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[Federal Register: March 31, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 61)]
[Notices]               
[Page 16225-16226]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6463]

 
U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law: Organization of American States (OAS) Specialized 
Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP) Study Group

    The OAS CIDIP Study Group will hold another public meeting to 
continue the discussion that began at the December 15, 2009 and 
continued at two additional meeting. This is not a meeting of the full 
Advisory Committee.
    In the context of the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference 
on Private International Law (CIDIP-VII), the Committee on Juridical 
and Political Affairs (CJAP) of the Permanent Council of the OAS is 
carrying out work on consumer rights as part of its program on private 
international law. Three proposals have been put forward: A revised 
Brazilian draft convention on applicable law that has recently been 
expanded to include jurisdiction, a Canadian draft model law on 
applicable law and jurisdiction, and a United States proposal (with 
several components) for legislative guidelines/model laws/rules to 
promote consumer redress mechanisms such as small claims tribunals, 
collective procedures, on-line dispute resolution, and

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government actions. The U.S. is considering the possibility of 
expanding its existing proposal.
    The United States is also considering whether to pursue 
ratification of the Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to 
International Contracts (known as the Mexico City Convention), which 
was adopted at the Fifth Inter-American Specialized Conference on 
Private International Law (CIDIP-V). The United States is exploring the 
process for obtaining official corrections to the English text of the 
Convention to conform to the Spanish version. Copies of proposed 
corrections to the English text can be obtained through the contact 
points listed below. Other developments which may be relevant to work 
at the OAS include the proposal at UNCITRAL for future work on on-line 
dispute resolution and the establishment by the Permanent Bureau of the 
Hague Conference on Private International Law of an experts group to 
consider development of a non-binding instrument on choice of law in 
international commercial contracts.
    Time and Place: The public meeting of the Study Group will take 
place in Room 240, South Building, 2430 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 
on April 9, 2010. Visitors should enter by the gate at the southwest 
corner of 23rd and C Streets not later than 12:45 p.m. EDT. The meeting 
will begin at 1 p.m. and is expected to last no later than 4 p.m. If 
you are unable to attend the public meeting and would like to 
participate from a remote location, teleconferencing will be available.
    Public Participation: This Study Group meeting is open to the 
public, subject to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the 
meeting building is controlled; persons wishing to attend should 
contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms of the Department of State Legal 
Adviser's Office at SmeltzerTK@state.gov or TomsNN@state.gov and 
provide your name, e-mail address, and mailing address to get admission 
into the meeting or to get directions to the office. Please contact Ms. 
Smeltzer for additional meeting information, any of the documents 
referenced above, or dial-in information on the conference call. A 
member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise 
those same contacts not later than April 7th. Requests made after that 
date will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. Persons 
who cannot attend or participate by conference call but who wish to 
comment on any of the topics referred to above are welcome to do so by 
e-mail to Michael Dennis at DennisMJ@state.gov.

    Dated: March 25, 2010.
Michael Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2010-7218 Filed 3-30-10; 8:45 am]
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