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forth in 15 CFR 2006.8(b) (55 FR 20593)

and are due no later than 12 noon,

Friday, February 10, 1995. Comments

must be in English and provided in

twenty copies to: Sybia Harrison, Office

of the General Counsel, Room 223,

USTR, 600 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20506.

Comments will be placed in a file

(Docket 301–97) open to public

inspection in the USTR Reading Room

pursuant to 15 CFR 2006.13, except

confidential business information

exempt from public inspection in

accordance with 15 CFR 2006.15.

Confidential business information

submitted in accordance with 15 CFR

2006.15 must be clearly marked

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a

contrasting color ink at the top of each

page on each of 20 copies, and must be

accompanied by a nonconfidential

summary of the confidential

information. The nonconfidential

summary will be placed in the file that

is open to public inspection. An

appointment to review the docket may

be made by calling Brenda Webb (202)

395–6186. The USTR Reading Room is

open to the public from 10 a.m. to 12

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

through Friday and is located in: Room

101, Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20506.

Irving A. Williamson,

Chairman, Section 301 Committee.

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[Docket No. 301–94]

Request for Public Comment

Concerning Proposed Determinations

and Action Pursuant to Section 301:

European Community Banana Import

Regime

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Request for public comment

concerning (1) whether acts, policies,

and practices of the European Union

(EU) are actionable under section 301 (a)

or (b) of the Trade Act of 1974, as

amended (Trade Act); and (2) if so, what

action, if any, should be taken pursuant

to section 301(c) of the Trade Act.

SUMMARY: The USTR seeks public

comment concerning upcoming

determinations pursuant to section 304

and possible action pursuant to section

301 of the Trade Act with respect to the

investigation of the EU’s trade regime

regarding importation of bananas.

DATES: Written comments from the

public are due on or before 12 noon, on

Friday, February 10, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward Kaska, Director for European

Services and Agriculture, (202) 395–

3320; or Irving Williamson, Deputy

General Counsel, (202) 395–3432.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 17, 1994, pursuant to section

302(a) of the Trade Act, the USTR

initiated an investigation of the

following practices of the EU: (1)

Council Regulation (EEC) No. 404/93

and related rules implementing a

Community banana policy

discriminating against U.S. banana

marketing companies importing bananas

from Latin America, including a

restrictive and discriminatory licensing

scheme designed to transfer market

share to firms traditionally trading

bananas from African, Caribbean and

Pacific (ACP) sources and from EU

overseas territories and dependencies;

and (2) the March 29, 1994 Framework

Agreement on Bananas between the EU

and Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua

and Venezuela (Framework Agreement).

By Federal Register notice dated

October 24, 1994 (59 FR 53495), USTR

requested public comment on the issues

raised in the petition. The comment

period was subsequently extended by a

Federal Register Notice dated

November 21, 1994 (59 FR 60026).

Since initiation of the investigation,

the USTR has conducted consultations

and bilateral discussions with the EU

concerning the issues in the petition.

The USTR also requested the EU to

delay implementation of the Framework

Agreement because implementation

would aggravate the harm caused by

Regulation 404. These efforts have failed

to bring about reform of the EU

practices.

Section 304(a) of the Trade Act

provides that in each investigation

initiated under section 302 of the Trade

Act, the USTR must determine whether

the act, policy or practice is actionable

under section 301. The USTR requests

comments from the public by February

10, 1995 regarding the actionability

under section 301 of the EU practices

referred to above.

If this determination is affirmative,

the USTR must also determine what

action would be appropriate under

subsection (a) or (b) of section 301.

Actions that would be permitted in the

case of a positive determination with

respect to the EU include action to

suspend, withdraw or prevent the

application of benefits of trade

agreement concessions to the EU;

imposition of duties or other import

restrictions on goods of the EU or fees

or restrictions on services of the EU; and

restriction or denial of service sector

access authorizations with respect to

services of the EU. The USTR requests

comments from the public by February

10, 1995 regarding the appropriateness

of such actions, including identification

of goods or services of the EU to which

such measures might appropriately be

applied, as well as identification of

other measures which could be taken

with respect to trade of the EU.

Public Comment

Comments must be filed in

accordance with the requirements set

forth in 15 CFR 2006.8(b) (55FR 20593)

and must be filed by 12 noon, Friday,

February 10, 1995. Comments must be

in English and provided in twenty

copies to: Sybia Harrison, Office of the

General Counsel, Room 223, USTR, 600

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20506.

Comments will be placed in a file

(Docket 301–94) open to public

inspection in the USTR Reading Room

pursuant to 15 CFR 2006.13, except

confidential business information

exempt from public inspection in

accordance with 15 CFR 2006.15.

Confidential business information

submitted in accordance with 15 CFR

2005.15 must be clearly marked

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a

contrasting color ink at the top of each

page on each of 20 copies, and must be

accompanied by a nonconfidential

summary of the confidential

information. The nonconfidential

summary shall be placed in the file that

is open to public inspection. An

appointment to review the docket may

be made by calling Brenda Webb (202)

395–6186. The USTR Reading Room is

open to the public from 10 a.m. to 12

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

through Friday, and is located in: Room

101, Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20506.

Irving A. Williamson,

Chairman, Section 301 Committee.

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