[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10147-10148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4444]



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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 the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a 
Beneficiary of the GSP Program; 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 the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the GSP program.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initiation of a review to consider 
the designation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a beneficiary of 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, N.W., Room 513, Washington, D.C. 20506. The telephone 
number is (202) 395-6971.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) has 
initiated a review to determine if the West Bank and Gaza Strip meet 
the designation criteria of the GSP law and should be designated as a 
beneficiary for purposes of the GSP program, 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 the West Bank and Gaza Strip for designation as a 
GSP beneficiary. The designation criteria mandate determinations 
related to such practices as: 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 include: 
the extent of market access for goods and services, investment 
practices and protection of intellectual property rights.
    Comments must be submitted in 15 copies, in English, to the 
Chairman of the GSP Subcommittee, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 600 
17th Street, N.W., Room 513, Washington, D.C. 20506. Comments must be 
received no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 1995. Information 
and comments submitted regarding the West Bank and Gaza Strip will be 
subject to public [[Page 10148]] 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, 15 copies of a 
nonconfidential version of the submission along with 15 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. 95-4444 Filed 2-17-95; 2:20 pm]
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