[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15358-15359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7786]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has 
received an application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This 
notice summarizes the conduct for which certification is sought and 
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Office 
of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
by telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-
mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. An Export Trade Certificate 
of Review protects the holder and the members identified in the 
Certificate from state and federal government antitrust actions and 
from private treble damage antitrust actions for the export conduct 
specified in the Certificate and carried out in compliance with its 
terms and conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Export Trading Company 
Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a 
notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and 
summarizing its proposed export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

    Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the 
determination whether a Certificate should be issued. If the comments 
include any privileged or confidential business information, it must be 
clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments 
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked 
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be 
nonconfidential. An original and five (5) copies, plus two (2) copies 
of the nonconfidential version, should be submitted no later than 20 
days after the date of this notice to: Office of Export Trading Company 
Affairs, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 
Room 1104H, Washington, DC 20230. Information submitted by any person 
is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. 552). However, nonconfidential versions of the comments will be 
made available to the applicant if necessary for determining whether or 
not to issue the Certificate. Comments should refer to this application 
as ``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 02-00001.'' 
A summary of the application follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: ROCACO INC., dba REIS Network & World Business Exchange 
Network, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, California 
90045.
    Contact: Roosevelt Roby, Founder and Chairman.
    Telephone: (310) 829-2606.
    Application No.: 02-00001.
    Date Deemed Submitted: March 18, 2002.
    Members (in addition to applicant): The REIS Foundation, Los 
Angeles, CA.
    ROCACO INC., dba REIS Network and World Business Exchange Network 
seeks a Certificate to cover the following specific Export Trade, 
Export Markets, and Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operations.

Export Trade

1. Products
    All products.
2. Services
    All services.
3. Technology Rights
    Technology Rights, including, but not limited to, patents, 
trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets that relate to Products and 
Services.
4. Export Trade Facilitation Services
    Export Trade Facilitation Services include professional services in 
the areas of government relations and assistance with state and federal 
programs; foreign trade and business protocol; consulting; market 
research and analysis; collection and dissemination of information on 
trade opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint ventures; export 
management; export licensing; advertising; documentation and services 
related to compliance with customs requirements; insurance and 
financing; trade show exhibitions and seminars; organizational 
development; management and labor strategies; transfer of technology 
and facilitating transportation and shipping.

Export Markets

    The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).
    Applicant seeks to have the following export conduct certified:
    1. To promote all Products and Services suitable for Export Trade;
    2. To recruit and train individuals, companies and entrepreneurs on 
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methods of facilitating the exportation of goods and service produced 
in the U.S.;
    3. To stimulate productive business attitudes and create well-
developed export trade intermediaries;
    4. To assist in creating and maintaining manufacturing and other 
trade related jobs to achieve economies of scale and acquire expertise 
enabling them to export goods and services profitably;
    5. To participate in those activities of State and local government 
authorities which initiate, facilitate or expand exports of goods and 
services for the expansion of total U.S. exports; as well as for 
experimentation in the development of innovative export programs keyed 
to local, State and regional economic needs;
    6. Be able to draw upon the resources, expertise and knowledge of 
the United States banking system, both in the U.S. and abroad;
    7. Work closely with the Department of Commerce for the development 
and promotion of U.S. exports, and especially for facilitating the 
export of finished products by U.S. manufacturers;
    8. Promote Technology Rights, including, but not limited to, 
patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, that relate to 
Products and Services;
    9. Provide Export Trade Facilitation Services (as they relate to 
the Export of Products, Services, and Technology Rights);
    10. With respect to the sale of Products and Services, licensing of 
Technology Rights and provisions of Export Trade Facilitation Services, 
Applicant may:
    a. Develop Export Trading Companies who provide and/or arrange for 
the provisions of Export Trade Facilitation Services;
    b. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect 
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute 
such information to clients;
    c. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales 
agreements with Suppliers for the export of Products, Services, and/or 
Technology Rights in Export Markets;
    d. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with 
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
    e. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers 
for the sale and/or licensing of Products, Services, and/or Technology 
Rights;
    f. Allocate export orders among Suppliers.
    11. Applicant may:
    a. Establish the price of Products, Services, and/or Technology 
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets;
    b. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of Technology Rights; or
    c. Enter into contracts for shipping.
    12. Applicant and individual Suppliers may regularly exchange 
information on a one-on-one basis regarding that Supplier's inventories 
and near-term production schedules in order that the availability of 
Products for export can be determined and effectively coordinated by 
applicant with its distributor trainees in Export Markets.

Definitions

    1. ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells a 
Product and/or Service.

    Dated: March 27, 2002.
Jeffrey C. Anspacher,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-7786 Filed 3-29-02; 8:45 am]
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