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• Report of the Secretary-General on credentials

• Strategy, planning and reform

• Resource management:

Æ Human resource matters, including

amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules

Æ Recommendations of the External

Auditor: Implementation action plan

Æ Report on arrears of contributions

and of advances to the Working Capital Fund and on the implementation of Article 61 of the IMO Convention

Æ Budget considerations for 2012 and

2013

Æ Development of a long-term plan

for the future financial sustainability of the Organization

• Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme

• Consideration of the report of the Marine Environment Protection Committee

• Report on the 34th Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the London Convention 1972 and the 7th Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention

• Report on the 2012 Conference for the adoption of an agreement on the implementation of the 1993 Protocol relating to the 1977 Torremolinos Convention on the Safety of Fishing Vessels

• IMO International Maritime Law Institute: Review of the IMLI Statute

• Protection of vital shipping lanes

• Periodic review of administrative requirements in mandatory IMO instruments

• External relations:

Æ Relations with the United Nations

and the specialized agencies

Æ Joint Inspection Unit

Æ Relations with intergovernmental

organizations

Æ Relations with nongovernmental

organizations

Æ Day of the Seafarer

Æ Report on World Maritime Day

2014

Æ IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery

at Sea

• Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the Organization

• Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions

• Contract of the Secretary-General

• Substantive items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for the next two sessions of the Council

• Place, date and duration of the next session of the Council • Supplementary agenda items, if any Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating capacity of the room. Access to the meeting requires that all attendees respond to the meeting coordinator not later than October 28, 2014, 7 working days prior to the meeting.

The meeting coordinator, LCDR Matthew Frazee, may be contacted by email at matthew.p.frazee@uscg.mil or by phone at (202) 372–1376. Responses made after October 28, 2014 might result in not being able to participate in the meeting. Please note that due to security considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must be presented to gain entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters building. The Coast Guard Headquarters building is accessible by public transportation or taxi. Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

In case of severe weather or other emergency in the Washington, DC area, attendees should check with the Office of Personnel Management at http://
www.opm.gov or (202) 606–1900 for the operating status of federal agencies. If federal agencies are closed, this meeting will not be rescheduled, but the Shipping Coordinating Committee will publish a separate Federal Register notice to announce an electronic docket to receive public comments.

Dated: September 19, 2014. Marc Zlomek, Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of State.
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**BILLING CODE 4710–09–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8882]**
**Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting** 

The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, in Coast Guard Headquarters, Room 6i10–01–c, Washington, DC. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the ninety-fourth Session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, November 17–21, 2014.

The agenda items to be considered include:

• Adoption of the agenda; report on

credentials

• Decisions of other IMO bodies • Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments

• Measures to enhance maritime

security

• Goal-based new ship construction

standards

• Passenger ship safety

• Human element, training and watch

keeping (report of the first session of the Sub-Committee)

• Ship systems and equipment (report

of the first session of the SubCommittee)

• Navigation, communications, search

and rescue (report of the first session of the Sub-Committee)

• Implementation of IMO instruments

(report of the first session of the SubCommittee)

• Carriage of cargoes and containers

(urgent matters emanating from the first session of the Sub-Committee)

• Capacity building for the

implementation of new measures

• Formal safety assessment, including

general cargo ship safety

• Piracy and armed robbery against

ships

• Implementation of instruments and

related matters

• Relations with other organizations

• Review and reform of the

Organization, including application of the Committee’s Guidelines

• Work programme

• Election of Chairman and ViceChairman for 2015

• Any other business

Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating capacity of the room. Upon request, members of the public may also participate via teleconference, up to the capacity of the teleconference phone line. The access number for this teleconference line will be posted online at http:// www.uscg.mil/imo/msc/default.asp at least 2 working days in advance. Physical access to the meeting, or participation via the teleconference line, requires that all attendees respond to the meeting coordinator not later than October 29, 2014, 10 working days prior to the meeting. The meeting coordinator, LCDR Matthew Frazee, may be contacted by email at matthew.p.frazee@uscg.mil or by phone at (202) 372–1376. Responses made after October 29, 2014 might result in not being able to participate in the meeting.

Please note that due to security considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must be presented to gain entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters building. The Coast Guard Headquarters building is accessible by public transportation or


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taxi. Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

In case of severe weather or other emergency in the Washington, DC area, attendees should check with the Office of Personnel Management at http://
www.opm.gov or (202) 606–1900 for the operating status of federal agencies. If federal agencies are closed, this meeting will not be rescheduled, but the Shipping Coordinating Committee will publish a separate Federal Register notice to announce an electronic docket to receive public comments.

