[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25614-25615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6536]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice of Closure of 
Case 012-CP-05, Protection of Worker Rights in Swaziland and Closure of 
Case 015-CP-05, Protection of Intellectual Property in Kazakhstan, in 
the 2005 Annual Country Practice Review

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces closure of the review for cases 012-CP-
05, Protection of Worker Rights in Swaziland and 015-CP-05, Protection 
of Intellectual Property in Kazakhstan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Marideth Sandler, Executive Director 
of the GSP Program, Office of the United States Trade Representative 
(USTR), Room F-220, 1724 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. The 
telephone number is (202) 395-6971 and the facsimile number is (202) 
395-9481.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP program provides for the duty-free 
importation of designated articles when imported from beneficiary 
developing countries. The GSP program is authorized by Title V of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as amended (the ``Trade 
Act''), and is implemented in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of 
November 24, 1975, as modified by subsequent Executive Orders and 
Presidential Proclamations.
    In the 2005 Annual Review, the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy 
Staff Committee (TPSC) is reviewing petitions concerning the country 
practices of certain beneficiary developing countries of the GSP 
program. As a result of that review, the TPSC has decided to close the 
review for case 012-CP-05 regarding protection of worker rights in 
Swaziland and case 015-CP-05, protection of intellectual property 
rights in Kazakhstan. The Petitioners were the AFL-CIO and the 
International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), respectively. The 
results of other ongoing country practice reviews in the 2005 Annual 
Review will be announced in the Federal Register at a later date.

Marideth J. Sandler,
Executive Director, GSP Program.
[FR Doc. E6-6536 Filed 4-28-06; 8:45 am]
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