[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41514-41515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16873]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Deadline for Submission 
of Petitions for the 2000 Annual Country Eligibility Practices Review

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of the 2000 Annual GSP Country Eligibility Practices 
Review and Cancellation of the 2000 Annual GSP Product Review.

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SUMMARY: The deadline for the submission of petitions for the 2000 
Annual GSP Country Eligibility Practices Review is 5 p.m., Monday, 
August 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Room 518, 
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Announcement of 2000 Annual GSP Country Eligibility Practices 
Review and Cancellation of 2000 Annual GSP Product Review

    The GSP regulations (15 CFR Part 2007) provide the schedule of 
dates for conducting an annual review unless otherwise specified by a 
Federal Register notice. Notice is hereby given that, in order to be 
considered in the 2000 Annual GSP Country Eligibility

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Practices Review, all petitions to review the GSP status of any 
beneficiary developing country must be received by the GSP Subcommittee 
of the Trade Policy Staff Committee no later than 5 p.m., Monday, 
August 21, 2000. Petitions submitted after the deadline will not be 
considered for review and will be returned to the petitioner.
    Notice also is hereby given that the 2000 Annual GSP Product Review 
is canceled due to the extraordinary work that is required to conduct 
an accelerated review of products eligible to be designated under GSP 
for beneficiaries of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act.
    The GSP provides for the duty-free importation of designated 
articles when imported from designated beneficiary developing 
countries. The GSP is authorized by title V of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), as amended (the ``Trade Act''), and is 
implemented in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of November 24, 
1975, as modified by subsequent Executive Orders and Presidential 
Proclamations.

A. 2000 GSP Annual Country Eligibility Practices Review

    Interested parties may submit petitions to have the GSP status of 
any eligible beneficiary developing country reviewed with respect to 
any of the designation criteria listed in sections 502(b) or 502(c) of 
the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c)). Such petitions must comply 
with the requirements of 15 CFR 2007.01(b).

B. Submission of Petitions and Requests

    Petitions to modify GSP treatment should be addressed to GSP 
Subcommittee, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, 
NW., Room 518, Washington, DC 20508. An original and fourteen (14) 
copies of each petition must be submitted in English. If the petition 
contains business confidential information, an original and fourteen 
(14) copies of a nonconfidential version of the submission along with 
an original and fourteen (14) copies of the business confidential 
version must be submitted. In addition, the submission containing 
business confidential information should be clearly marked ``business 
confidential'' at the top and bottom of each and every page of the 
submission. Petitions submitted as ``business confidential'' must 
conform to 15 CFR 2003.6 and other qualifying information submitted in 
confidence must conform to 15 CFR 2007.7. The version that does not 
contain business confidential information (the public version) should 
also be clearly marked at the top and bottom of each (either page 
``public version'' or ``nonconfidential'').
    Only the public versions of the submissions will be available for 
public inspection and only by appointment. Appointments to review 
petitions may be made by contacting Ms. Brenda Webb (Tel. 202/395-6186) 
of the USTR Public Reading Room. The hours of the Reading Room are 9:30 
a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Jon Rosenbaum,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade and Development.
[FR Doc. 00-16873 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am]
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