[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4869]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

February 24, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending 
participation in the Special Access Program.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) 
has determined that OshKosh B'Gosh has violated the requirements for 
participation in the Special Access Program, and has suspended OshKosh 
B'Gosh from participation in the Program for the period March 1, 2000 
through August 31, 2000.
    Through the letter to the Commissioner of Customs published below, 
CITA directs the Commissioner to prohibit entry of products under the 
Special Access Program by or on behalf of OshKosh B'Gosh during the 
period March 1, 2000 through August 31, 2000, and to prohibit entry by 
or on behalf of OshKosh B'Gosh under the Program of products 
manufactured from fabric exported from the United States during that 
period.
    Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are 
available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3, 
1998.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 24, 2000.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: The purpose of this directive is to notify 
you that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
has suspended OshKosh B'Gosh from participation in the Special 
Access Program for the period March 1, 2000 through August 31, 2000. 
You are therefore directed to prohibit entry of products under the 
Special Access Program by or on behalf of OshKosh B'Gosh during the 
period March 1, 2000 through August 31, 2000. You are further 
directed to prohibit entry of products under the Special Access 
Program by or on behalf of OshKosh B'Gosh manufactured from fabric 
exported from the United States during the period March 1, 2000 
through August 31, 2000.
    Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-4869 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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