[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 241 (Friday, December 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30857]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Renewal of Treatment on Government Procurement of Products From 
Countries Designated Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Renewal of treatment on government procurement of products from 
countries designated under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

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    Under the authority delegated to me by the President in section 1-
201 of Executive Order 12260 of December 31, 1980, I hereby direct that 
products of countries, listed below, designated by the President as 
beneficiaries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 
U.S.C. 2701, et seq.), with the exception of the Dominican Republic, 
Honduras, and Panama, shall continue to be treated as eligible products 
for purposes of section 1-101 of the Executive Order. Such treatment 
shall not apply to products originating in these countries that are 
excluded from duty free treatment under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b). Decisions on 
the continued application of this treatment will be based on ongoing 
evaluation of beneficiaries' efforts to improve domestic procurement 
practices, on their support for relevant international initiatives, 
such as those in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Working Group on 
Transparency in Government Procurement and the Free Trade Area of the 
Americas (FTAA) Negotiating Group on Government Procurement, and on 
their progress toward acceding to the WTO Government Procurement 
Agreement. Beneficiaries' performance with respect to the foregoing 
factors will be analyzed annually in September, although changes in the 
application of this treatment may be made at any time. Notice of any 
changes in this treatment with respect to any beneficiary will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    List of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries for Purpose 
of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA): Antigua and 
Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, 
the Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, 
Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, 
Saint Kitts-Nevis, British Virgin Islands.

Robert B. Zoellick,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 01-30857 Filed 12-13-01; 8:45 am]
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