of the Federal 

Register is publishing the list of these 

agreements on behalf of the American 

Institute in Taiwan in the public 

interest. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cultural, 

commercial and other unofficial 

relations between the American people 

and the people of Taiwan are 

maintained on a non-governmental basis 

through the American Institute in 

Taiwan (AIT), a private nonprofit 

corporation created under the Taiwan 

Relations Act (Public Law 96–8; 93 Stat. 

14). The Coordination Council for North 

American Affairs (CCNAA) was 

established as the nongovernmental 

Taiwan counterpart to AIT. On October 

10, 1995 the CCNAA was renamed the 

Taipei Economic and Cultural 

Representative Office in the United 

States (TECRO). 

Under section 12 of the Act, 

agreements concluded between AIT and 

TECRO (CCNAA) are transmitted to the 

Congress, and according to sections 6 

and 10(a) of the Act, such agreements 

have full force and effect under the law 

of the United States. 

The texts of the agreements are 

available from the American Institute in 

Taiwan, 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 

1700, Arlington, Virginia, 22209. For 

further information, please telephone 

(703) 525–8474, or fax (703) 841–1385. 

Following is a list of agreements 

between AIT and TECRO (CCNAA) 

which were in force as of December 31, 

2005. 

Dated: October 5, 2006. 

Barbara J. Schrage, 

Managing Director, American Institute in 

Taiwan. 

Dated: October 10, 2006. 

Michael L. White, 

Acting Director of the Federal Register. 

AIT–TECRO Agreements 

In Force as of December 31, 2005 

Status of TECRO 

The Exchange of Letters concerning 

the change in the name of the 

Coordination Council for North 

American Affairs (CCNAA) to the Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Representative 

Office in the United States (TECRO). 

Signed December 27, 1994 and January 

3, 1995. Entered into force January 3, 

1995. 

Agriculture 

1. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in the agriculture sciences. 

Signed January 15 and 28, 1986. Entered 

into force January 28, 1986. 

2. Amendment amending the 1986 

guidelines for a cooperative program in 

the agricultural sciences. Effected by 

exchange of letters September 1 and 11, 

1989. Entered into force September 11, 

1989. 

3. Cooperative service agreement to 

facilitate fruit and vegetable inspection 

through their designated 

representatives, the United States 

Department of Agriculture Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

and the Taiwan Provincial Fruit 

Marketing Cooperative (TPFMC) 

supervised by the Taiwan Council of 

Agriculture (COA). Signed April 28, 

1993. Entered into force April 28, 1993. 

4. Memorandum of agreement 

concerning sanitary/phytosanitary and 

agricultural standards. Signed 

November 4, 1993. Entered into force 

November 4, 1993. 

5. Agreement amending the 

guidelines for the cooperative program 

in agricultural sciences. Signed October 

30, 2001. Entered into force October 30, 

2001. 

Aviation 

1. Memorandum of agreement 

concerning the arrangement for certain 

aeronautical equipment and services 

relating to civil aviation (NAT–I–845), 

with annexes. Signed September 24 and 

October 23, 1981. Entered into force 

October 23, 1981. 

2. Amendment amending the 

memorandum of agreement concerning 

aeronautical equipment and services of 

September 24 and October 23, 1981. 

Signed September 18 and 23, 1985. 

Entered into force September 3, 1985. 

3. Agreement amending the 

memorandum of agreement of 

September 24 and October 23, 1981, 

concerning aeronautical equipment and 

services. Signed September 23 and 

October 17, 1991. Entered into force 

October 17, 1991. 

4. Air transport agreement, with 

annexes. Signed at Washington March 

18, 1998. Entered into force March 18, 

1998. 

5. Agreement for promotion of 

aviation safety. Signed June 30, 2003. 

Entered into force June 30, 2003. 

