Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 17 / Friday, January 25, 2008 / Notices 4543 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Botero, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482–3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 

Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321 through 

Section 328 of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement (‘‘CAFTA–DR’’ or the 

‘‘Agreement’’) Implementation Act; 

Article 3.23 of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement. 

Notice 

On January 18, 2007, as provided for 

under Article 3.23 of the Dominican 

Republic-Central America-United States 

Free Trade Agreement, the United States 

submitted written notice to the 

Government of Honduras with respect 

to its intent to apply a textile safeguard 

measure on imports of Honduran origin 

cotton socks (Category 332). 

Background 

On August 21, 2007, the Committee 

initiated a safeguard proceeding to 

determine whether imports of Honduran 

cotton, wool, and man-made fiber socks 

(merged Category 332/432 and 632 part) 

are causing serious damage, or actual 

threat thereof, to the U.S. industry 

producing socks, (72 FR 46611, August 

21, 2007). The initiation of the safeguard 

proceeding launched a 30-day period 

during which interested parties and 

stakeholders submitted comments. In 

accordance with section 4 of the 

Committee’s Procedures for considering 

action under the CAFTA–DR textile and 

apparel safeguard, (71 FR 25157, April 

28, 2006), the Committee has 

determined that it intends to apply a 

textile safeguard measure with respect 

to imports of Honduran origin cotton 

socks (Category 332). This 

determination is based on the comments 

received and information available to 

the Committee that demonstrates that 

safeguard measures are warranted with 

respect to Honduran origin cotton socks 

falling within Category 332, which 

represent approximately 99% of the 

imports subject to this safeguard 

inquiry. The Committee notes that it is 

not at this time making a determination 

to apply a safeguard measure with 

respect to wool and man-made fiber 

socks (Categories 432 and 632 Part, 

respectively), that were part of this 

original safeguards inquiry. 

Article 3.23(4) of the Agreement 

provides that, following receipt of 

written notice by an importing Party of 

intent to apply a safeguard measure, the 

exporting Party may request 

consultations. Article 3.23(4) further 

provides that, upon receipt of a request 

for consultations, the United States and 

the Government of Honduras shall begin 

consultations without delay and shall be 

completed within 60 days of the date of 

the request for consultations. The 

United States shall make a decision on 

whether to apply a safeguard measure 

within 30 days of completion of the 

consultations. 

If the United States decides in the 

affirmative, the United States would 

increase the duty on all Honduran 

origin cotton socks within Category 332 

(including those knit in the United 

States) to a level that does not exceed 

the lesser of: (a) The prevailing U.S. 

normal trade relations (NTR)/mostfavored-nation (MFN) duty rate for the 

article at the time the measure is 

applied; or (b) the U.S. NTR/MFN 

applied duty rate in effect on the date 

of entry into force of the CAFTA–DR, 

currently 13.5% for most socks 

imported from Honduras. The 

Committee is further considering the 

appropriate safeguard tariff rate that 

would be applied to imported cotton 

socks from Honduras. 

Article 3.23 of the Agreement 

provides that, no Party may maintain a 

textile safeguard measure for a period 

exceeding three years. In this case, the 

Committee has further determined that, 

if at the conclusion of the consultation 

period, the United States decides in the 

affirmative, the United States would 

apply a safeguard measure on imports of 

Honduran origin cotton socks (Category 

332) until December 31, 2008, to 

coincide with the expiring limits on 

cotton sock imports from China. 

In the event that safeguard measures 

are applied by the United States, the 

United States would have to provide 

mutually agreed and substantially 

equivalent compensation in textile and 

apparel products to Honduras. If the 

United States and Honduras are unable 

to agree on compensation within 30 

days of the application of a textile 

safeguard measure, Honduras may take 

tariff action of a substantially equivalent 

trade effect. 

R. Matthew Priest, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, 

January 24, 2008. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Enforcement Matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 08–326 Filed 1–22–08; 4:21 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed 

Forces Code Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

forthcoming public meeting of the Code 

Committee established by Article 146(a), 

Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 

U.S.C. 946(a), to be held at the 

Courthouse of the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Armed Forces, 450 E. 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20441–

0001, at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 

2008. The agenda for this meeting will 

include consideration of proposed 

changes to the Uniform Code of Military 

Justice and the Manual for CourtsMartial, United States, and other matters 

relating to the operation of the Uniform 

Code of Military Justice throughout the 

Armed Forces. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William A. DeCicco, Clerk of Court, 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

Armed Forces, 450 E Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20442–0001, telephone 

(202) 761–1448. 

Dated: January 17, 2008. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 08–291 Filed 1–24–08; 8:45 am] 

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