[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71507-71510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34297]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Office of the Federal Register


Agreements In Force as of December 31, 1997 Between the American 
Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative 
Office in the United States

AGENCY: Office of the Federal Register, NARA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of agreements.

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SUMMARY: The American Institute in Taiwan has concluded a number of 
agreements with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office 
in the United States (formerly the Coordination Council for North 
American Affairs) in order to maintain cultural, commercial and other 
unofficial relations between the American people and the people of 
Taiwan. The Director of the Federal Register is publishing the list of 
these agreements on behalf of the American Institute in Taiwan in the 
public interest.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cultural, commercial and other unofficial 
relations between the American people and the people of Taiwan are 
maintained on a nongovernmental basis through the American Institute in 
Taiwan (AIT), a private nonprofit corporation created under the Taiwan 
Relations Act (Pub. L. 96-8; 93 Stat. 14). The Coordination Council for 
North American Affairs (CCNAA) was established as the nongovernmental 
Taiwan counterpart to AIT. On October 10, 1995 the CCNAA was renamed 
the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United 
States (TECRO).
    Under section 12 of the Act, agreements concluded between AIT and 
TECRO (CCNAA) are transmitted to the Congress, and according to 
sections 6 and 10(a) of the Act, such agreements have full force and 
effect under the law of the United States.
    The texts of the agreements are available from the American 
Institute in Taiwan, 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1700, Arlington, 
Virginia 22209. For further information, please telephone (703) 525-
8474, or fax (703) 841-1385.
    Following is a list of agreements between AIT and TECRO (CCNAA) 
which were in force as of December 31, 1997.

    Dated: December 21, 1998.
Barbara J. Schrage,
AIT Deputy Managing Director.

    Dated: December 22, 1998.
Raymond A. Mosley,
Director of the Federal Register.

AIT-TECRO Agreements

[In Force as of December 31, 1997 ]

Status of Tecro

    The Exchange of Letters concerning the change in the name of the 
Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) to the Taipei 
Economic and Cultural Representative

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Office in the United States (TECRO). Signed December 27, 1994 and 
January 3, 1995. Entered into force January 3, 1995.

Agriculture

    1. Guidelines for a cooperative program in the agriculture 
sciences. Signed January 15 and 28, 1986. Entered into force January 
28, 1986.
    2. Amendment amending the 1986 guidelines for a cooperative program 
in the agricultural sciences. Effected by exchange of letters September 
1 and 11, 1989. Entered into force September 11, 1989.
    3. Cooperative service agreement to facilitate fruit and vegetable 
inspection through their designated representatives, the United States 
Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) and the Taiwan Provincial Fruit Marketing Cooperative (TPFMC) 
supervised by the Taiwan Council of Agriculture (COA). Signed April 28, 
1993. Entered into force April 28, 1993.
    4. Memorandum of agreement concerning sanitary/phytosanitary and 
agricultural standards. Signed November 4, 1993. Entered into force 
November 4, 1993.

Aviation

    1. Memorandum of agreement concerning the arrangement for certain 
aeronautical equipment and services relating to civil aviation (NAT-I-
845), with annexes. Signed September 24 and October 23, 1981. Entered 
into force October 23, 1981.
    2. Amendment amending the memorandum of agreement concerning 
aeronautical equipment and services of September 24 and October 23, 
1981. Signed September 18 and 23, 1985. Entered into force September 3, 
1985.
    3. Agreement amending the memorandum of agreement of September 24 
and October 23, 1981, concerning aeronautical equipment and services. 
Signed September 23 and October 17, 1991. Entered into force October 
17, 1991.

Conservation

    1. Memorandum on cooperation in forestry and natural resources 
conservation. Signed May 23 and July 4, 1991. Entered into force July 
4, 1991.
    2. Memorandum on cooperation in soil and water conservation under 
the guidelines for a cooperative program in the agricultural sciences. 
Signed at Washington on October 5, 1992. Entered into force October 5, 
1992.
    3. Agreement on technical cooperation in conservation of flora and 
fauna. Signed February 24 and March 6, 1995. Entered into force March 
6, 1995.

Customs

    1. Agreement for technical assistance in customs operations and 
management, with attachment. Signed May 14 and June 1991. Entered into 
force June 4, 1991.
    2. Agreement on TECRO/AIT carnet for the temporary admission of 
goods. Signed June 25, 1996. Entered into force June 7, 1996.

