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producers or exporters of the Subject 

Merchandise in the Subject Countries,

provide the following information on 

your firm’s(s’) operations on that 

product during calendar year 2004 

(report quantity data in pounds and 

value data in U.S. dollars, landed and 

duty-paid at the U.S. port but not 

including antidumping duties). If you 

are a trade/business association, provide 

the information, on an aggregate basis, 

for the firms which are members of your 

association. 

(a) Production (quantity) and, if 

known, an estimate of the percentage of 

total production of Subject Merchandise

in each Subject Country accounted for 

by your firm’s(s’) production; and 

(b) The quantity and value of your 

firm’s(s’) exports to the United States of 

Subject Merchandise and, if known, an 

estimate of the percentage of total 

exports to the United States of Subject 

Merchandise from each Subject Country

accounted for by your firm’s(s’) exports. 

(10) Identify significant changes, if 

any, in the supply and demand 

conditions or business cycle for the 

Domestic Like Product that have 

occurred in the United States or in the 

market for the Subject Merchandise in 

the Subject Countries after 1998, and 

significant changes, if any, that are 

likely to occur within a reasonably 

foreseeable time. Supply conditions to 

consider include technology; 

production methods; development 

efforts; ability to increase production 

(including the shift of production 

facilities used for other products and the 

use, cost, or availability of major inputs 

into production); and factors related to 

the ability to shift supply among 

different national markets (including 

barriers to importation in foreign 

markets or changes in market demand 

abroad). Demand conditions to consider 

include end uses and applications; the 

existence and availability of substitute 

products; and the level of competition 

among the Domestic Like Product

produced in the United States, Subject 

Merchandise produced in each Subject 

Country, and such merchandise from 

other countries. 

(11) (OPTIONAL) A statement of 

whether you agree with the above 

definitions of the Domestic Like Product

and Domestic Industry; if you disagree 

with either or both of these definitions, 

please explain why and provide 

alternative definitions.

Authority: These reviews are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.61 of the 

Commission’s rules.

Issued: January 21, 2005.

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission.

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 104–TAA–7 (Second 

Review); Investigations Nos. AA1921–198–

200 (Second Review)] 

Sugar From the European Union; 

Sugar From Belgium, France and 

Germany

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Scheduling of full five-year 

reviews concerning the countervailing 

duty order on sugar from the European 

Union, and the antidumping duty orders 

on sugar from Belgium, France, and 

Germany. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of full reviews 

pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) 

(the Act) to determine whether 

revocation of the countervailing duty 

order on sugar from the European Union 

and the antidumping duty orders on 

sugar from Belgium, France, and 

Germany would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. For further information 

concerning the conduct of these reviews 

and rules of general application, consult 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207).

DATES: Effective Date: January 19, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jai 

Motwane (202–205–3176), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these reviews may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background—On December 6, 2004, 

the Commission determined that 

circumstances existed to warrant 

proceeding with full reviews pursuant 

to section 751(c)(5) of the Act (69 FR 

75568, December 17, 2004). A record of 

the Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, 

and any individual Commissioner’s 

statements are available from the Office 

of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s Web site. 

Participation in the reviews and 

public service list—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in this review as parties 

must file an entry of appearance with 

the Secretary to the Commission, as 

provided in section 201.11 of the 

Commission’s rules, by 45 days after 

publication of this notice. A party that 

filed a notice of appearance following 

publication of the Commission’s notice 

of institution of the review need not file 

an additional notice of appearance. The 

Secretary will maintain a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to the review. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list—Pursuant to section 

207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in 

these reviews available to authorized 

applicants under the APO issued in the 

reviews, provided that the application is 

made by 45 days after publication of 

this notice. Authorized applicants must 

represent interested parties, as defined 

by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to 

the reviews. A party granted access to 

BPI following publication of the 

Commission’s notice of institution of 

the reviews need not reapply for such 

access. A separate service list will be 

maintained by the Secretary for those 

parties authorized to receive BPI under 

the APO. 