Dated: September 19, 2014. Marc Zlomek, Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014–22999 Filed 9–25–14; 8:45 am]

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**OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE** 

**[Docket No. USTR–2014–0017]**
**2014 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets: Request for**  **Public Comments**

**AGENCY :**  Office of the United States Trade Representative.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Request for Public Comments.

**SUMMARY :**  The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) requests written comments from the public identifying Internet and physical markets based outside the United States that should be included in the 2014 Notorious Markets List. In 2010, USTR began publishing the Notorious Markets List separately from the annual Special 301 Report as an ‘‘Out-of-Cycle Review.’’ The Notorious Markets List (List) identifies online and physical marketplaces that reportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting.

**DATES :**  Deadline: The deadline for interested parties to submit written comments is 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on October 24, 2014. Interested parties who wish to provide rebuttal or other information to be considered during the review may do so through this docket until 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on October 31,
2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  All written comments should be filed electronically via www.regulations.gov, Docket Number USTR–2014–0017, and be consistent with the requirements set forth below. When filing a submission, please include the phrase ‘‘2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets’’ in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ field.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Susan Wilson, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation, Office of the United States Trade Representative, at Special301@ustr.eop.gov. Information on the Special 301 Review, including the Notorious Markets List, is available
at www.ustr.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  1. Background

The United States is concerned with trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy on a commercial scale because they cause significant financial losses for rights holders, legitimate businesses, and governments, undermine critical U.S. comparative advantages in innovation and creativity to the detriment of American workers, and possibly pose significant risks to consumer health and safety as well as privacy and security. The List identifies select online and physical marketplaces that reportedly engage in or facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting.

Beginning in 2006, USTR identified notorious markets in the annual Special 301 Report. In 2010, pursuant to the Administration’s 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement, USTR announced that it would begin publishing the List as an Out-of-Cycle Review, separately from the annual Special 301 Report. USTR published the first such List in February 2011. USTR develops the annual List based upon public comments solicited through the Federal Register and in consultation with other Federal agencies that serve on the Special 301 Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee.

The United States encourages owners and operators of markets reportedly involved in piracy and counterfeiting to adopt business models that rely on the licensed distribution of legitimate content and products and to work with rights holders and enforcement officials to address infringement. We also encourage responsible government authorities to intensify their efforts to investigate reports of piracy and counterfeiting in such markets, and to pursue appropriate enforcement actions.

The List does not purport to reflect findings of legal violations, nor does it reflect the United States Government’s analysis of the general intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement climate in the country or countries concerned. For an analysis of the IPR climate in particular countries, please refer to the annual Special 301 Report, published each spring no later than 30 days after USTR submits the National Trade Estimate to Congress.

2. Public Comments

a. Written Comments

USTR invites written comments from the public concerning examples of Internet and physical notorious markets, including foreign trade zones that allegedly facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Commenters are requested to support their nominations with the information listed in Section 2.b. b. Requirements for Comments

To receive full consideration, written comments should be as detailed as possible. Comments must clearly identify the market and the reason or reasons why the commenter considers that the market should be included in the Notorious Markets List.

Commenters are strongly encouraged to include the following information, as applicable:

• If a physical market, the market’s name and location, e.g. common name, street address, neighborhood, shopping district, city, etc., and the identity of the principal owners/operators;

• if an online market, the domain name, available registration information, and name and location of the hosting provider;

• whether the physical or online market is owned, operated, or otherwise affiliated with a government entity;

• types of counterfeit or pirated products or services sold, traded, distributed, or otherwise made available in the market;

• volume of transactions in counterfeit or pirated goods or services or other indicia of a market’s scope, scale, or reach or relative significance in a given geographic area or with respect to a category of goods or services; if an online market, information on the volume and type of Internet traffic associated with the Web site, including number of visitors, number of page views, average time spent on the site by visitors, estimate of the number of infringing items sold or traded and number of files streamed, shared, seeded, leached, downloaded, uploaded, or otherwise distributed or reproduced, and global or country popularity rating (e.g., Alexa rank);

• if an online market, revenue sources such as sales, subscriptions, donations, or advertising and the methods by which that revenue is collected;

• estimates of economic harm to the rights holder resulting from the piracy or counterfeiting and a description of