Education and Culture

    1. Agreement amending the agreement for financing certain 
educational and cultural exchange programs of April 23, 1964. Effected 
by exchange of letters at Taipei on April 14 and June 4, 1979. Entered 
into force June 4, 1979.
    2. Agreement concerning the Taipei American School, with annex. 
Signed at Taipei February 3, 1983. Entered into force February 3, 1983.

Energy

    1. Agreement relating to the establishment of a joint standing 
committee on civil nuclear cooperation. Signed at Taipei October 3, 
1984. Entered into force October 3, 1984.
    2. Agreement amending and extending the agreement of October 3, 
1984, relating to the establishment of a joint standing committee on 
civil nuclear cooperation. Signed October 19, 1989. Entered into force 
October 19, 1989.
    3. Agreement Amending and Extending the Agreement between the 
American Institute in Taiwan and the Coordination Council for North 
American Affairs Relating to the Establishment of a Joint Standing 
Committee on Civil Nuclear Cooperation. Signed October 3, 1994. Entered 
into force October 3, 1994
    4. Agreement abandoning in place in Taiwan the Argonaut Research 
Reactor loaned to National Tsing Hua University. Signed November 28, 
1990.
    5. Agreement concerning safeguards arrangements for nuclear 
materials transferred from France to Taiwan. Effected by exchange of 
letters of February 12 and May 13, 1993. Entered into force May 13, 
1993.
    6. Agreement relating to participation in the USNRC program of 
severe accident research, with appendix. Signed February 18 and June 
24, 1993. Entered into force June 24, 1993; effective January 1, 1993.
    7. Agreement regarding participation in the Second USNRC 
International Piping Integrity Research Group Program, with addendum. 
Signed at Arlington and Washington February 7 and June 30, 1994. 
Entered into force June 30, 1994.
    8. Agreement relating to participation in the USNRC program of 
Thermal-Hydraulic Code applications and maintenance, with addendum. 
Signed at Arlington and Washington February 7 and June 30, 1994. 
Entered into force June 30, 1994.
    9. Memorandum of Agreement for release of an Energy and Power 
Evaluation Program (ENPEP) computer software package. Signed January 25 
and February 27, 1995. Entered into force February 27, 1995.
    10. Agreement amending the Agreement of February 7 and June 30, 
1994 Relating to Participation in the USNRC Program of Thermal-
Hydraulic Code Applications and Maintenance. Signed September 6 and 9, 
1996. Entered into force September 7, 1996.
    11. Agreement relating to participation in the USNRC program of 
severe accident research. Signed June 26 and 30, 1997. Entered into 
force June 30, 1997, effective January 1, 1997.

Environment

    1. Agreement for technical cooperation in the field of 
environmental protection, with implementing arrangement. Signed June 
21, 1993. Entered into force June 21, 1993.

Health

    1. Guidelines for a cooperative program in the biomedical sciences. 
Signed May 21, 1984. Entered into force May 21, 1984.
    2. Agreement amending the 1984 guidelines for a cooperative program 
in the biomedical sciences, with attachment. Signed April 20, 1989. 
Entered into force April 20, 1989.
    3. Agreement amending the 1984 guidelines for a cooperative program 
in the biomedical as sciences amended, with attachment. Signed August 
24, 1989. Entered into force August 24, 1989.
    4 Guidelines for a cooperative program in food hygiene. Signed 
January 15 and 28, 1985. Entered into force January 28, 1985.
    5. Guidelines for a cooperative program in public health and 
preventive medicine. Signed at Arlington and Washington June 30 and 
July 19, 1994. Entered into force July 19, 1994.
    6. Agreement for technical cooperation in vaccine and immunization-
related activities, with implementing arrangement. Signed at Washington 
October 6 and 7, 1994. Entered into force October 7, 1994.

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Intellectual Property

    1. Agreement concerning the protection and enforcement of rights in 
audiovisual works. Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and 
Washington June 6 and June 27, 1989. Entered into force June 27, 1989.
    2. Understanding concerning the protection of intellectual property 
rights. Signed at Washington June 5, 1992. Entered into force June 5, 
1992.
    3. Agreement for the protection of copyright, with appendix. Signed 
July 16, 1993. Entered into force July 16, 1993.
    4. Memorandum of understanding regarding the extension of priority 
filing rights for patent and trademark applications. Signed April 10, 
1996. Entered into force April 10, 1996.