Conservation 

1. Memorandum on cooperation in 

forestry and natural resources 

conservation. Signed May 23 and July 4, 

1991. Entered into force July 4, 1991. 

2. Memorandum on cooperation in 

soil and water conservation under the 

guidelines for a cooperative program in 

the agricultural sciences. Signed at 

Washington October 5, 1992. Entered 

into force October 5, 1992. 

3. Agreement on technical 

cooperation in conservation of flora and 

fauna. Signed April 7, 1999. Entered 

into force April 7, 1999. 

4. Memorandum of understanding 

concerning cooperation in fisheries and 

aquaculture. Signed July 30, 2002. 

Entered into force July 30, 2002. 

5. Agreement on technical 

cooperation in forest management and 

nature conservation. Signed October 24, 

2003 and February 27, 2004. Entered 

into force February 27, 2004. 

Consular 

1. Agreement regarding passport 

validity. Effected by exchange of letters 

of August 26 and November 13, 1998. 

Entered into force December 10, 1998. 

Consumer Product Safety 

1. Memorandum of Understanding for 

cooperation associated with consumer 

product safety matters. Signed April 29 

and July 27, 2004. Entered into force 

July 27, 2004. 


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Customs 

1. Agreement for technical assistance 

in customs operations and management, 

with attachment. Signed May 14 and 

June 4, 1991. Entered into force June 4, 

1991. 

2. Agreement on TECRO/AIT carnet 

for the temporary admission of goods. 

Signed June 25, 1996. Entered into force 

June 25, 1996. 

3. Agreement regarding mutual 

assistance between their designated 

representatives, the United States 

Customs Administration and the 

Taiwan Customs Administration. 

Signed January 17, 2001. Entered into 

force January 17, 2001. 

Education and Culture 

1. Agreement amending the agreement 

for financing certain educational and 

cultural exchange programs of April 23, 

1964. Effected by exchange of letters at 

Taipei April 14 and June 4, 1979. 

Entered into force June 4, 1979. 

2. Agreement concerning the Taipei 

American School, with annex. Signed at 

Taipei February 3, 1983. Entered into 

force February 3, 1983. 

Energy 

1. Agreement relating to the 

establishment of a joint standing 

committee on civil nuclear cooperation. 

Signed at Taipei October 3, 1984. 

Entered into force October 3, 1984. 

2. Agreement amending and 

extending the agreement of October 3, 

1984, relating to the establishment of a 

joint standing committee on civil 

nuclear cooperation. Signed October 19, 

1989. Entered into force October 19, 

1989. 

3. Agreement abandoning in place in 

Taiwan the Argonaut Research Reactor 

loaned to National Tsing Hua 

University. Signed November 28, 1990. 

4. Agreement Amending and 

Extending the Agreement of October 3, 

1984, as amended and extended, 

relating to the establishment of a joint 

standing committee on civil nuclear 

cooperation. Signed October 3, 1994. 

Entered into force October 3, 1994. 

5. Agreement concerning safeguards 

arrangements for nuclear materials 

transferred from France to Taiwan. 

Effected by exchange of letters February 

12 and May 13, 1993. Entered into force 

May 13, 1993. 

6. Agreement relating to participation 

in the USNRC program of severe 

accident research, with appendix. 

Signed February 18 and June 24, 1993. 

Entered into force June 24, 1993, 

effective January 1, 1993. 

7. Agreement regarding participation 

in the Second USNRC International 

Piping Integrity Research Group 

Program, with addendum. Signed at 

Arlington and Washington February 7 

and June 30, 1994. Entered into force 

June 30, 1994. 

8. Memorandum of Agreement for 

release of an Energy and Power 

Evaluation Program (ENPEP) computer 

software package. Signed January 25 

and February 27, 1995. Entered into 

force February 27, 1995. 

9. Agreement relating to participation 

in the USNRC’s program of thermalhydraulic code applications and 

maintenance. Signed January 5 and June 

26, 1998. Entered into force June 26, 

1998. 

