[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61602-61603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5895]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Areas Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed 
between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, 
D.C.
    Docket Number: 05-036. Applicant: Areas Global TB Vaccine 
Foundation. Instrument: Flow Cytometer. Manufacturer: PartecGmbH, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 48372, August 17, 2005.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) true 
volumetric absolute cell counting, (2) validation of assay cell numbers 
that can be correlated to FDA approved cell counting devices, (3) 
stable lasers to permit use of the samesettings regardless of the day 
or operator and (4) that the user can make corrections to the laser.
    The National Institutes of Health advises: (1) these capabilities 
are pertinent to the applicant's intended

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purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic instrument or apparatus of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument for the 
applicant's intended use.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program ManagerStatutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E5-5895 Filed 10-24-05; 8:45 am]
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