[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7092-7093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4284]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review; Notice of Application

SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has 
received an application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This 
notice summarizes the conduct for which certification is sought 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 a 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, D.C. 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 96-00001.'' A summary of the application 
follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Trustech, Inc., 611 West 6th Street, AT&T Center #2151, 
Los Angeles, California 90017-3101.
    Contact: Don K. Pyon, Chief Executive Officer.
    Telephone: (213) 896-0099.
    Application No.: 96-00001.
    Date Deemed Submitted: February 15, 1996.
    Members (in addition to applicant): Don K. Pyon, Chief Executive 
Officer and Ik Hwan Son, President.
    Trustech, Inc. seeks a Certificate to cover the following specific 
Export Trade, Export Markets, and Export Trade Activities and Methods 
of Operations.

Export Trade

1. Products

    (A) U.S. MADE WEAPON SYSTEMS AND THEIR SPARE PARTS (including but 
not limited to: All Types of Small Arms and Equipment for Army Special 
Operations Forces (ARSOF), Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designation 
(TIALD) System, Special Operations Communication Assemblages (SOCA), 
Tactical Missile and Precision Strike Munitions, Brilliant Anti-Armor 
Submission (BAT), Improved TOW Weapon System (TOW-2B), Multiple Launch 
Rocket System (MLRS)-M270, Improved Fire Control System (IFCS), Sense 
and Destroy Armor (SADARM), Hellfire II Missile, and HYDRA 70 Rocket 
System for Cobra Helicopters);
    (B) MILITARY AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND SPARE PARTS;
    (C) MILITARY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING FIELD TRANSMITTERS AND 
RADARS (including but not limited to: Battlefield Surveillance Systems, 
Upgraded E-3 AWACS Sentry with situation display consoles (SDC), a 
better Radar Jamming System, Upgraded Joint Tactical Information 
Distribution System (JTIDS), Tactical Digital Information Link (TADIL), 
AN/TPQ-36(37) Mortar Locating Radar, Hunter Short-Range Unmanned Aerial 
Vehicle (UAV), NAVSTAR Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Artillery 
Target Survey Systems, Moving Target Firing Systems, Fire Range 
Distance Surveyor Systems, Battlefield Communications (Tactical 
Transmitters), Digital Transmission Assemblages (AN/TRC Series), 
Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS), Army Data 
Distribution System (ADDS), Satellite Tactical Communications (SATCOM), 
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems (SINCGARS), and Army 
Tactical Command and Control System (ATCCS));
    (D) NIGHT VISIONS FOR COMBAT PERSONNELS AND THERMO WEAPON SIGHT 
(including but not limited to: Second Generation Forward-Looking 
Infrared Radar (FLIR), Night Visions for Aviators, Mini Eyesafe Laser 
Infrared Observation Set, Thermo Weapon Sight, and Night Vision Goggle 
and Infra Red Aiming Light);
    (E) MILITARY TRAINING AND SIMULATION SYSTEMS (including but not 
limited to: Tank/APC Driving Training System, War Game Simulation-Short 
Range, Tracking Training Set, Artillery L/O Set, Electronic Warfare 
Training Systems, and TOW Firing Training Systems);
    (F) C4I SYSTEMS AND ITS COMPONENTS; and
    (G) ALL KINDS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SURPLUS ITEMS-SALES BY THE 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S DEFENSE REUTILIZATION MARKETING SERVICE 
(including but not limited to: metal scrap, waste paper-recyclable, 
used and unused aircraft parts and components).

2. Services

    All services.

3. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of 
Products and Services)

    All trade-facilitating services in connection with the export of 
Products, including but not limited to consulting, financing, 
insurance, advertising, foreign exhibiting and demonstration, trade 
documentation, countertrade and offsetting services, packing and 
crating, assembly, customs brokerage, market research and coordination.

Export Markets

    The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States 

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(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

    Trustech, Inc. may:
    1. Coordinate the participation of various domestic Suppliers in 
foreign trade exhibitions through the sharing of trade information that 
is generally available to the public.
    2. Provide Export Trade Facilitation Services to domestic 
Suppliers.
    3. Enter into exclusive agreements with domestic Suppliers to 
arrange for the export of Products to foreign customers in response to 
foreign invitations to bid. ``Exclusive'' means that Trustech, Inc. may 
agree not to represent any competitors of the Supplier without the 
Supplier's authorization, and the Supplier may agree not to otherwise 
sell, directly or indirectly, into Export Markets in which Trustech, 
Inc. serves the Supplier.
    4. Enter into exclusive agreements with foreign customers to select 
domestic Suppliers of Products in order to match foreign buyer 
specifications. ``Exclusive'' means that Trustech, Inc. may agree to 
sell Products only to that foreign customer, and that foreign customer 
may agree not to buy those Products from anyone other than Trustech, 
Inc.
    5. Establish export prices for domestic Suppliers seeking to 
respond to a foreign bid opportunity.
    6. Contract with other Export Intermediaries and consultants for 
the arrangement of the export of the Products of domestic Suppliers to 
the Export Markets.
    7. Meet and negotiate with domestic Suppliers concerning the terms 
of their participation in each bid, invitation or request to bid, or 
other sales opportunity in the Export Markets.

Definitions

    1. ``Export Intermediary'' means a person who acts as a 
distributor, sales representative, sales or marketing agent, or broker, 
or who performs similar functions, including providing or arranging for 
the provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services.
    2. ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells a 
Product and/or Service.

    Dated: February 20, 1996.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-4284 Filed 2-23-96; 8:45 am]
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