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1 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

III. Date of Effectiveness of the

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for

Commission Action

Within 35 days of the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register or within such longer period (i)

as the Commission may designate up to

90 days of such date if it finds such

longer period to be appropriate and

publishes its reasons for so finding or

(ii) as to which the Exchange consents,

the Commission will:

(A) By order approve such proposed

rule change, or

(B) Institute proceedings to determine

whether the proposed rule change

should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views, and

arguments concerning the foregoing,

including whether the proposed rule

change, as amended, is consistent with

the Act. Persons making written

submissions should file six copies

thereof with the Secretary, Securities

and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549–

0609. Copies of the submission, all

subsequent amendments, all written

statements with respect to the proposed

rule change that are filed with the

Commission, and all written

communications relating to the

proposed rule change between the

Commission and any person, other than

those that may be withheld from the

public in accordance with the

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be

available for inspection and copying at

the Commission’s Public Reference

Room.

Copies of such filing will also be

available for inspection and copying at

the principal office of the Exchange. All

submissions should refer to File No.

SR–Amex–00–23 and should be

submitted by November 21, 2000.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority. 16

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Meeting of the Industry

Functional Advisory Committee for

Customs Matters (IFAC–1)

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Industry Functional

Advisory Committee for Customs

Matters will hold a meeting on

November 9, 2000, from 9:30 a.m. to 1

p.m. The meeting will be closed to the

public from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, and

opened to the public from 12 noon to 1

p.m.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

November 9, 2000, unless otherwise

notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Department of Commerce, Room

B841B, located at 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC, unless otherwise notified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Gardner, (202) 482–3681 and Katherine

Wiehagen (202) 482–0357, Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230, or Dominic Bianchi, Office of

the U.S. Trade Representative, 1724 F

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508,

(202) 395–6120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the

opened portion of the meeting the U.S.

Customs Entry Revision Project (ERP)

will be discussed by representatives

from the U.S. Customs Service and the

Bureau of the Census. The ERP was

introduced by the Customs Service in

1999 as a proposal to change U.S.

customs laws and make them more

consistent with current business

practices and promote effective

compliance. This discussion is an

opportunity for the Industry Functional

Advisory Committee for Customs

Matters to be briefed and invite

comments on ERP progress to date.

Dominic Bianchi,

Acting Assistant United States Trade

Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs

and Public Liaison.

[FR Doc. 00–27861 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Request for Public Comment With

Respect to the Annual National Trade

Estimate Report on Foreign Trade

Barriers

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 303 of the

Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, as

amended, USTR is required to publish

annually the National Trade Estimate

Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE).

With this notice, the Trade Policy Staff

Committee (TPSC) is requesting

interested parties to assist it in

identifying significant barriers to U.S.

exports of goods, services and overseas

direct investment for inclusion in the

NTE. Particularly important are

impediments materially affecting the

actual and potential financial

performance of an industry sector. The

TPSC invites written comments that

provide views relevant to the issues to

be examined in preparing the NTE.

DATES: Public comments are due not

later than November 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Gloria Blue, Executive

Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee,

Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street NW.,

Room 122, Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gloria Blue, Office of Policy

Coordination, Office of the United

States Trade Representative, (202) 395–

3475.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Last year’s

report may be found on USTR’s Internet

Home Page (www.ustr.gov) under the

section on Reports. In order to ensure

compliance with the statutory mandate

for reporting foreign trade barriers that

are significant, we will focus

particularly on those restrictions where

there has been active private sector

interest.

The information submitted should

relate to one or more of the following

ten categories of foreign trade barriers:

(1) import policies (e.g., tariffs and

other import changes, quantitative

restrictions, import licensing, and

customs barriers);

(2) standards, testing, labeling, and

certification (including unnecessarily

restrictive application of phytosanitary

standards, refusal to accept U.S.

manufacturers’ self-certification of

conformance to foreign product

standards, and environmental

restrictions);

(3) government procurement (e.g.,

‘‘but national’’ policies and closed

bidding);

(4) export subsidies e.g., export

financing on preferential terms and

agricultural export subsidies that

displace U.S. exports in third country

markets);

(5) lack of intellectual property

protection e.g., inadequate patent,

copyright, and trademark regimes);

(6) services barriers e.g., limits on the

range of financial services offered by

foreign financial institutions, regulation

of international data flows, restrictions

on the use of data processing, quotas on

imports of foreign films, and barriers to

the provision of services by