[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43280-43281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16195]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review, 
Application No. 02-00001.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has issued an Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to ROCACO INC., (``ROCACO'') dba REIS Network and 
World Business Exchange Network. This notice summarizes the conduct for 
which certification has been granted.

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 by 
E-mail at [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of 
Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations 
implementing Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (2001).
    The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA'') is issuing 
this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Department 
of Commerce to publish a summary of the Certificate in the Federal 
Register. Under section 305 (a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any 
person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days 
of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate district 
court of the United States to set aside the determination on the ground 
that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Certified Conduct

Export Trade

    1. Products. All products.
    2. Services. All services.
    3. Technology Rights. All intellectual property rights associated 
with Products or Services, including, but not limited to: patents, 
trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
    4. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as they Relate to the Export 
of Products, Services, and Technology Rights). 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).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

    ROCACO and/or its Member may:
    1. Develop Export Trading Companies who provide and/or arrange for 
the provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services;
    2. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect 
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute 
such information to clients;
    3. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales 
agreements with Suppliers for the export of Products, Services, and/or 
Technology Rights to Export Markets;
    4. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with 
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
    5. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers 
for the sale and/or licensing of Products, Services, and/or Technology 
Rights;
    6. Allocate export orders among Suppliers;
    7. Establish the price of Products, Services, and/or Technology 
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets;
    8. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of Technology Rights;
    9. Enter into contracts for shipping; and
    10. Exchange information on a one-to-one basis with individual 
Suppliers regarding inventories and near-term production schedules for 
the purpose of determining the availability of Products for export and 
coordinating export with its distributors.

Terms and Conditions of Certificate

    1. In engaging in Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation, 
neither ROCACO nor its Member will intentionally disclose, directly or 
indirectly, to any Supplier any information about any other Supplier's 
costs, production, capacity, inventories, domestic prices, domestic 
sales, or U.S. business plans, strategies, or methods that are not 
already generally available to the trade or public.
    2. ROCACO and its Member will comply with requests made by the 
Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce or the 
Attorney General for information or documents relevant to conduct under 
the Certificate. The Secretary of Commerce will request such 
information or documents when either the Attorney General or the 
Secretary of Commerce believes that the information or documents are 
required to determine that the Export Trade, Export Trade Activities, 
and Methods of Operation of a person protected by this Certificate of 
Review continue to comply with the standards of Section 303(a) of the 
Act.

Definitions

    1. ``Member,'' within the meaning of Section 325.2(1) of the 
Regulation, is The REIS Foundation.
    2. ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells 
Products, Services and/or Technology Rights.

Protection Provided by the Certificate

    This Certificate protects ROCACO, its Member, and their directors, 
officers, and employees acting on their behalf from private treble 
damage actions and government criminal and civil suits under U.S. 
federal and state antitrust laws for the export conduct specified in 
the Certificate and carried out during its effective period in 
compliance with its terms and conditions.
    A copy of this certificate will be kept in the International Trade 
Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility 
Room 4102, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: June 21, 2002.
Jeffrey C. Anspacher,
Director, Office of Export Trading, Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-16195 Filed 6-26-02; 8:45 am]
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