Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 17, 2000 / Notices 61309

10. Would application of Article 10

change existing jurisdictional principles

as applied to intellectual property

infringement actions? If yes, please

describe any changes in detail and

provide any relevant legal authority.

11. Would the limitation of

worldwide damages in Article 10(4)

have any significant impact in cases

involving worldwide infringement of

trademark or other intellectual property

rights?

12. With respect to Article 12(4),

under what circumstances would

application of this subsection change

existing jurisdictional principles, with

and without the bracketed language

included? Please describe any changes

in detail and provide any relevant legal

authority.

13. What effect, if any, would Article

12(4) have on trademark owners seeking

to litigate rights related to registered

versus common law marks?

14. Is exclusive jurisdiction needed

for infringement and/or validity actions

involving patents, trademarks, and/or

copyrights?

15. What changes, if any, should be

made to the proposed Convention?

Please describe any changes in detail

and provide any relevant legal

authorities that support such

suggestions.

16. Please identify any other potential

concerns or advantages raised by the

proposed convention.

In your response, please include the

following: (1) clearly identify the matter

being addressed; (2) provide examples,

where appropriate, of the matter being

addressed; (3) identify any relevant legal

authorities applicable to the matter

being addressed; and (4) provide

suggestions regarding how the matter

should be addressed by the United

States.

Dated: October 11, 2000.

Q. Todd Dickinson,

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual

Property and Director of the United States

Patent and Trademark Office.

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain

October 11, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://

www.customs.ustreas.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, call (202) 482–3715.

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.

The import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Bahrain and exported during the period

January 1, 2001 through December 31,

2001 are based on limits notified to the

Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to

the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the limits for the 2001 period.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999).

Information regarding the 2001

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

October 11, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textile products in

the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Bahrain and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 2001 and extending through

December 31, 2001, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month restraint limit

Group I

237, 239pt. 1,

331–336,

338, 339,

340–342,

345, 347,

348, 350–

352,

359pt. 2,

431, 433–

436, 438,

440, 442–

448,

459pt. 3,

631, 633–

636, 638,

639, 640–

647, 648,

649, 650–

652,

659pt. 4,

831, 833–

836, 838,

840, 842–

847, 850–

852, 858

and 859pt. 5,

as a group.

56,846,705 square meters

equivalent.

Sublevels in

Group I

338/339 .......... 789,896 dozen.

340/640 .......... 378,978 dozen of which not

more than 284,233 dozen

shall be in Categories

340–Y/640–Y6.

1 Category 239pt.: only HTS number

6209.20.5040 (diapers). 2 Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1550. 3 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except

6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,

6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560. 4 Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540. 5 Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers

6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020, 6212.10.5030,

6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030,

6212.90.0090, 6214.10.2000 and

6214.90.0090. 6 Category 340–Y: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category

640–Y: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010,

6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and

6205.30.2060.

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The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 10, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–26608 Filed 10–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the

Republic of Korea

October 11, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, call (202) 482–3715.

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.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, carryover, carryforward,

carryforward used and special shift.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 68334, published on

December 7, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

October 11, 2000.

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 December 1, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Korea and

exported during the period which began on

January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on October 17, 2000, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted limit 1

Group I

200–223, 224–V2,

224–O 3, 225–

227, 300–326,

360–363,

369pt. 4, 400–

414, 464,

469pt. 5, 600–

629, 666, 669–

P6, 669pt. 7 and

670–O 8, as a

group.

420,482,425 square

meters equivalent.

Group II

237, 239pt. 9, 331–

348, 350–352,

359–H 10,

359pt. 11, 431,

433–438, 440–

448, 459–W 12,

459pt. 13, 631,

633–652, 659–

H 14, 659–S15

and 659pt. 16, as

a group.

600,653,070 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels within

Group II

333/334/335 ......... 325,193 dozen of

which not more than

166,211 dozen shall

be in Category 335.

336 ....................... 68,922 dozen.

338/339 ................ 1,430,197 dozen.

Category Adjusted limit 1

340 ....................... 798,508 dozen of

which not more than

422,170 dozen shall

be in Category 340–

D 17.

341 ....................... 189,050 dozen.

342/642 ................ 263,796 dozen.

345 ....................... 141,709 dozen.

347/348 ................ 575,581 dozen.

350 ....................... 20,172 dozen.

351/651 ................ 277,125 dozen.

352 ....................... 215,097 dozen.

433 ....................... 15,127 dozen.

434 ....................... 7,759 dozen.

435 ....................... 39,522 dozen.

436 ....................... 16,729 dozen.

438 ....................... 65,847 dozen.

442 ....................... 56,539 dozen.

443 ....................... 344,600 numbers.

444 ....................... 60,480 numbers.

445/446 ................ 56,751 dozen.

447 ....................... 95,012 dozen.

448 ....................... 39,776 dozen.

459–W .................. 107,596 kilograms.

631 ....................... 364,124 dozen pairs.

633/634/635 ......... 1,425,286 dozen of

which not more than

161,624 dozen shall

be in Category 633

and not more than

602,324 dozen shall

be in Category 635.

636 ....................... 309,393 dozen.

638/639 ................ 5,456,769 dozen.

640–D 18 ............... 3,002,692 dozen.

640–O 19 .............. 2,837,492 dozen.

641 ....................... 1,164,074 dozen of

which not more than

49,403 dozen shall

be in Category 641–

Y20.

647/648 ................ 1,421,191 dozen.

650 ....................... 29,520 dozen.

659–H .................. 1,497,317 kilograms.

659–S ................... 217,092 kilograms.

Group III

831, 833–838,

840–844, 847–

858 and

859pt. 21, as a

group.

17,653,944 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel within

Group III

835 ....................... 31,846 dozen.

Group VI

369–L/670–L/

870 22, as a

group.

70,506,099 square

meters equivalent.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999. 2 Category 224–V: only HTS numbers

5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000,

5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010,

5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000,

5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020. 3 Category 224–O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.