Staff report—The prehearing staff 

report in the reviews will be placed in 

the nonpublic record on June 8, 2005, 

and a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 207.64 of 

the Commission’s rules.

Hearing—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the review 

beginning at 9:30 a.m. on June 28, 2005, 

at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Requests to 

appear at the hearing should be filed in 

writing with the Secretary to the 

Commission on or before June 21, 2005. 

A nonparty who has testimony that may 

aid the Commission’s deliberations may 

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request permission to present a short 

statement at the hearing. All parties and 

nonparties desiring to appear at the 

hearing and make oral presentations 

may be required to attend a prehearing 

conference to be held, if necessary, at 

9:30 a.m. on June 23, 2005, at the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

Building. Oral testimony and written 

materials to be submitted at the public 

hearing are governed by sections 

201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), 207.24, and 

207.66 of the Commission’s rules. 

Parties must submit any request to 

present a portion of their hearing 

testimony in camera no later than 7 

days prior to the date of the hearing. 

Written submissions—Each party to 

the reviews may submit a prehearing 

brief to the Commission. Prehearing 

briefs must conform with the provisions 

of section 207.65 of the Commission’s 

rules; the deadline for filing is June 17, 

2005. Parties may also file written 

testimony in connection with their 

presentation at the hearing, as provided 

in section 207.24 of the Commission’s 

rules, and posthearing briefs, which 

must conform with the provisions of 

section 207.67 of the Commission’s 

rules. The deadline for filing 

posthearing briefs is July 7, 2005; 

witness testimony must be filed no later 

than three days before the hearing. In 

addition, any person who has not 

entered an appearance as a party to the 

reviews may submit a written statement 

of information pertinent to the subject of 

the reviews on or before July 8, 2005. 

On August 5, 2005, the Commission will 

make available to parties all information 

on which they have not had an 

opportunity to comment. Parties may 

submit final comments on this 

information on or before August 9, 2005, 

but such final comments must not 

contain new factual information and 

must otherwise comply with section 

207.68 of the Commission’s rules. All 

written submissions must conform with 

the provisions of section 201.8 of the 

Commission’s rules; any submissions 

that contain BPI must also conform with 

the requirements of sections 201.6, 

207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s 

rules. The Commission’s rules do not 

authorize filing of submissions with the 

Secretary by facsimile or electronic 

means, except to the extent permitted by 

section 201.8 of the Commission’s rules, 

as amended, 67 FR 68036 (November 8, 

2002). 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

reviews must be served on all other 

parties to the reviews (as identified by 

either the public or BPI service list), and 

a certificate of service must be timely 

filed. The Secretary will not accept a 

document for filing without a certificate 

of service.

Authority: These reviews are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.62 of the 

Commission’s rules.

Issued: January 27, 2005.

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—AAF Association, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 22, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the 

AAF Association, Inc. has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, MESoft, Burbank, CA; and 

XVUE Ltd., Artemida-Attika, Greece 

have been added as parties to this 

venture. Also, Nucoda, London, United 

Kingdom has withdrawn as a party to 

this venture. In addition, BBC 

Technology has changed its name to 

Siemens Business Services, San Jose, 

CA. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and AAF 

Association, Inc. intends to file 

additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On March 28, 2000, AAF Association, 

Inc. filed its original notification 

pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The 

Department of Justice published a notice 

in the Federal Register pursuant to 

section 6(b) of the Act on June 29, 2000 

(65 FR 40127). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on September 17, 2004. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on November 29, 2004 (69 FR 

69391).

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—American College of 

Surgeons 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 15, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

American College of Surgeons (‘‘ACS’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission Disclosing (1) the name 

and principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting 

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 

actual damages under specified 

circumstances. 

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the 

name and principal place of business of 

the standards development organization 

is: American College of Surgeons, 

Chicago, IL. The nature and scope of 

ACS’s standards development activities 

are: Fellowship requirements; 

statements and guidelines on surgery, 

surgery practice and surgeon conduct; 

trauma guidelines, evaluation, 

management and education relating to 

trauma; and cancer standards, 

evaluation, management and education 

relating to cancer.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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