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or confidential business information, it

must be clearly marked and a

nonconfidential version of the

comments (identified as such) should be

included. Any comments not marked

privileged or confidential business

information will be deemed to be

nonconfidential. An original and five

copies, plus two copies of the

nonconfidential version, should be

submitted no later than 20 days after the

date of this notice to: Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, Department of

Commerce, Room 1104H, Washington,

DC 20230, or transmit by E-mail at

oetca@ita.doc.gov. Information

submitted by any person is exempt from

disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

However, nonconfidential versions of

the comments will be made available to

the applicant if necessary for

determining whether or not to issue the

Certificate. Comments should refer to

this application as ‘‘Export Trade

Certificate of Review, application

number 00–00003.’’ A summary of the

application follows.

Summary of the Application

Applicant: North America Fruit

Trading Alliance, L.L.C. (‘‘NAFTA’’), PO

Box 574, Frankfort, Michigan 49635.

Contact: Donald W. Nugent,

President, Telephone: (231) 352–7181.

Application No.: 00–00003.

Date Deemed Submitted: April 10,

2000.

Members (in addition to applicant):

Graceland Fruit, Inc., Frankfort, MI;

Burnette Foods, Inc., Elk Rapids, MI;

Milne Fruit Products, Inc., Prosser, WA

(Controlling Entity: Ocean Spray

Cranberries, Inc., Lakeville, MA); and

Northern Michigan Fruit Co., Omena,

MI.

NAFTA seeks a Certificate to cover

the following specific Export Trade,

Export Markets, and Export Trade

Activities and Methods of Operations.

Export Trade

1. Products

Processed red cherries (prunus

cerasus); cherry products including but

not limited to cherry pie filling, water

pack cherries, cherry juice concentrate,

dried cherries, frozen pack cherries,

individually quick frozen cherries,

cherry sausage, cherry jams, jellies an

sauces.

Processed sweet cherries including

but not limited to individually quick

frozen and stored in freezer (IQF);

cherries canned in water, light syrup,

heavy syrup, extra heavy syrup or as a

pie fill; and juice from sweet cherries.

2. Technology Rights

Patents, trademarks, service marks,

copyrights, trade secrets, know-how,

and semiconductor mask works,

involving cherry processing.

3. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as

they Relate to the Export of Products

and Technology Rights)

Trade promotion, marketing, sales,

and transportation services (including

packing, transportation, wharfing and

handling, trade documentation, freight

forwarding, storage, and customs

clearance).

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).

The proposed Export Trade Certificate

of Review would extend antitrust

protection to NAFTA to conduct the

following export trade activities:

1. Negotiate and enter into agreements

with buyers in the Export Markets;

2. Negotiate and enter into agreements

with foreign governments and other

persons in the Export Markets regarding

the quantities, time periods, prices,

terms, and conditions upon which the

Members will export Products and/or

Technology Rights through NAFTA.

3. Allocate export sales and/or Export

Markets among the Members on the

basis of each Member’s commitment of

Products and/or Technology Rights for

export;

4. Establish prices and terms of sale

for the Export Markets;

5. Use the NAFTA or other common

brand or label;

6. Negotiate and enter into agreement,

on behalf of and with the advice of the

Members, for the provision of Export

Trade Facilitation Services (including

trade shows, advertising, and contract

marketing services);

7. Share among the Members the cost

of Export Trade Facilitation Services;

8. Grant exclusive distribution rights

in Export Markets for Products and/or

Technology Rights to non-Members;

‘‘Exclusive’’ means that the nonMember distributor may agree not to

represent any person or firms other than

NAFTA in the export of Products and/

or Technology Rights in any Export

Markets; and/or NAFTA may agree not

to export Products and/or Technology

Rights in any Export Market through

any distributor other than that nonMember distributor;

9. Advise and cooperate with the

United States Government or any

agency of the United States Government

in establishing procedures regulating

the export of Products and/or

Technology Rights; and

10. Conduct product research and

design for Products (and develop,

obtain, and license associated

Technology Rights) only when

conducted exclusively for export,

including meeting foreign regulatory

requirements and foreign buyers

specifications, and identifying and

designing for foreign buyer preferences;

provided, however, that the Export

Trade Activities and Methods of

Operation do not cover activity that

relates to the use of Technology Rights

for the U.S. domestic market.

Definition

‘‘Supplier’’ means a person, including

each member, who produces, provides,

or sells Products, Technology Rights, or

Export Trade Facilitation Services.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Overseas Trade Missions

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

invites U.S. companies to participate in

the following overseas trade missions to

be held between August and November

2000. For a more complete description

of the trade mission, obtain a copy of

the mission statement from the Project

Officer indicated below. The

recruitment and selection of private

sector participants for these missions

will be conducted according to the

Statement of Policy Governing

Department of Commerce Overseas

Trade Missions announced by Secretary

Daley on March 3, 1997.

Clean Energy Trade Mission to

Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

August 29–30, 2000

Recruitment closes June 1, 2000

For further information contact: Kathryn

Hollander, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–0385, Fax:

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1The Department notes that Inmarsat privatized

on April 15, 1999 and therefore this section of the

RFC is limited to INTELSAT.

