[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32081]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-420]


Certain Beer Products; Notice of a Commission Determination not 
to Review an Initial Determination Terminating the Investigation on the 
Basis of a Consent Order; Issuance of Consent Order

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade 
Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative 
law judge's (``ALJ's'') initial determination (``ID'') granting the 
joint motion of complainant Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (``Anheuser-Busch'') 
and the sole remaining respondent, Budejovicky Budvar, N.P. 
(``Budvar''), to terminate the above-captioned investigation on the 
basis of a consent order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea C. Casson, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone (202) 
205-3105. Copies of the ALJ's ID and all other nonconfidential 
documents filed in connection with this investigation are or will be 
available for inspection during official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 
5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade 
Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-
2000. Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on this 
matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 
202-205-1810. General information concerning the Commission may also be 
obtained by accessing its Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 27, 1999, the Commission instituted 
this investigation based on a complaint filed by Anheuser-Busch, 
alleging a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the 
importation and sale of certain beer products by reason of infringement 
of U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 922,481, 952,277, or 666,637. 64 FR 
30058. Two firms were named as respondents: Argen-Wine Imports, Ltd. of 
Belcamp, Maryland and Budvar of the Czech Republic.
    On July 26, 1999, the ALJ issued an ID terminating the 
investigation as to Argen on the basis of a consent order stipulation 
and proposed consent order. The Commission did not review that ID and 
it became the determination of the Commission on August 26, 1999.
    On October 21, 1999, complainant Anheuser-Busch and Budvar, the 
only remaining respondent, filed a joint motion to terminate the 
investigation on the basis of a consent order stipulation and proposed 
consent order. The Commission investigative attorney supported the 
motion.
    On November 3, 1999, the ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 14) 
terminating the investigation based on the joint stipulation and 
proposed consent order. No party petitioned for review of the ID 
pursuant to 19 CFR 210.43(a), and the Commission found no basis for 
ordering a review on its own initiative pursuant to 19 CFR 210.44. The 
ID thus became the determination of the Commission pursuant to 19 CFR 
210.42(h)(3). In response to a concern raised by the IA and the ALJ 
regarding activities prohibited by the consent order, the Commission 
notes that any enforcement of the consent order would be limited to 
products within the scope of the investigation.
    This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and Commission rule 
210.42, 19 CFR 210.42.

    Issued: December 3, 1999.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32081 Filed 12-9-99; 8:45 am]
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