[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 38416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18558]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Meeting With Interested Public on the Export of Agricultural 
Commodities to Cuba and the Export of Agricultural Commodities, 
Medicines and Medical Devices to Iran, Libya and Sudan

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) will hold a meeting 
on July 26, 2001 for those companies and organizations that have an 
interest in exporting agricultural commodities to Cuba and agricultural 
commodities, medicines and medical devices to Iran, Libya and Sudan 
under the new procedures established in rules published on July 12, 
2001 (66 FR 36676). U.S. Government officials will provide information 
at this meeting on how to apply for export of such items to these 
destinations.

Time & Date: The meeting will be held July 26, 2001 at 3 p.m.
    Place: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Main Auditorium, 14th Street between 
Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    In order to prepare for those of you who plan to attend the 
meeting, please provide your name and company or organizational 
affiliation to fax numbers (202) 482-6088 or (202) 482-4094, Attn: TSRA 
Briefing, or call (202) 482-3283. For further information, please 
contact John Bolsteins at BXA on (202) 482-3283 or (202) 482-4252.
    Status: This meeting will be open to the public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 12, 2001, the Bureau of Export Administration published a 
rule in the Federal Register to implement certain provisions of the 
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSRA) of 2000. The 
TSRA requires the President to terminate existing U.S. unilateral 
agricultural and medical sanctions and also provides that the export of 
agricultural commodities, medicines and medical devices to designated 
terrorist countries be made in accordance with the licensing regime 
described in that Act. The Department of Commerce is implementing TSRA 
as it relates to exports of agricultural commodities to Cuba. The 
Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is 
implementing TSRA as it relates to exports to Iran, Libya, and Sudan of 
agricultural commodities, medicines and medical devices that are not 
specifically identified on the CCL and are classified as EAR99. OFAC 
representatives will be available at the meeting to answer any 
questions related to OFAC's implementation of TSRA. These rules will go 
into effect on July 26, 2001.

Brian Nilsson,
Acting Director, Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls.
[FR Doc. 01-18558 Filed 7-23-01; 8:45 am]
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