[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 122 (Friday, June 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30660-30661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15167]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6637]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law: Study Group on the Hague Convention on Choice of 
Court Agreements

    A Study Group on the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court 
Agreements is being established under the Department of State Advisory

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Committee on Private International Law to consider issues relating to 
domestic implementation of the Convention. This is not a meeting of the 
full Advisory Committee.
    The United States signed the Convention on January 19, 2009. The 
State Department is considering submission of the Convention to the 
Senate for its advice and consent to ratification. It is expected that 
the Convention will be accompanied by federal implementing legislation. 
The Study Group will be invited to comment on the content of such 
legislation, on the question of whether federal implementing 
legislation might be supplemented by a uniform state law, and on the 
question of what declarations the United States might make in its 
instrument of ratification.
    Time and Place: The public meeting of the Study Group will take 
place in Room 240, South Building, 2430 E St., NW., Washington, DC on 
July 27, 2009. Visitors should appear at the gate at the southwest 
corner of 23rd and C Streets by 8:45 a.m. EDT. The meeting will begin 
at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to last until 5 p.m., with a lunch break 
from noon-2 p.m. If you are unable to attend the public meeting and 
would like to participate from a remote location, teleconferencing will 
be available.
    Public Participation: Advisory Committee Study Group meetings are 
open to the public. Persons wishing to attend must, before July 20, 
contact Trisha Smeltzer at [email protected] or 202-776-8423 and 
provide their name, date of birth, and social security number for pre-
clearance purposes, as well as e-mail address and affiliation. Please 
contact Ms. Smeltzer for additional meeting information, including 
teleconferencing dial-in details. Persons who cannot attend or 
participate by telephone but who wish to comment on the topics referred 
to above may do so by e-mail to Ms. Smeltzer.

    Dated: June 9, 2009.
Keith Loken,
Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of 
the Legal Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-15167 Filed 6-25-09; 8:45 am]
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