60236 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 10, 2000 / Notices

11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12)

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.11

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3432]

Advisory Committee on International

Communications and Information

Policy; Meeting Notice

The Department of State is

announcing the next meeting of its

Advisory Committee on International

Communications and Information

Policy. This is in place of the September

14, 2000 meeting that had to be

postponed.

The Committee provides a formal

channel for regular consultation and

coordination on major economic, social

and legal issues and problems in

international communications and

information policy, especially as these

issues and problems involve users of

information and communication

services, providers of such services,

technology research and development,

foreign industrial and regulatory policy,

the activities of international

organizations with regard to

communications and information, and

developing country interests.

There will be a featured guest speaker

at the meeting who will speak on an

important topic involving international

communications and information

policy.

This meeting will be held on

Thursday, October 26, 2000, from 9:30

a.m.–12:30 p.m. in Room 1107 of the

Main Building of the U.S. Department of

State, located at 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20520.

Members of the public may attend

these meetings up to the seating

capacity of the room. While the meeting

is open to the public, admittance to the

State Department Building is only by

means of a pre-arranged clearance list.

In order to be placed on the preclearance list, please provide your

name, title, company, social security

number, date of birth, and citizenship to

Timothy C. Finton at

<fintontc@state.gov>. All attendees for

this meeting must use the 23rd Street

entrance. One of the following valid ID’s

will be required for admittance: any

U.S. driver’s license with photo, a

passport, or a U.S. Government agency

ID. Non-U.S. Government attendees

must be escorted by State Department

personnel at all times when in the State

Department building.

For further information, contact

Timothy C. Finton, Executive Secretary

of the Committee, at (202) 647–5385 or

<fintontc@state.gov>.

Dated: October 3, 2000.

Timothy C. Finton,

Executive Secretary.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Determination Under the Caribbean

Basin Trade Partnership Act

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Trade

Representative has determined that

Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,

El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti,

Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and

Panama have implemented and follow,

or are making substantial progress

toward implementing and following, the

customs procedures required by the

Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act

and, therefore, imports of eligible

products from these countries qualify

for the enhanced trade benefits provided

under the Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Wilson, Director for Central

America and the Caribbean, Office of

the United States Trade Representative,

(202) 395–5190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Caribbean Basin Trade partnership Act

(Title II of the Trade and Development

Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106–200)

(CBTPA) expands the trade benefits

available to Caribbean and Central

American countries under the Caribbean

Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA).

The CBTPA reduces or eliminates tariffs

and eliminates quantitative restrictions

on certain products that previously were

not eligible for preferential treatment

under the CBERA. The enhanced trade

benefits provided by the CBTPA are

available to imports of eligible products

from countries that (1) are designated as

‘‘CBTPA beneficiary countries,’’ and (2)

have implemented and follow, or are

making substantial progress toward

implementing and following, certain

customs procedures, drawn from

Chapter 5 of the North American Free

Trade Agreement, that allow U.S.

Customs to verify the origin of the

products.

On October 2, 2000, the President

designated all 24 current beneficiaries

under the CBERA as ‘‘CBTPA

beneficiary countries.’’ Proclamation

7351 delegated to the United States

Trade Representative (USTR) the

authority to determine whether the

designated CBTPA beneficiary countries

have implemented and follow, or are

making substantial progress toward

implementing and following, the

customs procedures required by the

CBTPA. The President directed the

USTR to announce any such

determinations in the Federal Register

and to implement any such

determinations in the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS).

Based on information and

commitments received from beneficiary

countries to date, I have determined that

Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,

El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti,

Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and

Panama have implemented and follow,

or are making substantial progress

toward implementing and following, the

customs procedures required by the

CBTPA. Accordingly, pursuant to the

authority vested in the USTR by

Proclamation 7351, the HTS is modified

as provided in Proclamation 7351 and

as specified in the Annex to this notice,

effective with respect to articles entered,

or withdrawn from warehouse, on or

after October 2, 2000. The USTR will

publish additional notices in the

Federal Register announcing any

determinations that other CBTPA

beneficiary countries have satisfied the

required customs procedures.

Charlene Barshefsky,

United States Trade Representative.

Annex

Pursuant to the authority created in

Proclamation 7351, the HTS is modified

as follows:

1(a). General note 17(a) to the HTS, as

established by the annex to such

Proclamation, is modified by inserting

at the end of the text the following new

sentence and enumeration:

‘‘The following countries have been

determined by the USTR to have satisfied the

customs requirements of the CBTPA and,

therefore, to be afforded the tariff treatment

provided for in this note:

Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El

Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,

Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama’’

(b). General note 17(d) to the HTS, as

established by the annex to such

Proclamation, is modified by striking

‘‘the date announced in a Federal

Register notice issued by the United