69622 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 16, 2005 / Notices 

telecommunications products and 

services of the United States that are in 

force with respect to the United States. 

The purpose of the review is to 

determine whether any act, policy, or 

practice of a country that has entered 

into a telecommunications trade 

agreement with the United States is 

inconsistent with the terms of such 

agreement or otherwise denies to U.S. 

firms, within the context of the terms of 

such agreements, mutually 

advantageous market opportunities. For 

the current review, the USTR seeks 

comments on: 

(1) Whether any WTO member is 

acting in a manner that is inconsistent 

with its commitments under WTO 

agreements affecting market 

opportunities for telecommunications 

products and services, e.g., the WTO 

General Agreement on Trade in Services 

(‘‘GATS’’), including the Annex on 

Telecommunications and any scheduled 

commitments including the Reference 

Paper on Pro-Competitive Regulatory 

Principles; 

(2) Whether Canada or Mexico has 

failed to comply with its 

telecommunications commitments or 

obligations under NAFTA; 

(3) Whether Chile, Singapore, or 

Australia, or any other FTA partner with 

an Agreement that comes into force on 

or before January 1, 2006 has failed to 

comply with its telecommunications 

commitments or obligations under the 

respective FTA between the United 

States and that country (see http:// 

www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/ 

Section_Index.html for U.S. FTAs); 

(4) Whether other countries have 

failed to comply with their 

commitments under additional 

telecommunications agreements with 

the United States, e.g., Mutual 

Recognition Agreements (MRAs) for 

Conformity Assessment of 

Telecommunications Equipment (see 

http://www.tcc.mac.doc.gov for a 

collection of trade agreements, 

including ones related to 

telecommunications); and 

(5) Whether there remain outstanding 

issues from previous section 1377 

reviews on those countries or issues 

previously cited (see http:// 

www.ustr.gov/Trade_Sectors/TelecomE-commerce/Section_1377/ 

Section_Index.html for the 2005 

review); 

Public Comment and Reply Comment: 

Requirements for Submission 

All comments must be in English, 

identify on the first page of the 

comments the telecommunications trade 

agreement(s) discussed therein, and be 

submitted by noon on December 16, 

2005. Reply comments must also be in 

English and be submitted by noon on 

January 13, 2006. Reply comments 

should only address issues raised by the 

comments. 

In order to ensure the most timely and 

expeditious receipt and consideration of 

comments and reply comments, USTR 

has arranged to accept submissions in 

electronic format (e-mail). Comments 

should be submitted electronically to 

FR0502@ustr.eop.gov. An automatic 

reply confirming receipt of e-mail 

submission will be sent. E-mail 

submissions in Microsoft Word or Corel 

WordPerfect are preferred. If a word 

processing application other than those 

two is used, please include in your 

submission the specific application 

used. For any document submitted 

electronically containing business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. 

Any page containing business 

confidential information must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’

on the top of that page. Filers must also 

submit a public version of their 

comments. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments or reply 

comments. Interested persons who make 

submissions electronically should not 

provide separate cover letters; rather, 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. Similarly, 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. All nonconfidential comments and reply 

comments will be placed on the USTR 

Web site, http://www.USTR.gov, and in 

the USTR Reading Room for inspection 

shortly after the filing deadline, except 

business confidential information 

exempt from public inspection in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6. 

We strongly urge use of the electronic 

filing procedures, if at all possible. If an 

e-mail submission is impossible, 15 

copies of both the business confidential 

and the public versions must be 

delivered via private commercial 

courier, and arrangements must be made 

with Ms. Blue prior to delivery for their 

receipt. Ms. Blue should be contacted at 

(202) 395–3475. Because comments and 

reply comments will be posted on 

USTR’s Web site, those persons not 

availing themselves of electronic filing 

must submit their 15 copies with a 

diskette. 

An appointment to review the 

comments may be made by calling the 

USTR Reading Room at (202) 395–6186. 

