[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31348-31349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14548]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service


Dates and Draft Agenda of the Ninth Session of the Scientific 
Subcommittee of the World Customs Organization

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of the dates and draft agenda of the ninth session 
of the Scientific Subcommittee of the World Customs Organization.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the dates and draft agenda for the next 
session of the Scientific Subcommittee of the World Customs 
Organization.

DATES: June 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ira Reese, Office of Laboratories and 
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs Service (202-927-1060).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The United States is a contracting party to the International 
Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 
(``Harmonized System Convention''). The Harmonized Commodity 
Description and Coding System (``Harmonized System''), an international 
nomenclature system, forms the core of the U.S. tariff, the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States. The Harmonized System Convention 
is under the jurisdiction of the World Customs Organization (``WCO'') 
(established as the Customs Cooperation Council).
    Article 6 of the Harmonized System Convention establishes a 
Harmonized System Committee (``HSC''). The HSC is composed of 
representatives from each of the contracting parties to the Harmonized 
System Convention. The HSC's responsibilities include issuing 
classification decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized 
System. Those decisions may take the form of published tariff 
classification opinions concerning the classification of an article 
under the Harmonized System or amendments to the Explanatory Notes to 
the Harmonized System. The HSC also considers amendments to the legal 
text of the Harmonized System. The HSC meets twice a year in Brussels, 
Belgium.
    The HSC is often assisted in its technical work by the Scientific 
Subcommittee (``SSC''). The SSC is an advisory body of the WCO on 
questions involving technical matters. Generally, its members are 
representatives from the customs laboratories of WCO members. The SSC 
assists the HSC by providing technical advice on questions referred to 
it by the HSC. The SSC usually meets once a year in Brussels, Belgium. 
This year, however, it will meet twice (as it already met last 
January). The next session of the SSC will be its ninth, and it will be 
held from June 26 to June 30, 1995.
    The U.S. Department of the Treasury, represented by the U.S. 
Customs Service, will represent the U.S. government at the sessions of 
the SSC.
    Set forth below is the draft agenda for the next session of the 
SSC. Copies of available agenda-item documents may be obtained from the 
above-listed individual. Comments on agenda items may be directed to 
that same individual.
Lyal V.S. Hood,
Acting Director, Office of Laboratories and Scientific Services.

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Attachment: Attachment A
Draft Agenda for the Ninth Session of the Scientific Sub-Committee

From: Monday, 26 June 1995 (10 a.m.)
To: Friday, 30 June 1995

I. Adoption of the Agenda                                               
    Draft Agenda......................................  Doc. 39.433     
II. Technical Questions                                                 
    1. Classification of quartz derived from acid- and  Doc. 39.453     
     heat-treated alaskite ores.                                        
    2. Possible amendments to the Nomenclature to       Doc. 39.435     
     clarify the classification of butyl titanate.                      
    3. Scope of the term ``sugars''...................  Doc. 39.436     
    4. Classification of certain vitamin-based          Doc. 39.438     
     preparations.                                                      
    5. Possible amendments to the Explanatory Note to   Doc. 39.439     
     heading 29.22.                                                     
    6. Analytical methods and criteria for              Doc. 39.440     
     distinguishing between concentrated and normal                     
     fruit juices.                                                      
    7. Possible amendments to the Explanatory Note to   Doc. 39.441     
     heading 29.38: glycosides.                                         
    8. Classification of ``Gamma Grip'' and ``Gamma Hi- Doc. 39.452     
     Tech''.                                                            
    9. Divergent classification concerning certain INN  Doc. 39.379     
     products and pharmaceutical intermediates.                         
    10. Classification and chemical nomenclature of     Doc. 39.446     
     certain toxic/dangerous chemicals controlled by                    
     the Chemical Weapons Convention.                                   
    11. Scope of the term ``derivatives''.............  Doc. 39.444     
    12. Draft Recommendation and possible amendments    Doc. 39.445     
     to the Explanatory Notes concerning narcotic                       
     drugs, and psychotropic substances and their                       
     precursors.                                                        
    13. Amendments to the Explanatory Notes concerning  Doc. 39.454     
     the chemical names.                                                
III. General Questions                                                  
    1. Draft Sections of the Customs Laboratory Guide:                  
        a. Operation activities (I) of a standard       Doc. 39.359     
         Customs laboratory.                                            
        b. Operation activities (II) of a standard      Doc. 39.448     
         Customs laboratory.                                            
        c. Laboratory equipment, instruments and        Doc. 39.449     
         apparatus.                                                     
        d. Illicit Drug analysis......................  Doc. 39.450     
    2. Technical Assistance regarding the                               
     Establishment or Improvement of Customs                            
     Laboratories in Developing Countries:                              
        Demand for Technical Assistance by Developing   Doc. 39.451     
         Countries.                                                     
                                                                        

[FR Doc. 95-14548 Filed 6-13-95; 8:45 am]
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