10. Agreement regarding terms and 

conditions for the acceptance of foreign 

research reactor spent nuclear fuel at the 

Department of Energy’s Savannah River 

site. Signed December 28, 1998 and 

February 25, 1999. Entered into force 

February 25, 1999. 

11. Agreement in the area of 

probabilistic risk assessment research. 

Signed July 20 and December 27. 

Entered into force January 1, 1999. 

12. Agreement relating to the 

participation in the United States 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

program of severe accident research. 

Signed May 15, 2003 and August 8, 

2003. Entered into force August 8, 2003, 

effective January 1, 2003. 

13. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in clean coal and advanced 

power systems technologies. Signed 

October 31, 2003 and January 20, 2004. 

Entered into force January 20, 2004. 

Environment 

1. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in the field of 

environmental protection, with 

implementing arrangement. Signed June 

21, 1993. Entered into force June 21, 

1993. 

2. Agreement extending the agreement 

of June 21, 1993 for technical 

cooperation in the field of 

environmental protection. Effected by 

exchanges of letters June 30 and July 20 

and 30, 1998. Entered into force July 30, 

1998, effective June 21, 1998. 

3. Agreement extending the agreement 

for technical cooperation in the field of 

environmental protection. Signed 

September 23, 2003. Entered into force 

September 23, 2003. 

Health 

1. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in the biomedical sciences. 

Signed May 21, 1984. Entered into force 

May 21, 1984. 

2. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in food hygiene. Signed 

January 15 and 28, 1985. Entered into 

force January 28, 1985. 

3. Agreement amending the 1984 

guidelines for a cooperative program in 

the biomedical sciences, with 

attachment. Signed April 20, 1989. 

Entered into force April 20, 1989. 

4. Agreement amending the 1984 

guidelines for a cooperative program in 

the biomedical Sciences, as amended, 

with attachment. Signed August 24, 

1989. Entered into force August 24, 

1989. 

5. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in public health and preventive 

medicine. Signed at Arlington and 

Washington June 30 and July 19, 1994. 

Entered into force July 19, 1994. 

6. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in vaccine and 

immunization-related activities, with 

implementing arrangement. Signed at 

Washington October 6 and 7, 1994. 

Entered into force October 7, 1994. 

7. Agreement regarding the mutual 

exchange of information on medical 

devices, including quality systems 

requirements inspectional information. 

Effected by exchange of letters January 

9, 1998. Entered into force January 9, 

1998. 

Homeland Security 

1. Declaration of Principles for 

governing cooperation, on the basis of 

reciprocity, including the posting of AIT 

Representatives at the Port of 

Kaohsiung, and the posting of TECRO 

Representatives at certain U.S. seaports. 

Signed August 18, 2004. Entered into 

force August 18, 2004. 

Intellectual Property 

1. Agreement concerning the 

protection and enforcement of rights in 

audiovisual works. Effected by exchange 

of letters at Arlington and Washington 

June 6 and 27, 1989. Entered into force 

June 27, 1989. 

2. Understanding concerning the 

protection of intellectual property 

rights. Signed at Washington June 5, 

1992. Entered into force June 5, 1992. 

3. Agreement for the protection of 

copyrights, with appendix. Signed July 

16, 1993. Entered into force July 16, 

1993. 

4. Memorandum of understanding 

regarding the extension of priority filing 

rights for patent and trademark 

applications. Signed April 10, 1996. 

Entered into force April 10, 1996. 

Judicial Assistance 

1. Memorandum of understanding on 

cooperation in the field of criminal 

investigations and prosecutions. Signed 

at Taipei October 5, 1992. Entered into 

force October 5, 1992. 


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2. Agreement on mutual legal 

assistance in criminal matters. Signed 

March 26, 2002. Entered into force 

March 26, 2002. 

Labor 

1. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in labor affairs. Signed 

December 6, 1991. Entered into force 

December 6, 1991. 

2. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in labor mediation and 

alternative dispute resolution. Signed 

April 7, 1995. Entered into force April 

7. 1995. 

Mapping 

1. Agreement concerning mapping, 

charting, and geodesy cooperation. 

