[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 109 (Friday, June 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 34029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14308]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 4350]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Study Group on International Jurisdiction and Judgments; Notice of 
Meeting

    There will be a public meeting of the Study Group on International 
Jurisdiction and Judgments of the Secretary of State's Advisory 
Committee on Private International Law, on Monday June 16, from 9 a.m. 
to 12:30 p.m. at 1300 I Street, NW., Suite 400 West, Washington DC. 
Registration will be from 9 to 9:30 a.m., with the business meeting 
beginning promptly at 9:30 a.m.
    The Hague Conference on Private International Law has prepared a 
new draft of a convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of 
judgments that would apply only to cases in which business and 
commercial parties have chosen a forum in their contract. The draft 
convention would provide for the enforceability of such choice of court 
agreements and the enforceability of judgments resulting from courts 
designated in such agreements.
    The Department of State has been asked to inform the Hague 
Conference by early July whether the United States would support 
convening international negotiations on the basis of the new draft 
business-business choice of court convention. It would mean putting 
aside the more wide-ranging draft convention on jurisdiction and the 
enforcement of judgments that has been the subject of negotiations at 
the Hague Conference for more than a decade.
    The purpose of the meeting is to hear the views of the private 
sector on the draft choice of court convention and the possibility of 
initiating a new round of negotiations on the basis of this text. A 
copy of the new draft and other documents relevant to the project may 
be found on the Web site of the Hague Conference (www.hcch.net), or may 
be requested from Cherise Reid, Office of the Legal Adviser, telephone 
202-776-8420, e-mail [email protected].
    The Advisory Committee meeting is open to the public up to the 
capacity of the meeting room. Interested persons are invited to attend 
and to express their views. Persons who wish to have their views 
considered may also submit written comments. Written comments should be 
submitted by e-mail to Jeffrey Kovar at [email protected]. All 
comments received will be made available to the public by request to 
Mr. Kovar via e-mail or by telephone (202-776-8342).
    Persons interested in attending the meeting should inform Aaliya K. 
Bokhari. Interested persons should provide name, affiliation, postal 
and e-mail addresses, and telephone/telefax numbers to Ms. Bokhari by 
phone (202-515-2431), fax (202-289-7983) or e-mail 
([email protected]), no later than 3 p.m. on Friday June 13. 
Persons desiring to participate by teleconference should so inform Ms. 
Bokhari, who will provide call-in information.

Jeffrey D. Kovar,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law, U.S. Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 03-14308 Filed 6-5-03; 8:45 am]
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