Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 189 / Thursday, September 28, 2000 / Notices 58303

Dated: August 16, 2000.

Susan M. Daniels,

Deputy Commissioner for Disability and

Income, Security Programs, Social Security

Administration.

Dated: August 11, 2000.

Alvin Collins,

Director, Office of Family Assistance.

Dated: August 18, 2000.

Raymond L. Bramucci,

Assistant Secretary for Employment and

Training, Department of Labor.

Dated: August 30, 2000.

Gloria Cousar,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public and

Assisted Housing Delivery, Department of

Housing and Urban Development.

Dated: August 28, 2000.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3411]

Proposed Convention Sponsored by

Unidroit on International Equipment

Finance and Draft Protocol on Space

Equipment Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: The International Finance Study

Group of the State Department’s

Advisory Committee on Private

International Law will meet in

Washington, DC on Friday, October 13

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The subject will

be international negotiations on a

multilateral treaty system to promote

secured financing for high-value mobile

equipment, with a particular focus at

this meeting on the space equipment

industry and implications for the

provision of space-based services.

Agenda

The meeting will cover the purpose

and concepts of the proposed

Convention on international interests in

mobile equipment; the application of

asset-based financing to space

equipment; the recent meeting of the

ICAO Legal Committee at Montreal on

the proposed Convention in relation to

aircraft and the draft Aircraft Equipment

Protocol; the upcoming UNIDROIT

meeting on a draft Space Equipment

Protocol; and the relationship between

these developments and the United

Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses

of Outer Space (UNCOPOUS) and the

outer space treaty system.

Comments will be requested on draft

provisions of the proposed Space

Equipment Protocol. The intersection

with the Uniform Commercial Code in

the United States will be considered,

along with personal property laws of

Canada and other countries, as time

permits, as well as related draft

conventions and model national laws on

secured financing, including work

underway at UNCITRAL (the United

Nations Commission on International

Trade Law) on receivables financing and

the OAS (Organization of American

States) on a model Inter-American

national law on secured financing.

The intersection between the

foregoing and the outer space treaty

system will be reviewed, with particular

attention to provisions on national

control and liability. In addition,

differences between the international

‘‘notice filing’’ registry for financial

interests contemplated by the new treaty

system, and the existing registration of

space objects at UNCOPOUS will be

examined.

Background

The United States has been an active

participant in negotiations on a

proposed multilateral convention

(UNIDROIT Convention) to provide for

the creation and enforceability of

international secured finance interests

in mobile equipment, specifically

including at this stage aircraft, space

and satellite equipment, and railroad

rolling stock. A Space Working Group

authorized by UNIDROIT has prepared

the current draft protocol on provisions

specific to space equipment financing.

Provision may be made at a future

date for protocols on other categories of

equipment, such as containers,

construction and agricultural

equipment, certain types of vessels, etc.

Other international organizations

participate as appropriate, such as ICAO

and IATA with respect to aircraft and

airline issues, as embodied in the draft

Aircraft Equipment Protocol or

otherwise reflected in the basic

convention. Completion of the basic

Convention and Aircraft Protocol is

expected by mid-2001. Completion of

protocols on space and rail equipment

is expected to follow.

The proposed Convention and

equipment specific protocols together

will provide comprehensive

international rules on financing

interests in such equipment and thus

stimulate the development of these

industries as well as the capacity of

many countries to finance such

equipment, and related services,

through private sector capital markets.

This can enhance infrastructure growth,

as well as reduce reliance on direct

government funding or use of sovereign

debt, which in turn facilitates

privatization and market development.

Key features of the draft Convention

include the creation of internationally

enforceable interests pursuant to the

Convention; establishment of an

international computer-based registry

system for notice of finance interests;

provisions on assignments of such

interests; priorities based on filing;

default remedies; and optional

provisions on key finance issues such as

certain remedies, timeliness of

remedies, insolvency, etc. The proposed

registration system would not effect

national registration and recordation

systems under the Chicago Convention

for aircraft nor the object registry

functions of UNCOPOUS under the

space treaty system.

Attendance

The meeting will be held at

Conference Room H–1500, State

Department Annex 1 (Columbia Plaza),

2401 E Street NW, at the intersection of

23d Street and Virginia Ave.,

Washington, D.C. The meeting is open

to the public, subject to rulings of the

Chair. Persons wishing to attend should

contact Kenneth Hodgkins, Space and

Advanced Technology, Bureau of

Oceans, Environmental and Scientific

Affairs (OES/SAT), 202–663–2398, fax

663–2404, email k.hodgkins@state.gov,

or Harold Burman, Office of Legal

Adviser (L/PIL), at 202–776–8421, fax

776–8482, email pildb@his.com.

Documents

Drafts of the basic Convention on

mobile equipment and Aircraft Protocol

are available at www.UNIDROIT.org,

scroll to ‘‘news’’; revised versions will

be available shortly which reflect recent

changes. The draft Space Equipment

Protocol will be available via email or

regular mail upon request.

September 25, 2000.

Harold S. Burman,

Executive Director, Secretary of State’s

Advisory Committee on Private International

Law, Department of State.

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