Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 8, 2001 / Notices 23311

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice with respect to List of Countries

Denying Fair Market Opportunities for

Government-Funded Airport

Construction Projects

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice with respect to a list of

countries denying fair market

opportunities for products and suppliers

of the United States in airport

construction procurements.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 533 of the

Airport and Airway Improvement Act of

1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 50104), the

United States Trade Representative

(‘‘USTR’’) has determined not to include

any countries on the list of countries

that deny fair market opportunities for

U.S. products, supplies, or bidders in

foreign government-funded airport

construction projects.

DATES: Effective May 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Office of United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Ellis, Director of Government

Procurement Issues, (202) 395–3063; or

Me ́lida Hodgson, Associate General

Counsel, (202) 395–3582.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

533 of the Airport and Airway

Improvement Act of 1982, as amended

by section 115 of the Airport and

Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion

Act of 1987, Public Law 100–223

(codified at 49 U.S.C. 50104) (‘‘the

Act’’), requires USTR to decide by May

1, 2001, whether any foreign countries

have denied fair market opportunities to

U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in

connection with airport construction

projects of $500,000 or more that are

funded in whole or in part by the

governments of such countries. This

first of such countries must be

published in the Federal Register. For

the purposes of the Act, USTR has

decided not to include any countries on

the list of countries that deny fair

market opportunities for U.S. products,

suppliers, or bidders in foreign

government-funded airport construction

projects.

Robert B. Zoellick,

United States Trade Representative.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Identification of Countries That Deny

Adequate Protection, or Market

Access, for Intellectual Property Rights

Under Section 182 of the Trade Act of

1974

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the United States Trade Representative

(USTR) has submitted its annual report

on the identification of those foreign

countries that deny adequate and

effective protection of intellectual

property rights or deny fair and

equitable market access to United States

persons that rely upon intellectual

property protection, and those foreign

countries determined to be priority

foreign countries, to the Committee on

Finance of the United States Senate and

the Committee on Ways and Means of

the United States House of

Representatives, pursuant to section 182

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended

(the Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2242).

DATES: This report was submitted on

April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kira

Alvarez, Director for Intellectual

Property, (202) 395–6864, or Stephen

Kho, Assistant General Counsel, (202)

395–3581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

182 of the Trade Act requires USTR to

identify within 30 days of the

publication of the National Trade

Estimates Report all trading partners

that deny adequate and effective

protection of intellectual property rights

or deny fair and equitable market access

to United States persons that rely upon

intellectual property protection. Those

countries that have the most onerous or

egregious acts, policies, or practices that

have the greatest adverse impact (actual

or potential) on the relevant United

States products must be identified as

‘‘priority foreign countries,’’ unless they

are entering into good faith negotiations

or are making significant progress in

bilateral or multilateral negotiations to

provide adequate and effective

protection for intellectual property

rights. In identifying countries in this

manner, the USTR is directed to take

into account the history of intellectual

property laws and practices of the

foreign country, including any previous

identifications as a priority foreign

country, and the history of efforts of the

United States, and the response of the

foreign country, to achieve adequate and

effective protection and enforcement of

intellectual property rights. In making

these determinations, the USTR must

consult with the Register of Copyrights,

the Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, other appropriate officials

of the Federal Government and take into

account information from other sources

such as information submitted by

interested persons.

On April 30, 2001, USTR identified

51 trading partners that deny adequate

and effective protection of intellectual

property or deny fair and equitable

market access to United States artists

and industries that rely upon

intellectual property protection. USTR

also reaffirmed Ukraine’s designation as

a Priority Foreign Country, which

occurred on March 12, 2001. In

addition, USTR again designed

Paraguay and China for ‘‘Section 306

monitoring’’ to ensure both countries

comply with the commitments made to

the United States under bilateral

intellectual property agreements.

USTR also announced placement of

16 trading partners on the ‘‘Priority

Watch List’’: Argentina, Costa Rica, the

Dominican Republic, Egypt, the

European Union, Hungary, India, Israel,

Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, the

Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, and

Uruguay. USTR placed 32 trading

partners on the ‘‘Watch List.’’ Countries

that were not mentioned in the report

last year but are on the Watch List this

year include: New Zealand, the Slovak

Republic, and the United Arab Emirates.

In addition, out-of-cycle reviews will be

conducted of Costa Rica, Malaysia,

Lithuania. While Georgia, the Kyrgyz

Republic, Japan and the Bahamas are

not listed. USTR will also conduct outof-cycle reviews of each later in the

year, and of Japan and the Bahamas as

warrated.

Kira M. Alvarez,

Director of Intellectual Property.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2001–8629]

Information Collections Under Review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB): 2115–0557, 2115–0100,

and 2115–0618

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.