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1These agreements include:

• Mutual Recognition Agreements for conformity

assessment of telecommunications equipment with

the EU (1997), APEC countries (1998), and CITEL

countries (1999) and

• Bilateral Agreements with:

Japan: on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

procurement (1999); public sector procurement of

telecommunications products and services (1994);

international value-added network services (1990–

91); open government procurement of all satellites,

except for government research and development

satellites (1990); network channel terminating

equipment (1990); and cellular and third-party

radio systems (1989) and cellular radio systems

(1994);

Korea: on type approval of telecommunications

equipment (1992/1996), transparent standardsetting processes (1992/1997), and nondiscriminatory access to Korea

Telecommunication’s procurement of

telecommunications products (1992/1996);

Mexico: on test data acceptance agreements

between product safety testing laboratories (1997);

and

Taiwan: interconnection pricing for provision of

wireless services (1998) and, licensing and

provision of wireless services through the

establishment of a competitive, transparent and fair

wireless market (1996).

2See USTR Press Release 01–20 (available at

www.ustr.gov) for detailed information of the results

of the 2000–2001 Section 1377 review, which

considered practices of Colombia, Mexico, Japan,

South Africa, and Taiwan as well as five EU

Member States (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the

United Kingdom).

Telecommunications Agreement; the

telecommunications provisions of the

North American Free Trade Agreement

(‘‘NAFTA’’); and, other

telecommunications trade agreements in

force with respect to the United States,

including those with the Asia Pacific

Economic Cooperation (‘‘APEC’’)

members, the European Union (‘‘EU’’),

the Inter-American Telecommunications

Commission (‘‘CITEL’’), Japan, Korea,

Mexico and Taiwan. The USTR will

conclude the review by March 31, 2002.

DATES: Submissions must be received by

12 noon on January 28, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Gloria Blue, Executive

Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee,

ATTN: Section 1377 Comments, Office

of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20508

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth Schagrin, Office of Industry

and Telecommunications (202) 395–

5663; or Demetrios Marantis, Office of

the General Counsel (202) 395–7305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1377 requires the USTR to review

annually the operation and effectiveness

of all U.S. trade agreements regarding

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 an economy 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 whether:

(1) any WTO Member is acting

inconsistently with commitments under

the WTO Basic Telecommunications

Agreement (including the WTO

Reference Paper) or with other WTO

obligations (including the Annex on

Telecommunications), in a manner that

affects market opportunities for U.S.

telecommunications products and

services;

(2) Canada or Mexico has failed to

comply with NAFTA

telecommunications commitments

(including under Chapters 11, 12, and

13 of that agreement);

(3) APEC or CITEL members, the EU,

Japan, Korea, Mexico or Taiwan have

failed to abide by commitments under

additional telecommunications

agreements with the United States.1

(4) outstanding issues remains from

the 2000–2001 review conducted under

Section 1377.2

For further details on these

agreements, please see 63 FR 1140

(January 8, 1998).

Public Comment: Requirements for

Submissions

The USTR invites submissions

concerning the operation and

effectiveness of the WTO Basic

Telecommunications Agreement; the

NAFTA; and other telecommunications

trade agreements in force with respect to

the United States, including those with

APEC members, CITEL members, the

EU, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Taiwan.

Interested persons must provide

fifteen copies of any submission, in

English, to Gloria Blue, Office of the

United States Trade Representative, by

noon on January 23, 2002. Interested

parties must also identify on the first

page of the comments the

telecommunications trade agreement(s)

discussed therein.

All comments will be placed 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.

Confidential information submitted in

accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6, must be

clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS

CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a contrasting color

ink at the top of each page on each of

15 copies, and must be accompanied by

15 copies of a non-confidential

summary of the confidential

information. The non-confidential

summary will be placed in the USTR

Public Reading Room.

An appointment to review the

comments may be made by calling

Brenda Webb 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, N.W.

Carmen Suro-Bredie,

Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secreatry

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements

Filed During the Week Ending

December 7, 2001

The following Agreements were filed

with the Department of Transportation

under provisions of 49 U.S.C. sections

412 and 414. Answers may be filed

within 21 days after the filing of the

applications.

Docket Number: OST–2001–11085.

