[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 46 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4737]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

[Docket No.: 050302054-5054-01]


Meeting With Interested Public on Humanitarian Shipments to Sudan

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) publishes this 
notice to announce that the agency will hold a meeting on March 28, 
2005 for organizations interested in exporting ``tools of trade'' items 
for humanitarian work in Sudan under a License Exception, as provided 
under the rule BIS published in the Federal Register on February 18, 
2005. U.S. Government officials will provide information at this 
meeting on the use of this License Exception for Sudan. This meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 28, 2005, 2 p.m. e.s.t.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to attend the meeting, please provide your name 
and company or organizational affiliation to fax numbers (202) 482-4145 
or (202) 482-6088, Attn: Sudan Briefing, or call (202) 482-5537. The 
meeting will be held at the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street 
between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Room 4830, 
Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact Eric Longnecker at BIS on (202) 482-5537 or (202) 482-4252.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 18, 2005, the Bureau of Industry 
and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register that 
allows certain organizations working to relieve human suffering in 
Sudan, including those registered with the Department of the Treasury's 
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) pursuant to the Sudanese 
Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR 538.521), as well as their staff and 
employees, to use the authority of License Exception TMP (15 CFR 740.9) 
to export to Sudan certain ``tools of trade'' items which would 
otherwise requiring a license from BIS for export to Sudan pursuant to 
the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-774). As set 
forth in the February 18, 2005 rule, the newly-added provisions will 
authorize certain organizations working to relieve human suffering in 
Sudan to export basic telecommunications equipment, computers, global 
positioning system (GPS) or similar satellite receivers, and software 
and parts and components for the use of these items. Eligible goods may 
be exported to Sudan for up to one year. These items, and the 
restrictions on the use of this provision, are described in more detail 
in the February 18, 2005 rule.
    In order to provide more information on the use of this License 
Exception for Sudan, BIS will hold a meeting on March 28, 2005. This 
meeting is open to the public. In order to prepare for those of you who 
plan to attend the meeting, please submit your name and company or 
organizational affiliation to BIS via fax or phone number provided in 
the ADDRESSES section.

    Dated: March 4, 2005.
Eileen Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of Industry and Security.
[FR Doc. 05-4737 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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