[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38238-38239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12984]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), as Amended: Notice Regarding 
the 2003 and 2004 Annual Reviews

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In January 2005, the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative (USTR) published a notice specifying the results of the 
preliminary review of petitions it received in September 2004 in 
connection with the annual ATPA review and modifying the schedule for 
consideration of the remaining petitions. The January 2005 notice also 
specified the status of the petitions filed in 2003 that have remained 
under review. The Trade Policy Staff Committee has decided to continue 
the review of pending petitions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bennett M. Harman, Deputy Assistant 
U.S. Trade Representative for Latin America, at (202) 395-9446.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.), as 
renewed and amended by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication 
Act of 2002 (ATPDEA) in the Trade Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-210), 
provides trade benefits for eligible Andean countries. Pursuant to 
section 3103(d) of the ATPDEA, USTR promulgated regulations (15 CFR 
part 2016) (68 FR 43922) regarding the review of eligibility of 
countries for the benefits of the ATPA, as amended.
    In a Federal Register notice dated August 17, 2004, USTR initiated 
the 2004 ATPA Annual Review and announced a deadline of September 15, 
2004 for the filing of petitions (69 FR 51138). Several of these 
petitions requested the review of certain practices in certain 
beneficiary developing countries regarding compliance with the 
eligibility criteria set forth in sections 203 (c) and (d) and section 
204(b)(6)(B) of the ATPA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3203 (c) and (d); 19 
U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B)).
    In a Federal Register notice dated January 18, 2005 (70 FR 2921), 
USTR published the results of the preliminary review of these 
petitions. The TPSC terminated the review of one petition and modified 
the date for the announcement of results for both the remaining 2004 
petitions and the remaining 2003 petitions to on or about May 31, 2005.
    With respect to the outstanding petitions, the TPSC is modifying 
the schedule for the review, in accordance

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with 15 CFR 2016.2(b). The results will be announced in the fall 2005 
notice specifying the results of the preliminary review of petitions 
the TPSC receives as part of the 2005 annual review. Following is the 
list of all petitions that remain under review:
Peru: Engelhard
Peru: Princeton Dover
Peru: LeTourneau
Peru: Duke Energy
Ecuador: AFL-CIO; Human Rights Watch; and US/LEAP
Ecuador: Chevron Texaco
Ecuador: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Peru: Parsons Corporation

Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 05-12984 Filed 6-30-05; 8:45 am]
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