[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10520]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3608]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Study Group on Franchising Disclosure: Meeting Notice

    There will be a public meeting of a study group of the Secretary of 
State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law on Thursday, 
May 10, 2001, to consider the draft Model Franchising Disclosure Law, 
as prepared by an international working group convened under the 
authority of the International Institute for the Unification of Private 
Law (UNIDROIT). The meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 
in room 100 of the International Law Institute, 1615 New Hampshire 
Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20009. The meeting will be in coordination 
with the American Bar Association and the International Bar 
Association.
    The purpose of the Study Group meeting is to assist the Department 
of State in determining the U.S. negotiating position for the first 
session of a Committee of Governmental Experts convened for the 
preparation of a draft Model Franchise Disclosure Law to be held in 
Rome from June 25-29, 2001.
    The text prepared by the international working group convened under 
UNIDROIT authority will constitute the basic working document of the 
Committee of Governmental Experts. A copy of the preliminary draft 
model law, and a draft explanatory report, is available on UNIDROIT's 
website. These documents may be found at http://www.unidroit.org. 
Persons interested in the work of the study group or in attending the 
May 10 meeting may also request copies from Ms. Rosie Gonzales by fax 
at 202-776-8482, by telephone at 202-776-8420 (you may leave your 
request, name, telephone number, email, or mailing address on the 
answering machine), or by email at [email protected]>. Email is the 
quickest and most efficient way to transmit the documents.
    The study group meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of 
the meeting room. Persons wishing to attend should contact Ms. Gonzales 
by telephone, fax, or email, providing their name, affiliation, 
telephone and fax numbers, and email address. Any person who is unable 
to attend, but wishes to have his or her views considered, may send 
comments to Mary Helen Carlson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law (L/PIL), at the 
above fax number or email address, or may address them to Ms. Carlson 
at Room 357, South Building, 2430 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037-
2851.

Mary Helen Carlson,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private 
International Law, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-10520 Filed 4-24-01; 3:25 pm]
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