The USTR Reading Room is open to the 

public from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 

from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, and is located in Room 3 of 1724 

F Street, NW. 

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–22749 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W6–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

United States-Israel Free Trade Area 

Implementation Act; Designation of 

Qualifying Industrial Zones 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

DATES: This provision will become 

effective upon publication. 

SUMMARY: Under the United States-Israel 

Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 

1985 (‘‘IFTA Act’’), articles of qualifying 

industrial zones encompassing portions 

of Israel and Jordan or Israel and Egypt 

are eligible to receive duty-free 

treatment. Effective upon publication of 

this notice, the United States Trade 

Representative, pursuant to authority 

delegated by the President, is 

designating the Central Delta zone of 

Egypt as a qualifying industrial zone 

and expanding the already-designated 

Greater Cairo and Suez Canal qualified 

industrial zones under the IFTA Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edmund Saums, Director for Middle 

East Affairs, (202) 395–4987, Office of 

the United States Trade Representative, 

600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20508. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to authority granted under section 9 of 

the IFTA Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

2112 note), Presidential Proclamation 

6955 of November 13, 1996 (61 FR 

58761) proclaimed certain tariff 

treatment for articles of the West Bank, 

the Gaza Strip, and qualifying industrial 

zones. In particular, the Presidential 

Proclamation modified general notes 3 

and 8 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States: (a) To 

provide duty-free treatment to 

qualifying articles that are the product 

of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a 

qualifying industrial zone and are 

entered in accordance with the 

provisions of section 9 of the IFTA Act; 

(b) to provide that articles of Israel may 

be treated as though they were articles 

directly shipped from Israel for the 

purposes of the United States-Israel Free 

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Trade Area Agreement (‘‘the 

Agreement’’) even if shipped to the 

United States from the West Bank, the 

Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial 

zone, if the articles otherwise meet the 

requirements of the Agreement; and (c) 

to provide that the cost or value of 

materials produced in the West Bank, 

the Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial 

zone may be included in the cost or 

value of materials produced in Israel 

under section 1(c)(i) of Annex 3 of the 

Agreement and that the direct costs of 

processing operations performed in the 

West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a 

qualifying industrial zone may be 

included in the direct costs of 

processing operations performed in 

Israel under section 1(c)(ii) of Annex 3 

of the Agreement. 

Section 9(e) of the IFTA Act defines 

a ‘‘qualifying industrial zone’’ as an area 

that ‘‘(1) encompasses portions of the 

territory of Israel and Jordan or Israel 

and Egypt; (2) has been designated by 

local authorities as an enclave where 

merchandise may enter without 

payment of duty or excise taxes; and (3) 

has been specified by the President as 

a qualifying industrial zone.’’

Presidential Proclamation 6955 

delegated to the United States Trade 

Representative the authority to 

designate qualifying industrial zones. 

The United States Trade 

Representative has previously 

designated qualifying industrial zones 

under Section 9 of the IFTA Act on 

March 13, 1998 (63 FR 12572), March 

19, 1999 (64 FR 13623), October 15, 

1999 (64 FR 56015), October 24, 2000 

(65 FR 64472), December 12, 2000 (65 

FR 77688), June 15, 2001 (66 FR 32660), 

January 28, 2004 (69 FR 4199) , and 

December 29, 2004 (69 FR 78094). 

The governments of Israel and Egypt 

jointly requested in a letter submitted to 

the United States Trade Representative 

on August 24, 2005, the designation as 

a qualifying industrial zone of areas 

comprising the Central Delta zone, as 

well as the expansion of the already 

designated Greater Cairo and Suez Canal 

qualified industrial zones. The names 

and locations of the factories comprising 

the Central Delta zone and the expanded 

areas of the Greater Cairo zone and Suez 

Canal zone are specified on maps and 

materials submitted by Egypt and Israel 

and on file with the Office of the U.S. 