Signed November 28, 1995. Entered into 

force November 28, 1995. 

Maritime 

1. Agreement concerning mutual 

implementation of the 1974 Convention 

for the safety of life at sea. Effected by 

exchange of letters at Arlington and 

Washington August 17 and September 

7, 1982. Entered into force September 7, 

1982. 

2. Agreement concerning mutual 

implementation of the 1969 

international convention on tonnage 

measurement. Effected by exchange of 

letters at Arlington and Washington 

May 13 and 26, 1983. Entered into force 

May 26, 1983. 

3. Agreement concerning mutual 

implementation of the protocol of 1978 

relating to the 1974 international 

convention for the safety of life at sea. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Arlington and Washington January 22 

and 31, 1985. Entered into force January 

31, 1985. 

4. Agreement concerning mutual 

implementation of the protocol of 1978 

relating to the international convention 

for the prevention of pollution from 

ships, 1973. Effected by exchange of 

letters at Arlington and Washington 

January 22 and 31, 1985. Entered into 

force January 31, 1985. 

5. Agreement concerning mutual 

implementation of the 1966 

international convention on load lines. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Arlington and Washington March 26 

and April 10, 1985. Entered into force 

April 10, 1985. 

6. Agreement concerning the 

operating environment for ocean 

carriers. Effected by exchange of letters 

at Washington and Arlington October 25 

and 27, 1989. Entered into force October 

27, 1989. 

Military 

1. Agreement for foreign military sales 

financing by the authorities on Taiwan. 

Signed January 4 and July 12, 1999. 

Entered into force July 12, 1999. 

2. Letter of Agreement concerning 

exchange of research and development 

information. Signed August 4, 2004. 

Entered into force August 4, 2004. 

3. Master Information Exchange 

Agreement Information Exchange 

Annex AF–05–TW–9301 Concerning 

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 

Signed December 15, 2005. Entered into 

force December 15, 2005. 

Postal 

1. Agreement concerning 

establishment of INTELPOST service. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Arlington and Washington April 19 and 

November 26, 1990. Entered into force 

November 26, 1990. 

2. International business reply service 

agreement, with detailed regulations. 

Signed at Washington February 7, 1992. 

Entered into force February 7, 1992. 

Privileges and Immunities 

1. Agreement on privileges, 

exemptions and immunities, with 

addendum. Signed at Washington 

October 2, Entered into force October 2, 

1980. 

2. Agreement governing the use and 

disposal of vehicles imported by the 

American Institute in Taiwan and its 

personnel. Signed at Taipei April 21, 

1986. Entered into force April 21, 1986. 

Scientific & Technical Cooperation 

1. Agreement on scientific 

cooperation. Effected by exchange of 

letters at Arlington and Washington on 

September 4, 1980. Entered into force 

September 4, 1980. 

2. Agreement concerning renewal and 

extension of the 1980 agreement on 

scientific cooperation. Signed March 10, 

1987. Entered into force March 10, 1987. 

3. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in atmospheric research. 

Signed May 4, 1987. Entered into force 

May 4, 1987. 

4. Agreement for technical assistance 

in dam design and construction, with 

appendices. Signed August 24, 1987. 

Entered into force August 24, 1987. 

5. Agreement for a cooperative 

program in the sale and exchange of 

technical, scientific, and engineering 

information. Signed November 17, 1987. 

Entered into force November 17, 1987. 

6. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in meteorology and forecast 

systems development, with 

implementing arrangements. Signed 

June 5 and 28, 1990. Entered into force 

June 28, 1990. 

7. Agreement extending the agreement 

of November 17, 1987, for a cooperative 

program in the sale and exchange of 

technical, scientific and engineering 

information. Signed August 8, 1990. 

Entered into force August 8, 1990. 

8. Cooperative program on Hualien 

soil-structure interaction experiment. 

Signed September 28, 1990. 

9. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in geodetic research and 

use of advanced geodetic technology, 

with implementing arrangement. Signed 

January 11 and February 21, 1991. 

Entered into force February 21, 1991. 

10. Cooperative program in highwayrelated sciences. Signed October 30, 

1990 and January 7, 1992. Entered into 

force January 7, 1992. 

11. Agreement amending and 

extending the agreement of August 24, 

1987, for technical assistance in dam 

design and construction. *Name 

changed to Agreement for Technical 

Assistance in Areas of Water Resource 

Development. Signed May 11 and June 

9, 1992. Entered into force June 9, 1992. 

12. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in seismology and 

earthquake monitoring systems 

development, with implementing 

arrangement. Signed July 22 and 24, 

1992. Entered into force July 24, 1992. 

13. Agreement amending the 

Agreement of August 24, 1987 for 

technical assistance in areas of water 

resource development. Signed August 

30 and September 3, 1996. Entered into 

force September 3, 1996. 

14. Agreement concerning joint 

studies on reservoir sedimentation and 

sluicing, including computer modeling. 

Signed February 14 and March 8, 1996. 

Entered into force March 8, 1996. 

15. Guidelines for a cooperative 

program in physical sciences. Signed 

January 2 and 10, 1997. Entered into 

force January 10, 1997. 

16. Agreement for scientific and 

technical cooperation in ocean climate 

research. Signed February 18, 1997. 

Entered into force February 18, 1997. 

17. Agreement amending the 

agreement of August 24, 1987 for 

technical assistance in areas of water 

resource development. Signed October 

14, 1997. Entered into force October 14, 

1997. 

18. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in scientific and weather 

technology systems support. Signed 

October 22 and November 5, 1997. 

Entered into force November 5, 1997. 

19. Agreement for technical 

cooperation associated with 

establishment of advanced operational 

aviation weather systems. Signed 

February 10 and 13, 1998. Entered into 

force February 13, 1998. 


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20. Agreement for technical 

cooperation associated with 

development, launch and operation of a 

constellation observing system for 

meteorology, ionosphere and climate. 

Signed May 29 and June 30, 1999. 

Entered into force June 30, 1999. 

21. Agreement on the International 

Research Institute for Climate 

Prediction, with attachments. Signed 

October 20, 2000 and October 26, 2000. 

Entered into force October 26, 2000. 

22. Agreement for technical 

cooperation on neutron scattering 

research. Signed February 8, 2001. 

Entered into force February 8, 2001. 

23. Agreement for technical 

cooperation in meteorology and forecast 

systems development. Signed June 12, 

2001 and June 20, 2001. Entered into 

force June 20, 2001. 

24. Agreement for cooperation on the 

tropical rainfall-measuring mission 

(TRMM). Signed February 6, 2002 and 

April 2, 2002. Entered into force April 

2, 2002. 

25. Agreement for joint research on 

earthquake and bridge engineering. 

Signed July 24, 2003 and July 8, 2004. 

Entered into force July 8, 2004. 

26. Agreement in the area of 

probabilistic risk assessment research. 

Signed October 18 and December 29, 

2004. Entered into force December 29, 

2004, effective January 1, 2004. 

27. Agreement relating to 

participation in the United States 

nuclear regulatory program. Signed 

December 13, 2004. Entered into force 

December 13, 2004. 

28. Agreement for Technical 

Cooperation associated with 

Establishment of Advanced Data 

Assimilation and Modeling Systems. 

Signed December 20, 2004 and January 

12, 2005. Entered into force January 12, 

2005. 

Security of Information 

1. Protection of information 

agreement. Signed September 15, 1981. 

Entered into force September 15, 1981. 

Taxation 

1. Agreement concerning the 

reciprocal exemption from income tax 

of income derived from the 

international operation of ships and 

aircraft. Effected by exchange of letters 

at Taipei May 31, 1988. Entered into 

force May 31, 1988. 

2. Agreement for technical assistance 

in tax administration, with appendices. 

