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Vol. 60, No. 99

Tuesday, May 23, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive

License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Research Service, intends

to grant to biosys of Palo Alto, California

an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No.

5,061,697 issued October 29, 1991, (S.N.

07/389,090), ‘‘Adherent

Autoencapsulating Spray Formulations

of Biocontrol Agents.’’ Notice of

Availability was published in the

Federal Register on December 19, 1989.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 401, Building 005, BARC-West,

Baltimore Boulevard, Beltsville,

Maryland 20705–2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

June Blalock of the Office of Technology

transfer at the Beltsville address given

above; telephone: 301–504–5989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Government’s patent rights to

this invention are assigned to the United

States of America, as represented by the

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the

public interest to so license this

invention as biosys has submitted a

complete and sufficient application for

a license. The prospective exclusive

license will be royalty-bearing and will

comply with the terms and conditions

of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The

prospective exclusive license may be

granted unless, within sixty days from

the date of this published Notice, the

Agricultural Research Service receives

written evidence and argument which

establishes that the grant of the license

would not be consistent with the

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37

CFR 404.7.

R.M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–12507 Filed 5–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–M

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 95–007N]

International Standard-Setting

Activities

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public

of the sanitary and phytosanitary

standard-setting activities of the Codex

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), in

accordance with section 491 of the

Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as

amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, Public Law 103–465,

108 Stat. 4809 (1994), and seeks

comments on standards currently under

consideration and recommendations for

new standards. This notice covers the

time periods from June 1, 1994, to May

31, 1995, and May 31, 1995, to June 1,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

in triplicate to Diane Moore, Docket

Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Food Safety and Inspection Service,

Room 4352–S, Washington, DC 20250–

3700. Please state that your comments

refer to Codex and, if your comments

relate to specific Codex committees,

please identify those committees in your

comments. All comments submitted in

response to the sanitary and

phytosanitary standard-setting activities

of Codex will be available for public

inspection in the Docket Clerk’s Office

between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., and 2

p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Marvin A. Norcross, U.S.

Coordinator for Codex Alimentarius,

Office of the U.S. Codex Alimentarius,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food

Safety and Inspection Service, West End

Court, Room 311, Washington, DC

20250; (202) 254–2517. For information

pertaining to particular committees, the

delegate of that committee may be

contacted. (A complete list of U.S.

delegates and alternate delegates can be

found in Appendix 1 to this notice.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The World Trade Organization (WTO)

was established on January 1, 1995, as

the common international institutional

framework for the conduct of trade

relations among its members in matters

related to the Uruguay Round

Agreements. The WTO is the successor

organization to the General Agreements

on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). U.S.

membership in the WTO was approved

by Congress when it enacted the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act, which

was signed into law by the President on

December 8, 1994. Pursuant to section

491 of the Trade Agreements Act of

1979, as amended, the President is

required to designate an agency to be

responsible for informing the public of

the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)

standard-setting activities of each

international standard-setting

organization, the Codex Alimentarius

Commission (Codex), International

Office of Epizootics (OIE), and the

International Plant Protection

Convention (IPPC). The President,

pursuant to Proclamation No. 6780 of

March 23, 1995 (60 FR 15845),

designated the U.S. Department of

Agriculture as the agency responsible

for informing the public of sanitary and

phytosanitary standard-setting activities

of each international standard-setting

organization. The Secretary of

Agriculture is delegating to the Under

Secretary for Food Safety the

responsibility to inform the public of

the SPS standard-setting activities of

Codex. The Acting Under Secretary for

Food Safety has, in turn, assigned the

responsibility for informing the public

to the Office of U.S. Codex Alimentarius

in the Food Safety and Inspection

Service (FSIS).

The Codex Alimentarius Commission

(Codex), was created in 1962 by two

U.N. organizations, the Food and

Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the

World Health Organization (WHO).

Codex is the major international

organization for encouraging fair

international trade in food and

protecting the health and economic

interests of consumers. Through

adoption of food standards, codes of

practice, and other guidelines

developed by its committees and by