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If the answer demonstrates that the

material facts are in dispute, the

Department of Commerce and the

Department of Justice shall, upon

request, meet informally with the

certificate holder. Either Department

may require the certificate holder to

provide the documents or information

that are necessary to support its

contentions (section 325.10(c)(3) of the

Regulations).

The Department shall publish a notice

in the Federal Register of the revocation

or modification or a decision not to

revoke or modify (section 325.10(c)(4) of

the Regulations). If there is a

determination to revoke a certificate,

any person aggrieved by such final

decision may appeal to an appropriate

U.S. district court within 30 days from

the date on which the Department’s

final determination is published in the

Federal Register (sections 325.10(c)(4)

and 325.11 of the Regulations).

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–31404 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

RIN 0651–AB25

Reopening of the Time Period for

Acceptance of Comments on

Preliminary Draft Convention on

Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in

Civil and Commercial Matters

AGENCY: U.S. Patent and Trademark

Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Reopening of time period for

acceptance of comments.

SUMMARY: On Tuesday, October 17,

2000, the United States Patent and

Trademark Office published a notice

seeking comments on a convention

being negotiated by the Hague

Conference on Private International Law

that is designed to create common

jurisdictional rules for international

recognition and enforcement of

judgments issued under these rules (65

F.R. 61306 (2000)). Interested members

of the public were invited to present

written comments on the topics

outlined in the Issues for Public

Comment section of the Notice by

December 1, 2000. This notice reopens

the time period for submission of

comments. Comments will be accepted

through January 12, 2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: All comments are due

by January 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to offer

written comments should address those

comments to Director of the United

States Patent and Trademark Office, Box

4, United States Patent and Trademark

Office, Washington, DC 20231, marked

to the attention of Elizabeth Shaw.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile transmission to (703) 305–

7575 or by electronic mail through the

Internet to elizabeth.shaw2@uspto.gov.

All comments will be maintained for

public inspection in Room 902 of

Crystal Park II, 2121 Crystal Drive,

Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Lucas by telephone at (703)

305–9300; by facsimile at (703) 305–

8885; by electronic mail at

jennifer.lucas@uspto.gov; or by mail

marked to the attention of Jennifer

Lucas, Attorney-Advisor, addressed to

Director of the United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington,

DC 20231.

Dated: December 5, 2000.

Albin F. Drost,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 00–31355 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–U

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Kenya

December 5, 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:

Naomi Freeman, 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

Kenya 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.

As required by the African Growth

and Opportunity Act, these limits shall

be eliminated within 30 days after the

U.S. Trade Representative determines

that Kenya has adopted an effective visa

system to prevent unlawful

transshipment of textile and apparel

articles and the use of counterfeit

documents relating to the importation of

the articles into the United States.

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,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 5, 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 and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Kenya 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

340/640 .................... 643,548 dozen.

360 ........................... 4,647,847 numbers.