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13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room, 450 Fifth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20549–0609. Copies of 

such filing will also be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the PCX. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File No. SR–PCX–2004–

118 and should be submitted on or 

before February 25, 2005.

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.13

Margaret H. McFarland, 

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–434 Filed 2–3–05; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Public Comment 

Regarding Andean Trade Promotion 

and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) 

Beneficiary Countries

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

203(f) of the Andean Trade Preference 

Act (ATPA) (19 U.S.C. 3201), as 

amended by the Andean Trade 

Promotion and Drug Eradication Act , 

the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) is requesting the 

views of interested parties on whether 

the countries designated as ATPA 

beneficiary countries in Presidential 

Proclamation 7616 of October 31, 2002, 

are meeting the eligibility criteria 

provided for in section 204(b)(6)(B) of 

the ATPA. This information will be 

used in the preparation of a report to the 

U.S. Congress on the operation of the 

program.

DATES: Public comments are due at 

USTR no later than 5 p.m., March 18, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic 

mail: FR0518@USTR.EOP.GOV. 

Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, at (202) 395–6143. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. See requirements for 

submissions below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Russell Smith, Office of the Americas, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., 

Room 523, Washington, DC 20508. The 

telephone number is (202) 395–9450.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Signed 

into law on August 6, 2002, the Trade 

Act of 2002 contains, in title XXXI, 

provisions for enhanced trade benefits 

for eligible Andean countries. Titled the 

‘‘Andean Trade Promotion and Drug 

Eradication Act’’ (ATPDEA), the 

ATPDEA renews the Andean Trade 

Preference Act (ATPA), and amends the 

ATPA to provide preferential treatment 

for certain products previously 

excluded from such treatment. In 

Presidential Proclamation 7616 of 

October 31, 2002, the President 

designated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador 

and Peru as ATPA beneficiary countries. 

Section 203(f) of the ATPA requires the 

USTR, not later than April 30, 2005, to 

submit to Congress a report on the 

operation of the ATPA. Section 203(f)(2) 

requires USTR, before submitting such 

report, to request comments on whether 

beneficiary countries are meeting the 

criteria set forth in section 204(b)(6)(B) 

(which incorporates by reference the 

criteria set forth in sections 203(c) and 

(d)). USTR refers interested parties to 

the Federal Register notice published 

on August 15, 2002 (67 FR 53379), for 

a full list of the eligibility criteria. 

Requirements for Submissions. In 

order to facilitate prompt processing of 

submissions, the Office of the United 

States Trade Representative strongly 

urges and prefers electronic (e-mail) 

submissions in response to this notice. 

In the event that an e-mail submission 

is impossible, submissions should be 

made by facsimile. 

Persons making submissions by email should use the following subject 

line: ‘‘ATPA Beneficiary Countries.’’

Documents should be submitted as 

either WordPerfect, MSWord, or text 

(.TXT) files. Spreadsheets submitted as 

supporting documentation are 

acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel files. 

If any document submitted 

electronically contains business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC-,’’

and the file name of the public version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘P-.’’

The ‘‘P-’’ or ‘‘BC-’’ should be followed 

by the name of the submitter. Persons 

who make submissions by e-mail should 

not provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. To the extent 

possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

Written comments, notice of 

testimony, and testimony will be placed 

in a file open to public inspection 

pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except 

business confidential information 

exempt from public inspection in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6. 

Business confidential information 

submitted in accordance with 15 CFR 

2003.6 must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top 

of each page, including any cover letter 

or cover page, and must be accompanied 

by a non-confidential summary of the 

confidential information. All public 

documents and non-confidential 

summaries shall be available for public 

inspection in the USTR Reading Room. 

The USTR Reading Room is open to the 

public, by appointment only, from 10 

a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. An 

appointment to review the file must be 

scheduled at least 48 hours in advance 

and may be made by calling (202) 395–

6186.

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of List of Products Subject to 

Possible Withdrawal of Concessions in 

Response to European Union (EU) 

Changes to Its Rice Import Regime

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In response to the European 

Union’s changes to its rice import 

regime, the United States has notified 

the World Trade Organization of its 

intent to withdraw concessions by 

March 1, 2005, with respect to the goods 

in the attached list. 

Background: In Federal Register

notices 04–20543, dated September 10, 

2004, 04–21762 and dated September 

28, 2004, the Office of the U.S. Trade 

Representative sought comments 

concerning a list of goods for which 

tariff concessions may be withdrawn 

and duties may be increased in the