Judicial Procedure

    1. Memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of 
criminal investigations prosecutions. Signed at Taipei October 5, 1992. 
Entered into force October 5, 1992.

Labor

    1. Guidelines for a cooperative program in labor affairs. December 
6, 1991. Entered into force December 6, 1991.
    2. Guidelines for a cooperative program in labor mediation and 
alternative dispute resolution. Signed April 7, 1995. Entered into 
force April 7. 1995.

Mapping

    1. Agreement concerning mapping, charting, and geodesy cooperation. 
Signed November 28, 1995. Entered into force November 28, 1995.

Maritime

    1. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the 1974 
Convention for the safety of life at sea. Effected by exchange of 
letters at Arlington and Washington August 17 and September 7, 1982. 
Entered into force September 7, 1982.
    2. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the 1969 
international convention on tonnage measurement. Effected by exchange 
of letters at Arlington and Washington May 13 and 26, 1983. Entered 
into force May 26, 1983.
    3. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the protocol of 
1978 relating to the 1974 international convention for the safety of 
life at sea. Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and 
Washington January 22 and 31, 1985. Entered into force January 31, 
1985.
    4. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the protocol of 
1978 relating to the international convention for the prevention of 
pollution from ships, 1973. Effected by exchange of letters at 
Arlington and Washington January 22 and 31, 1985. Entered into force 
January 31, 1985.
    4. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the 1966 
international convention on load lines. Effected by exchange of letters 
at Arlington and Washington March 26 and April 10, 1985. Entered into 
force April 10, 1985.
    5. Agreement concerning the operating environment for ocean 
carriers. Effected by exchange of letters at Washington and Arlington 
October 25 and 27, 1989. Entered into force October 27, 1989.

Postal

    1. Agreement concerning establishment of INTELPOST service. 
Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington April 19 
and November 26, 1990. Entered into force November 26, 1990.
    2. International business reply service agreement, with detailed 
regulations. Signed at Washington February 1992. Entered into force 
February 7, 1992.

Privileges and Immunities

    1. Agreement on privileges, exemptions and immunities, with 
addendum. Signed at Washington October 2, 1980. Entered into force 
October 2, 1980.
    2. Agreement governing the use and disposal of vehicles imported by 
the the American Institute in Taiwan and its personnel. Signed at 
Taipei April 21, 1986. Entered into force April 21, 1986.

Scientific & Technical Cooperation

    1. Agreement on scientific cooperation. Effected by exchange of 
letters at Arlington and Washington on September 4, 1980. Entered into 
force September 4, 1980.
    2. Agreement concerning renewal & extension of the 1980 agreement 
on scientific cooperation. Signed and accepted March 10, 1987. Entered 
into force March 10, 1987.
    3. Agreement for technical assistance in dam design and 
construction, with appendices. Signed August 24, 1987. Entered into 
force August 24, 1987.
    4. Agreement for a cooperative program in the sale and exchange of 
technical, scientific, and engineering information. Signed November 17, 
1987. Entered into force November 17, 1987.
    5. Agreement renewing and extending the agreement of November 17, 
1987, for a cooperative program in the sale and exchange of technical, 
scientific and engineering information. Signed and accepted August 8, 
1990. Entered into force August 8, 1990.
    6. Cooperative program on Hualien soil-structure interaction 
experiment. Signed and accepted September 28, 1990.
    7. Guidelines for a cooperative program in atmospheric research. 
Signed May 4, 1987. Entered into force May 4, 1987.
    8. Agreement for technical cooperation in meteorology and forecast 
systems development, with Implementing arrangements. Signed June 5 and 
28, 1990. Entered into force June 28, 1990.
    9. Agreement for technical cooperation in geodetic research and use 
of advanced geodetic technology, with Implementing arrangement. Signed 
January 11 and February 21, 1991. Entered into force February 21, 1991.
    10. Cooperative program in highway-related sciences. Signed October 
30, 1990 and January 7, 1992. Entered into force January 7, 1992.
    11. Agreement amending and extending the agreement of August 24, 
1987, for technical assistance in dam design and construction.
    *Name changed to Agreement for Technical Assistance in Areas of 
Water Resource Development. Signed May 11 and June 9, 1992. Entered 
into force June 9, 1992.
    12. Agreement for technical cooperation in seismology and 
earthquake monitoring systems development, with implementing 
arrangement. Signed July 22 and 24, 1992. Entered into force July 24, 
1992.
    13. Agreement amending the Agreement of August 24, 1987 for 
technical assistance in areas of water resource development. Signed 
August 30 and September 3, 1996. Entered into force September 3, 1996.
    14. Agreement concerning joint studies on reservoir sedimentation 
and sluicing, including computer modeling. Signed February 14 and March 
8, 1996. Entered into force March 8, 1996.
    15. Guidelines for a cooperative program in physical sciences. 
Signed January 2 and 10, 1997. Entered into force January 10, 1997.
    16. Agreement for scientific and technical cooperation in ocean 
climate research. Signed February 18, 1997. Entered into force February 
18, 1997.
    17. Agreement amending the agreement of August 24, 1987 for 
technical assistance in areas of water resource development. Signed 
October 14, 1997. Entered into force October 14, 1997.

