30646 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 117 / Monday, June 17, 1996 / Notices

The maximum rate of basic pay for SL

and ST positions remains unchanged

because it is linked to level IV of the

Executive Schedule ($115,700), which

remains unchanged. Rates of basic pay

for administrative law judges and

Contract Appeals Board members

remain unchanged in 1996 because

these rates are calculated as a

percentage of the rate for level IV of the

Executive Schedule, which remains

unchanged.

OPM has published ‘‘Salary Table No.

96’’ (OPM Doc. 124–48–6, January

1996), which provides complete salary

tables incorporating the 1996 pay

adjustments, information on general pay

administration matters, locality pay area

definitions, Internal Revenue Service

withholding tables, and other related

information. The rates of pay shown in

‘‘Salary Table No. 96’’ are the official

rates of pay for affected employees and

are hereby incorporated as part of this

notice. Copies of ‘‘Salary Table No. 96’’

can be purchased from the Government

Printing Office by calling (202) 512–

1800. In addition, individual pay

schedules can be downloaded directly

from OPM’s electronic bulletin boards.

For instructions, please contact Denise

Jenkins by calling (202) 606–2900.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–15216 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6301–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Retroactive Suspension of Certain

Generalized System of Preference

Benefits for Pakistan

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On November 6, 1995, the

Office of the United States Trade

Representative published a notice in the

Federal Register providing an

opportunity for the public to comment

on a proposal to suspend certain

Generalized System of Preferences

(GSP) benefits for Pakistan. A press

release was issued on March 7, 1996,

announcing the U.S. Trade

Representative’s decision to recommend

to the President the partial GSP

suspension of Pakistan.

In order to put this recommendation

into effect a Presidential Proclamation is

necessary. This cannot be done until

and unless the GSP program is

reauthorized. In the past the GSP has

been reauthorized on a retroactive basis

if there has been a period of suspension,

and duties on properly entered goods

have been refunded by the U.S. Customs

Service. However, the public is hereby

notified that, should the GSP program

be reauthorized, a Presidential

Proclamation suspending certain

Pakistani GSP benefits will be made

retroactive to the effective date of this

notice. Duties on the below listed

Pakistani products will not be refunded

if the products are entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the effective

date of this notice.

The Pakistani products involved are:

HTSUS Item (Terms below are for descriptive purposes only.)

9018.90.80 Surgical instruments.

4203.21.80 Gloves, mittens, etc., of leather, design for sports.

9506.62.80 Inflatable balls, excluding footballs or soccer balls.

4203.21.60 Ski or snowmobile gloves, mittens, etc.

9506.91.00 Articles or equipment for exercise.

4203.21.20 Batting gloves.

3926.20.30 Gloves designed for use in

sports, of plastics.

4203.21.55 Cross-country ski gloves, mittens, etc.

5701.10.13 Carpets.

5702.10.10 Carpets.

5702.91.20 Carpets.

5805.00.20 Carpets.

6304.99.10 Carpets.

6304.99.40 Carpets.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jon Rosenbaum, Assistant USTR for

Trade and Development, Office of the

U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th

Street, NW., Washington, (202) 395–

6971.

Jennifer A. Hillman,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 96–14251 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

[Docket No. 301–106]

Initiation of Section 302 Investigation

and Request for Public Comment:

Practices of the Government of Turkey

Regarding the Imposition of a

Discriminatory Tax on Box Office

Revenues

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of

investigation; request for written

comments.

SUMMARY: The United States Trade

Representative (USTR) has initiated an

investigation under section 302(b)(1) of

the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the

Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2412(b)(1)), with

respect to certain acts, policies and

practices of the Government of Turkey

that may result in the discriminatory

treatment of U.S. films in Turkey. The

United States alleges that these acts,

policies and practices are inconsistent

with the General Agreement on Tariffs

and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994),

administered by the World Trade

Organization (WTO). USTR invites

written comments from the public on

the matters being investigated.

DATES: This investigation was initiated

on June 12, 1996. Written comments

from the public are due on or before

noon on Monday, July 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph Papovich, Deputy Assistant

USTR for Intellectual Property, (202)

395–6864, or Thomas Robertson,

Associate General Counsel, (202) 395–

6800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

302(b)(1) of the Trade Act authorizes the

USTR to initiate an investigation under

chapter 1 of Title III of the Trade Act

(commonly referred to as ‘‘section 301’’)

with respect to any matter in order to

determine whether the matter is

actionable under section 301. Matters

actionable under section 301 include,

inter alia, the denial of rights of the

United States under a trade agreement,

or acts, policies, and practices of a

foreign country that violate or are

inconsistent with the provisions of, or

otherwise deny benefits to the United

States under, any trade agreement.

On June 12, 1996, having consulted

with the appropriate private sector

advisory committees, the USTR

determined that an investigation should

be initiated to determine whether

certain laws and regulations of Turkey

affecting the taxation of box office

revenues generated from the showing of

foreign-origin films are actionable under

section 301(a). Turkey’s Law on

Municipal Revenues (Law No. 2464)

imposes a 25% municipality tax on box

office revenues generated from the

showing of foreign films, but not the

revenue generated from the showing of

domestic films. Current information is

that the revenues are allocated to

municipal coffers for general use.