[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60003-60004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20787]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review 
from Houston Industries, USA, L.L.C.

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SUMMARY: Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA''), International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application for 
an Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate''). This notice 
summarizes the conduct for which certification is sought and requests 
comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export 
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, by 
telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or E-mail 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. An Export Trade Certificate 
of Review protects the holder and the members identified in the 
Certificate from state and federal government antitrust actions and 
from private treble damage antitrust actions for the export conduct 
specified in the Certificate and carried out in compliance with its 
terms and conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Export Trading Company 
Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a 
notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and 
summarizing its proposed export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

    Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the 
determination whether a Certificate should be issued. If the comments 
include any privileged or confidential business information, it must be 
clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments 
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked 
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be 
nonconfidential. An original and five (5) copies, plus two (2) copies 
of the nonconfidential version, should be submitted no later than 20 
days after the date of this notice to: Export Trading Company Affairs, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 
7021-B H, Washington, DC 20230. Information submitted by any person is 
exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 
552). However, nonconfidential versions of the comments will be made 
available to the applicant if necessary for determining whether or not 
to issue the Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as 
``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 07-00004.'' A 
summary of the application follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Houston Industries, USA, L.L.C. (``HIUSA''), 2319 East 
Highland Avenue 354s, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.
    Contact: Paul A. Houston, President, Telephone: (615) 293-4116.
    Application No.: 07-00004.
    Date Deemed Submitted: October 16, 2007.
    Members (in addition to applicant): None.
    HIUSA seeks a Certificate to cover the following specific Export 
Trade, Export Markets, and Export Trade Activities and Methods of 
Operations.

Export Trade

1. Products

    All Products.

2. Services

    All Services.

3. Technology Rights

    Technology rights, including, but not limited to, patents, 
trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets that relate to Products and 
Services.

4. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of 
Products, Services and Technology Rights)

    Export Trade Facilitation Services, including, but not limited to, 
professional services in the areas of government relations and 
assistance with state and federal programs; foreign trade and business 
protocol; consulting; market research and analysis; collection of 
information on trade opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint 
ventures; shipping; export management; export licensing; advertising; 
documentation and services related to compliance with customs 
requirements; insurance and financing; trade show exhibitions; 
organizational development; management and labor strategies; transfer 
of technology; transportation services; and facilitating the formation 
of shippers' associations.

Export Markets

    The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

    1. With respect to the sale of Products and Services, licensing of 
Technology Rights and provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services, 
HIUSA may:

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    a. Provide and/or arrange for the provisions of Export Trade 
Facilitation Services;
    b. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect 
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute 
such information to clients;
    c. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales 
agreements with Suppliers for the export of Products, Services, and/or 
Technology Rights to Export Markets;
    d. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive arrangements with 
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
    e. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers 
for the sale and/or licensing of Products, Services, and/or Technology 
Rights;
    f. Allocate export orders among Suppliers;
    g. Establish the price of Products, Services, and/or Technology 
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets;
    h. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of Technology Rights; and
    i. Enter into contracts for shipping.
    2. HIUSA and its individual Suppliers may regularly exchange 
information on a one-on-one basis regarding that Supplier's inventories 
and near-term production schedules so HIUSA may determine the 
availability of Products for export and effectively coordinated with 
its distributors in Export Markets.

    Dated: October 17, 2007.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-20787 Filed 10-22-07; 8:45 am]
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