68264 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 1997 / Notices

B. Merchandise imported for the personal

use of the importer and not for resale,

regardless of value, and properly marked

commercial sample shipments valued at

U.S.$250 or less, do not require an ELVIS

transmission for entry and shall not be

charged to agreement levels, if applicable.

The actions taken concerning the

Government of Singapore with respect to

imports of textiles and textile products in the

foregoing categories have been determined by

the Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements to involve foreign affairs

functions of the United States. Therefore,

these directions to the Commissioner of

Customs, which are necessary for the

implementation of such actions, fall within

the foreign affairs exception to the

rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

This letter will be published in the Federal

Register.

Sincerely,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–34062 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

New Export Visa Stamp for Certain

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Hong

Kong

December 23, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs providing for

the use of a new export visa stamp.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212.

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.

Beginning on January 1, 1998, the

Government of the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region will start issuing

a new circular visa stamp. The visa

number, date of issue, category(ies) and

quantity(ies) will be printed by

computer inside the circular stamp.

This new visa will be issued on Export

Licenses covering shipments of textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Hong Kong and exported on or after

January 1, 1998.

Effective on January 1, 1998, textile

products produced or manufactured in

Hong Kong and exported on or after

January 1, 1998 shall be accompanied

by a circular visa which includes the

visa number, date of issue, category(ies)

and quantity(ies) printed by computer

inside the circular stamp. There will be

a grace period from January 1, 1998

through January 31, 1998 during which

the old or the new visa will be

acceptable. The new visa stamp must

accompany goods exported after January

31, 1998. If the merchandise is not

accompanied by the appropriate visa,

products will be denied entry and a new

visa must be obtained.

A facsimile of the new visa stamp is

on file at the U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, room

3100.

See 58 FR 2400, published on January

19, 1983.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 23, 1997.

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 January 14, 1983, as

amended, by the Chairman, Committee for

the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directed you to prohibit entry

of certain textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Hong Kong for

which the Government of Hong Kong has not

issued an appropriate visa.

Beginning on January 1, 1998, the

Government of the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region will start issuing a

new circular visa stamp. The visa number,

date of issue, category(ies) and quantity(ies)

will be printed by computer inside the

circular stamp. This new visa will be issued

on Export Licenses covering shipments of

textile products, produced or manufactured

in Hong Kong and exported on or after

January 1, 1998.

Effective on January 1, 1998, you are

directed to accept shipments of textile

products, produced or manufactured in Hong

Kong and exported on or after January 1,

1998 which are accompanied by a circular

visa issued by the Government of Hong Kong

Special Administrative Region which

includes the visa number, date of issue,

category(ies) and quantity(ies) printed by

computer inside the circular stamp. There

will be a grace period from January 1, 1998

through January 31, 1998 during which the

old or the new visa will be acceptable. The

new visa stamp must accompany goods

exported after January 31, 1998. If the

merchandise is not accompanied by the

appropriate visa, products will be denied

entry and a new visa must be obtained.

A facsimile of the new visa stamp is

enclosed with this letter.

Shipments entered or withdrawn from

warehouse according to this directive which

are not accompanied by an appropriate

export visa shall be denied entry and a new

visa must be obtained.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls within the foreign affairs

exception to 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. 97–34065 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

[CPSC Docket No. 98–C0003]

In the Matter of Century Products

Company, a Corporation; Provisional

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement

and Order

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Provisional acceptance of a

settlement agreement under the

Consumer Product Safety Act.

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the

Commission to publish settlements

which it provisionally accepts under the

Consumer Product Safety Act in the

Federal Register in accordance with the

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published

below is a provisionally-accepted

Settlement Agreement with Century

Products Company, a corporation,

containing a civil penalty of $225,000.

DATES: Any interested person may ask

the Commission not to accept this

agreement or otherwise comment on its

contents by filing a written request with

the Office of the Secretary by January

15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to

comment on this Settlement Agreement

should send written comments to the

Comment 98–C0003, Office of the

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melvin I. Kramer, Trial Attorney, Office

of Compliance and Enforcement,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301)

504–0626.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of

the Agreement and Order appears

below.