[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 22050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11052]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Export Trade Certificate of Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an 
application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice 
summarizes the application and requests comments relevant to whether 
the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Dawn Busby, Director, Office of 
Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
202/482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. A Certificate of Review 
protects the holder and the members identified in the Certificate from 
State and Federal Government antitrust actions and from private, treble 
damage antitrust actions for the export conduct specified in the 
Certificate and carried out in compliance with its terms and 
conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require 
the Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying 
the applicant and summarizing its proposed export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

    Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the 
determination whether an amended Certificate should be issued. An 
original and five (5) copies should be submitted no later than 20 days 
after the date of this notice to: Office of Export Trading Company 
Affairs, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 
Room 1800H, Washington, DC 20230. Information submitted by any person 
is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. 552). Comments should refer to this application as ``Export 
Trade Certificate of Review, application number 95-00001.''

Summary of the Application

Applicant: VINEX International, Inc., 1407 Foothill Blvd., Suite 105, 
La Verne, CA 91750
Application No.: 95-00001
Date Deemed Submitted: April 26, 1995.

    VINEX International, Inc. seeks a Certificate to cover the 
following specific Export Trade, Export Markets, and Export Trade 
Activities and Methods of Operations.

Export Trade

Products

    All products.

Services

    All services.

Technology Rights

    Technology rights, including, but not limited to, patents, 
trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, that relate to Products and 
Services.

Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of 
Products, Services, and Technology Rights)

    Export Trade Facilitation Services include professional services in 
the areas of government relations and assistance with State and Federal 
programs; foreign trade and business protocol; consulting; market 
research and analysis; collection of information on trade 
opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint ventures; shipping; 
export management; export licensing; advertising; documentation and 
services related to compliance with Customs requirements; insurance and 
financing; trade show exhibitions; organizational development; 
management and labor strategies; transfer of technology; 
transportation; and facilitating the formation of shippers 
associations.
Export Markets

    The export markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

    1. With respect to the sale of Products and Services, licensing of 
Technology Rights and provisions of Export Trade Facilitation Services, 
VINEX International, Inc. may:
    a. Provide and/or arrange for the provision of Export Trade 
Facilitation Services;
    b. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect 
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute 
such information to clients;
    c. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales 
agreements with suppliers for the export of Products, Services, and/or 
Technology Rights in Export Markets;
    d. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with 
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
    e. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among suppliers 
for the sale and/or licensing of products, services, and/or Technology 
Rights;
    f. Allocate export orders among suppliers;
    g. Establish the price of Products, Services, and/or Technology 
Rights for sale and/or licensing in Export Markets;
    h. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of Technology Rights;
    i. Enter into contracts for shipping; and
    j. Exchange information on a one-on-one basis with individual 
suppliers regarding inventories and near-term production schedules for 
the purpose of determining the availability of Products for export and 
coordinating exports with distributors.

    Dated: April 28, 1995.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-11052 Filed 5-3-95; 8:45 am]
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