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    18. Agreement for technical cooperation in scientific and weather 
technology systems support. Signed October 22 and November 5, 1997. 
Entered into force November 5, 1997.

Security of Information

    1. Protection of information agreement. Signed September 15, 1981. 
Entered into force September 15, 1981.

Taxation

    1. Agreement concerning the reciprocal exemption from income tax of 
income derived from the international operation of ships and aircraft. 
Effected by exchange of letters at Taipei May 31, 1988. Entered into 
force May 31, 1988.
    2. Agreement for technical assistance in tax administration, with 
appendices. Signed August 1, 1989. Entered into force August 1, 1989.

Trade

    1. Agreement concerning trade matters, with annexes. Effected by 
exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington October 24, 1979. 
Entered into force October 24, 1979; effective January 1, 1980.
    2. Agreement concerning trade matters. Effected by exchange of 
letters at Arlington and Washington December 31, 1981. Entered into 
force December 31, 1981.
    3. Agreement concerning measures that the CCNAA will undertake in 
connection with implementation of the GATT Customs Valuation Code. 
Effected by exchange of letters at Bethesda and Arlington August 22, 
1986. Entered into force August 22, 1986.
    4. Agreement concerning the export performance requirement 
affecting investment in the automotive sector. Effected by exchange of 
letters at Washington and Arlington of October 9, 1986. Entered into 
force October 9, 1986.
    5. Agreement concerning beer, wine and cigarettes. Signed at 
Washington December 12, 1986. Entered into force December 12, 1986; 
effective January 1, 1987.
    6. Agreement implementing the 1986 beer, wine and cigarettes 
agreement. Effected by exchange of letters at Taipei April 29, 1987. 
Entered into force April 29, 1987; effective January 1, 1987.
    7. Agreement regarding new requirements for health warning legends 
on cigarettes sold in the territory represented by CCNAA. Effected by 
exchange of letters at Washington and Arlington October 7 and 16, 1991. 
Entered into force October 16, 1991.
    8. Agreement concerning trade in whole turkeys, turkey parts, 
processed turkey products and whole ducks, with memorandum of 
understanding. Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and 
Washington of March 16, 1989. Entered into force March 16, 1989.
    9. Agreement concerning the protection of trade in strategic 
commodities and technical data, with memorandum of understanding. 
Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington December 4, 
1990 and April 8, 1991. Entered into force April 8, 1991.
    10. Administrative arrangement concerning the textile visa system. 
Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington April 18 
and May 1, 1991. Entered into force May 1, 1991.
    11. Memorandum of understanding concerning a new quota arrangement 
for cotton and man-made fiber trousers. Signed at Washington December 
18, 1992. Entered into force December 18, 1992.
    12. Memorandum of understanding on the exchange of information 
concerning commodity futures and options matters, with appendix. Signed 
January 11, 1993. Entered into force January 11, 1993.
    13. Agreement concerning a framework of principles and procedures 
for consultations regarding trade and investment, with annex. Signed at 
Washington September 19, 1994. Entered into force September 19, 1994.
    14. Visa arrangement concerning textiles and textile products. 
Effected by exchange of letters of April 30 and September 3, and 
September 23, 1997. Entered into force September 24, 1997.
    15. Agreement concerning trade in cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other non-cotton vegetable fiber textile products, with 
attachment. Effected by exchange of letters December 10, 1997. Entered 
into force December 10, 1997; effective January 1, 1998.
    16. Agreed minutes on government procurement issues. Signed 
December 17, 1997.

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