Signed August 1, 1989. Entered into 

force August 1, 1989. 

Trade 

1. Agreement concerning trade 

matters, with annexes. Effected by 

exchange of letters at Arlington and 

Washington October 24, 1979. Entered 

into force October 24, 1979; effective 

January 1, 1980. 

2. Agreement concerning trade 

matters. Effected by exchange of letters 

at Arlington and Washington December 

31, 1981. Entered into force December 

31, 1981. 

3. Agreement concerning measures 

that the CCNAA will undertake in 

connection with implementation of the 

GATT Customs Valuation Code. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Bethesda and Arlington August 22, 

1986. Entered into force August 22, 

1986. 

4. Agreement concerning the export 

performance requirement affecting 

investment in the automotive sector. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Washington and Arlington October 9, 

1986. Entered into force October 9, 

1986. 

5. Agreement concerning beer, wine 

and cigarettes. Signed at Washington 

December 12, 1986. Entered into force 

December 12, 1986, effective January 1, 

1987. 

6. Agreement implementing the 

agreement of December 12, 1986 

concerning beer, wine and cigarettes. 

Effected by exchange of letters at Taipei 

April 29, 1987. Entered into force April 

29, 1987, effective January 1, 1987. 

7. Agreement concerning trade in 

whole turkeys, turkey parts, processed 

turkey products and whole ducks, with 

memorandum of understanding. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Arlington and Washington March 16, 

1989. Entered into force March 16, 1989. 

8. Agreement concerning the 

protection of trade in strategic 

commodities and technical data, with 

memorandum of understanding. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Arlington and Washington December 4, 

1990 and April 8, 1991. Entered into 

force April 8, 1991. 

9. Administrative arrangement 

concerning the textile visa system. 

Effected by exchange of letters at 

Arlington and Washington April 18 and 

May 1, 1991. Entered into force May 1, 

1991. 

10. Agreement regarding new 

requirements for health warning legends 

on cigarettes sold in the territory 

represented by CCNAA. Effected by 

exchange of letters at Washington and 

Arlington October 7 and 16, 1991. 

Entered into force October 16, 1991. 

11. Memorandum of understanding 

concerning a new quota arrangement for 

cotton and man-made fiber trousers. 

Signed at Washington December 18, 

1992. Entered into force December 18, 

1992. 

12. Memorandum of understanding 

on the exchange of information 

concerning commodity futures and 

options matters, with appendix. Signed 

January 11, 1993. Entered into force 

January 11, 1993. 

13. Agreement concerning a 

framework of principles and procedures 

for consultations regarding trade and 

investment, with annex. Signed at 

Washington September 19, 1994. 

Entered into force September 19, 1994. 

14. Visa arrangement concerning 

textiles and textile products. Effected by 

exchange of letters of April 30 and 

September 3 and 23 1997. Entered into 

force September 23, 1997. 

15. Agreement concerning trade in 

cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend 

and other non-cotton vegetable fiber 

textile products, with attachment. 

Effected by exchange of letters 

December 10, 1997. Entered into force 

December 10, 1997, effective January 1, 

1998. 

16. Agreed minutes on government 

procurement issues. Signed December 

17, 1997. Entered into force December 

17, 1997. 

17. Understanding concerning 

bilateral negotiations on the WTO 

accession of the separate customs 

territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen 

and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) and the 

United States. Signed February 20, 

1998. Entered into force February 20, 

1998. 

18. Agreement on mutual recognition 

for equipment subject to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) 

regulations. Signed March 16, 1999. 

Entered into force March 16, 1999. 

19. Agreement concerning the Asia 

Pacific Economic Cooperation mutual 

recognition arrangement for conformity 

assessment of telecommunications 

equipment (APEC Telecon MRA). 

Signed March 16, 1999. Entered into 

force March 16, 1999. 

20. Memorandum of understanding 

on the extension of trade in textile and 

apparel products. Signed February 9, 

2001. Entered into force February 9, 

2001. 

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