Trade Representative. Israel and Egypt 

have agreed that merchandise may 

enter, without payment of duty or excise 

taxes, areas under their respective 

customs control that comprise the 

Central Delta zone, Greater Cairo zone 

and Suez Canal zone. Further, the 

operation and administration of these 

zones are provided for in the previously 

agreed ‘‘Protocol between the 

Government of the State of Israel and 

the Government of the Arab Republic of 

Egypt On Qualifying Industrial Zones.’’

Accordingly, the Central Delta zone, 

Greater Cairo zone and Suez Canal zone 

meet the criteria under sections 9(e)(1) 

and (2) of the IFTA Act. 

Therefore, pursuant to the authority 

delegated to me by Presidential 

Proclamation 6955, I hereby designate 

the areas occupied by the factories that 

comprise the Central Delta zone and the 

expanded Greater Cairo and Suez Canal 

zones as specified on maps and 

materials received from Egypt and 

Israel, as qualifying industrial zones 

under section 9 of the IFTA Act, 

effective upon the date of publication of 

this notice, applicable to articles 

shipped from these qualifying industrial 

zones after such date. 

Rob Portman, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 05–22750 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Proposed Advisory Circular 25–17A 

Revision, Transport Airplane Cabin 

Interiors Crashworthiness Handbook 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed advisory circular (AC) 25–17A 

revision and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of and requests comments 

on a proposed advisory circular (AC) 

revision that sets forth acceptable 

methods of compliance with Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), 

part 25, concerning the crashworthiness 

requirements as applied to cabin 

interiors. Like all ACs, it is not 

regulatory but provides guidance for 

applicants in demonstrating compliance 

with the objective safety standards set 

forth in part 25. This notice is necessary 

to give all interested persons an 

opportunity to present their views on 

the proposed AC. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 16, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the 

proposed AC to: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Attention: Jayson Claar, 

Airframe/Cabin Safety, ANM–115, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW, Renton, WA 98055–4056. 

Comments may be inspected at the 

above address between 7:30 a.m. and 4 

p.m. weekdays, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jayson Claar at telephone number 425–

227–2194; fax number 425–227–1232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed AC revision 

by submitting such written data, views, 

or arguments, as they may desire. 

Commenters should identify AC 25–17A 

and submit comments, in duplicate, to 

the address specified above. The 

Transport Airplane Directorate will 

consider all communications received 

on or before the closing date for 

comments before issuing the final AC. 

The proposed AC revision can be found 

and downloaded from the Internet at 

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl under 

‘‘Draft Advisory Circulars.’’ A paper 

copy or a CD ROM (Adobe Acrobat 

Reader required) of the proposed AC 

may be obtained by contacting the 

person named above under the caption 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Because of the large size of this 

proposed AC (approximately 860 pages) 

and the time necessary for copying the 

document, expect extra time for 

fulfilling requests for paper copies. 

Discussion 

The proposed AC 25–17A revision 

contains guidance pertinent to the cabin 

safety and crashworthiness type 

certification requirements of part 25 as 

amended by Amendments 25–1 through 

25–112. Previously, two ACs on this 

subject have been available to the 

public: 

• AC 25–17 was issued on 7/15/91. 

It covers Amendments 25–1 through 25–

59. 

• A proposed AC 25–17A revision 

was published on 10/7/99, for public 

comment. Itcovered Amendments 25–1 

through 25–70. That revision was never 

issued as a final document. 

Several commentors to the 1999 draft 

revision requested that the format of the 

AC bechanged to repeat the complete 

regulatory text and all of the applicable 

guidance material at eachamendment 

level. The FAA agrees with those 

commentors and has revised the format 

of thisproposed revision to the AC to 

implement that change. This change, 

however, significantlyincreases the size 

of this document. 

The formats of the current version of 

the AC issued in 1991, and the 1999 

proposedrevision presented the entire 

regulatory text and applicable guidance 

only when any regulatorysection is first 

included in the AC. For subsequent