[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 24689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11480]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Notice With Respect To List of Countries Denying Fair Market 
Opportunities for Government-Funded Airport Construction Projects

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice with respect to a list of counties denying fair market 
opportunities for products and suppliers of the United States in 
airport construction procurements.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 533 of the Airport and Airway Improvement 
Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 50104), the United States Trade 
Representative (``USTR'') has determined not to include any countries 
on the list of countries that deny fair market opportunities for U.S. 
products, suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport 
construction projects.

DATES: Effective May 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th 
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Ellis, Director of Government 
Procurement Issues, (202) 395-3063; or Stephen Kho, Assistant General 
Counsel, (202) 395-3581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 533 of the Airport and Airway 
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended by section 115 of the Airport and 
Airway safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987, Pub. L. 100-223 
(codified at 49 U.S.C. 50104) (``the Act''), requires USTR to decide by 
May 1, 1999, whether any foreign countries have denied fair market 
opportunities to U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in connection 
with airport construction projects of $500,000 or more that are funded 
in whole or in part by the governments of such countries. The list of 
such countries must be published in the Federal Register. For the 
purposes of the Act, USTR has decided not to include any countries on 
the list of countries that deny fair market opportunities for U.S. 
products, suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport 
construction projects.
Charlene Barshefsky,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 99-11480 Filed 5-6-99; 8:45 am]
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