[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9696-9697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03755]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 14-00002]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance for an Export Trade Certificate of Review 
for JDE USA LLC (``JDE''), Application no. 14-00002.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA'') of the 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, issued an 
Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate'') to JDE USA LLC on 
January 28, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of 
Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, (202) 
482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8eebfaedefcefafcefeaeba0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761302151736020417121358111900">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. An Export Trade Certificate 
of Review protects the holder and the members identified in the 
Certificate from State and Federal government antitrust actions and 
from private treble damage antitrust actions for the export conduct 
specified in the Certificate and carried out in compliance with its 
terms and conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Export Trading Company 
Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a 
notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and 
summarizing its proposed export conduct.

Description of Certified Conduct

    JDE USA LLC (``JDE'') is certified to engage in the Export Trade 
Activities and Methods of Operation described below in the following 
Export Trade and Export Markets.

Export Trade

    Products: All Products.
    Services: All services related to the export of Products.
    Technology Rights: All intellectual property rights associated with 
Products or Services, including, but not limited to: Patents, 
trademarks, services marks, trade names, copyrights, neighboring 
(related) rights, trade secrets, know-how, and confidential databases 
and computer programs.
    Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of 
Products): Export Trade Facilitation Services, including but not 
limited to: Consulting and trade strategy, arranging and coordinating 
delivery of Products to the port of export; arranging for inland and/or 
ocean transportation; allocating Products to vessel; arranging for 
storage space at port; arranging for warehousing, stevedoring, 
wharfage, handling, inspection, fumigation, and freight forwarding; 
insurance and financing; documentation and services related to 
compliance with customs' requirements; sales and marketing; export 
brokerage; foreign marketing and analysis; foreign market development; 
overseas advertising and promotion; Products-related research and 
design based upon foreign buyer and consumer preferences; inspection 
and quality control; shipping and export management; export licensing; 
provisions of overseas sales and distribution facilities and overseas 
sales staff; legal, accounting and tax assistance; development and 
application of management information systems;

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trade show exhibitions; professional services in the area of government 
relations and assistance with federal and state export assistance 
programs; invoicing (billing) foreign buyers; collecting (letters of 
credit and other financial instruments) payment for Products; and 
arranging for payment of applicable commissions and fees.

Export Markets

    The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operations

    To engage in Export Trade in the Export Markets, JDE may:
    1. Provide and/or arrange for the provision of Export Trade 
Facilitation Services;
    2. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect 
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute 
such information to clients;
    3. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales 
agreements with Suppliers for the export of Products and Services, and/
or Technology Rights to Export Markets;
    4. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with 
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
    5. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers 
for the sale and/or licensing of Products and Services and/or 
Technology Rights;
    6. Allocate export orders among Suppliers;
    7. Establish the price of Products and Services and/or Technology 
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets; and
    8. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of Technology Rights.
    9. Exchange information with individual Suppliers on a one-to-one 
basis regarding that Supplier's inventories and near-term production 
schedules in order that the availability of Products for export can be 
determined and effectively coordinated by JDE with its distributors in 
Export Markets.

Definition

    ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells 
Products, Services, and/or Technology Rights.

    Dated: February 5, 2015.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-03755 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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