Date Filed: December 3, 2001.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC COMP 0881 dated 4 December

2001

Mail Vote 184 Resolution 010p

TC2/12/23/123 Special Passenger

Amending Resolution from

Lithuania.

Intended effective date: 1 February

2002.

Docket Number: OST–2001–11124.

Date Filed: December 7, 2001.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

TC23/TC123 Africa—TC3

Africa-South Asian Subcontinent,

Africa-South West Pacific

Mail Vote 180—Africa-South East

Asia

Mail Vote 181—Africa-Japan/Korea

PTC23 AFR–TC3 0141 dated 2

November 2001

Africa-South Asian Subcontinent

Resolutions r1–r12

PTC23 AFR–TC3 0142 dated 2

November 2001

Africa-South West Pacific Resolutions

r13–r24

PTC23 AFR–TC3 0138 dated 29

October 2001

Africa-South East Pacific Resolutions

r25–r36

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PTC23 AFR–TC3 0149 dated 23

November 2001 (Affirmative)

PTC23 AFR–TC3 0152 dated 30

November 2001

Africa-Japan/Korea Resolutions r37–

r59

MINUTES—PTC23 AFR–TC3 0146

dated 13 November 2001

TABLES—PTC23 AFR–TC3 Fares

0065 dated 13 November 2001

PTC23 AFR–TC3 Fares 0066 dated 13

November 2001

PTC23 AFR–TC3 Fares 0069 dated 23

November 2001

PTC23 AFR–TC3 Fares 0070 dated 7

December 2001.

Intended effective date: 1 April 2002.

Dorothy Y. Beard,

Federal Register Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Applications for Certificates

of Public Convenience and Necessity

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed

Under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q)

During the Week Ending December 7,

2001

The following applications for

certificates of public convenience and

necessity and foreign air carrier permits

were filed under Subpart B (formerly

Subpart Q) of the Department of

Transportation’s procedural regulations

(See 14 CFR 301.201 et seq.). The due

date for answers, conforming

applications, or motions to modify

scope are set forth below for each

application. Following the Answer

period, DOT may process the

application by expedited procedures.

Such procedures may consist of the

adoption of a show-cause order, a

tentative order, or in appropriate cases

a final order without further

proceedings.

Docket Number: OST–2001–11092.

Date Filed: December 4, 2001.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: December 26, 2001.

Description: Application of Northwest

Airlines, Inc., pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

sections 41108, 41102 and subpart B,

requesting the issuance of a certificate of

public convenience and necessity

authorizing it to engage in the

scheduled foreign air transportation of

persons, property and mail between a

point or points in the United States via

intermediate points to a point or points

in Poland and beyond. Northwest also

requests that the Department integrate

this certificate authority with all of

Northwest’s existing certificate and

exemption authority to the extent

consistent with U.S. bilateral

agreements and DOT policy.

Dorothy Y. Beard,

Federal Register Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activity

Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted

below has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

extension of the currently approved

collection. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and the

expected burden. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following

collection of information was published

on September 24, 2001, pages 48899 and

48900.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 28, 2002. A comment

to OMB is most effective if OMB

receives it within 30 days of

publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Street on (202) 267–9895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Title: Flight Data Recorder Resolution

Requirements.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

OMB Control Number: 2120–0669.

Forms(s): NA.

Affected Public: A total of 50 air

carriers and individual aircraft

operators.

Abstract: The FAA has issued a

special aviation regulation that will

provide relief from the flight data

recorder requirements of 14 CFR

121.344 and will request information

from airplane operators on which and

how many planes are not in compliance.

The information will be used by the

FAA to track compliance with the

underlying regulation, and to determine

who will be affected by any subsequent

FAA action to resolve the problems

described by the manufacturer.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An

estimated 67 hours annually.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention FAA

Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Department,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; the accuracy of

the Department’s estimates of the

burden of the proposed information

collection; ways to enhance the quality,

utility and clarity of the information to

be collected; and ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Issues in Washington, DC, on December 19,

2001.

Steve Hopkins,

Manager, Standards and Information

Division, APF–100.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activity

Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted

below has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

extension of the currently approved

collection. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and the

expected burden. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following

collection of information was published

on September 24, 2001, pages 48899 and

48900.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 28, 2002. A comment

to OMB is most effective if OMB

receives it within 30 days of

publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Street on (202) 267–9895.