482–0170, E-Mail:

Kathryn Hollander@ita.doc.gov

Natural Gas Technology/Power Plant

Retrofitting Business Development

Mission to Mexico

Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico

September 10–14, 2000

Recruitment closes June 1, 2000

For further information contact: Samuel

Beatty, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Tel: 202–482–0179, Fax: 202–482–

0170, E-Mail:

Samuel Beatty@ita.doc.gov

District Heating Mission to Russia

Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia

October 15–21, 2000

Recruitment closes June 1, 2000

For further information contact: Rachel

Halpern, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–4423, Fax:

202–482–0170, E-Mail:

Rachel Halpern@ita.doc.gov

Clean Energy Trade Mission to Saudi

Arabia

The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and

Oman

October 24–November 1, 2000

Recruitment closes June 1, 2000

For further information contact: Joseph

Ayoub, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–0313, Fax:

202–482–0170, E-Mail:

Joseph Ayoub@ita.doc.gov

Natural Gas and Cogeneration

Technologies Business Development

Mission

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil

November 5–9, 2000

Recruitment closes June 1, 2000

For further information contact: Sam

Beatty, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Tel: 202–482–4179, Fax: 202–482–

0170, E-mail:

Samuel Beatty@ita.doc.gov

Power Plant Renovation &

Modernization/Natural Gas Utilization/

Renewable Energy

Trade Mission to South Africa,

Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa

November 13–17, 2000

Recruitment closes June 1, 2000

For further information contact: John

Rasmussen, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 482–1889, Fax: 202–

482–0170, E-mail: John

Rasmussen@ita.doc.gov

Clean Energy Trade Mission to China

Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou, China

November 20–24, 2000

Recruitment closes June 1, 2000

For further information contact: Kathryn

Hollander, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–0385, Fax:

202–482–0170, E-mail:

Kathryn Hollander@ita.doc.gov

Clean Energy Trade Mission to India

New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and

Mumbai, India

November 26–December 3, 2000

Recruitment closes June, 2000

For further information contact: Nazir

Bhagat, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–3855, Fax:

202–482–5666, E-mail

Nazir Bhagat@ita.doc.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reginald Beckham , U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 202–482–5478, Fax:

202–482–1999.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Tom Nisbet,

Director, Promotion Planning and Support

Division, Office of Export Promotion

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 00–9689 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

[Docket No. 000410098–0098–01]

RIN 0660–ZA12

Market for Satellite Communications

and the Role of Intergovernmental

Satellite Organizations

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice, request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

requests comments regarding the

advantages accorded signatories of the

International Telecommunications

Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), in

terms of immunities, market access, or

otherwise, in the countries or regions

served by INTELSAT, the reason for

such advantages, and an assessment of

progress toward fulfilling a procompetitive privatization of that

organization.1 The International AntiBribery and Fair Competition Act of

1998, Pub. L. No. 105–366, implements

the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Convention on Combating Bribery of

Foreign Public Officials in International

Business Transactions (the OECD

Convention). In that legislation, the U.S.

Congress imposed certain reporting

requirements for the Department of

Commerce to begin in 1999 and to

continue annually for each of the next

five years. The Secretary of Commerce

issued the first report in July 1999. See

Addressing the Challenges of

International Bribery and Fair

Competition—The First Annual Report

Under Section 6 of the International

Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act

of 1998, July 1999. The report may be

viewed at http://www.ita.doc.gov/legal/

master.html.

The House report on the legislation

expresses an expectation for extensive

fact-findings on the nature of the market

for satellite communications and, in

particular, the role of the then

intergovernmental satellite

organizations (ISOs) INTELSAT and

Inmarsat. The report required by the

legislation monitors the implementation

and enforcement of other nations’

commitments under the OECD

Convention and tracks the reduction of

privileges and immunities for the ISOs.

This Request for Comments (RFC) will

assist the Secretary of Commerce in

responding to those reporting

requirements.

Moreover, on March 17, 2000, the

President signed into law the OpenMarket Reorganization for the

Betterment of International

Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act, Pub.

L. No. 106–180. This legislation seeks to

‘‘promote a fully competitive global

market for satellite communications

services for the benefit of consumers

and providers of satellite services and

equipment by fully privatizing the

intergovernmental satellite

organizations, INTELSAT and

Inmarsat.’’ Id. at sec. 2. In addition, the

ORBIT Act requires the President to

provide an annual report to Congress on

the progress of privatization in relation

to the objectives, purposes, and

provisions of the Act, including the

‘‘(v)iews of the industry and consumers

on privatization’’ and the ‘‘[i]mpact

privatization has had on United States

industry, United States jobs, and United

States industry’s access to the global

marketplace.’’ See id. at sec. 646(b)(3)

and (4). By this public notice and RFC,

we are also soliciting the views of the

industry and consumers on such

privatization.

DATES: Comments must be received by

May 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Department invites the

public to submit written comments in

paper or electronic form. Comments

may be mailed to Milton Brown,

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA),

Room 4713, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution