[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79571-79572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32950]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending 
participation in the Special Access Program.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Stetson, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) 
has determined that Fieldston Clothes, Inc. has violated the 
requirements for participation in the Special Access Program and has 
suspended Fieldston Clothes, Inc. from participation in the Program for 
the one-year period, January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003.
    Through the letter to the Commissioner of Customs published below, 
CITA directs the Commissioner to prohibit entry of products under the 
Special Access Program by or on behalf of Fieldston Clothes, Inc. 
during the period from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003, and 
to prohibit entry by or on behalf of Fieldston Clothes, Inc. under the 
Special Access

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Program of products manufactured from fabric exported from the United 
States during that period.
    Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are 
available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3, 
1998.

Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements,
Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 
20229.
    Dear Commissioner: The purpose of this directive is to notify 
you that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
has suspended Fieldston Clothes, Inc. from participation in the 
Special Access Program for the period from January 1, through 
December 31, 2003. You are therefore directed to prohibit entry of 
products under the Special Access Program by or on behalf of 
Fieldston Clothes, Inc. during the period from January 1, 2003 
through December 31, 2003. You are further directed to prohibit 
entry of products under the Special Access Program by or on behalf 
of Fieldston Clothes, Inc. manufactured from fabric exported from 
the United States during the period from January 1, 2003 through 
December 31, 2003.

Sincerely,

Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

[FR Doc. 02-32950 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]
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