[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-323]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

Trade Policy Staff Committee; Initiation of a Review To Consider 
Designation of Belarus as a Beneficiary Developing Country Under the 
Generalized System of Preferences; Solicitation of Public Comments 
Relating to the Designation Criteria

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment with respect to the eligibility 
of Belarus for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program.

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SUMMARY: The purposes of this notice is to announce the initiation of a 
review to consider whether Belarus satisfies criteria for designation 
as a beneficiary developing country under the GSP program, and to 
solicit public comment relating to the designation criteria.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 
17th Street, NW., room 517, Washington, DC 20506. The telephone number 
is (202) 395-6971. Public versions of all documents related to this 
review will be available for review by appointment with the USTR Public 
Reading Room shortly following the filing deadline. Appointments may be 
made from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. by calling (202) 395-
6186.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) has 
initiated a review to determine if Belarus meets the designation 
criteria of the GSP law and should be designated as a beneficiary. The 
GSP is provided for in the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
2461-2465). The designation criteria are listed in 19 U.S.C. 2462(a), 
2462(b) and 2462(c). Interested parties are invited to submit comments 
regarding the eligibility of Belarus for designation as a GSP 
beneficiary. The designation criteria mandate determinations related to 
participation in commodity cartels, preferential treatment provided by 
beneficiaries to other developed countries, expropriation without 
compensation, enforcement of arbitral awards, international terrorism, 
and internationally recognized worker rights. Other practices taken 
into account include market access for goods and services, investment 
practices and intellectual property rights.
    An original and fourteen (14) copies of comments regarding Belarus' 
eligibility may be submitted, in English, to the Chairman of the GSP 
Subcommittee, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 600 17th Street, NW., room 
517, Washington, DC 20506. Comments must be received no later than 5 
p.m. on January 12, 1994.
    Information and comments submitted regarding this notice will be 
subject to public inspection by appointment with the staff of the USTR 
Public Reading Room, except for information granted ``business 
confidential'' status pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.6. If the document 
contains business confidential information, an original and fourteen 
(14) copies of a nonconfidential version of the submission along with 
an original and (14) copies of the confidential version must be 
submitted. In addition, the document containing confidential 
information should be clearly marked ``confidential'' at the top and 
bottom of each and every page of the document. The version which does 
not contain business confidential information (the public version) 
should also be clearly marked at the top and bottom of each and every 
page (either ``public version'' or ``non-confidential'').
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-323 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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