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[FR Doc No: 94-15607]


[Federal Register: June 28, 1994]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Initiation of a Review 
To Consider the Designation of Armenia as a Beneficiary Developing 
Country Under the GSP; Solicitation of Public Comments Relating to the 
Designation Criteria

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice and solicitation of public comment with respect to the 
eligibility of Armenia for the GSP program.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initiation of a review to consider 
the designation of Armenia as a beneficiary developing country under 
the GSP program and solicits 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) has 
initiated a review to determine if Armenia meets the designation 
criteria of the GSP law and should be designated as a beneficiary 
developing country for purposes of the GSP, which is provided for in 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2461-2465). The 
designation criteria are listed in sections 502(a), 502(b), and 502(c) 
of the Act. Interested parties are invited to submit comments regarding 
the eligibility of Armenia for designation as a GSP beneficiary. The 
designation criteria mandate determinations related to participation in 
commodity cartels, preferential treatment provided to other developed 
countries, expropriation without compensation, enforcement of arbitral 
awards, support of international terrorism, and protection of 
internationally recognized worker rights. Other practices taken into 
account relate to the extent of market access for goods and services, 
investment practices and protection of intellectual property rights.
    Comments must be submitted in 14 copies, 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 Wednesday, August 3, 1994. Information 
and comments submitted regarding Armenia 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, 14 copies of a nonconfidential version of the 
submission along with 14 copies of the confidential version must be 
submitted. In addition, the submission 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. 94-15607 Filed 6-27-94; 8:45 am]
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