[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 14515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06057]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9485]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law: Public Meeting on Micro-, Small-, and Medium Sized 
Enterprises

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, hereby gives notice that the micro-, small-, 
and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) study group of the Advisory 
Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL) will hold a public 
meeting. The ACPIL MSME Study Group will meet to discuss the next 
session of the UNCITRAL MSMEs Working Group, scheduled for April 4-8 in 
New York. This is not a meeting of the full Advisory Committee.
    UNCITRAL has established a working group aimed at reducing the 
legal obstacles faced by MSMEs throughout their life cycle, and in 
particular those in developing countries. UNCITRAL further directed 
that the work should start with a focus on the legal issues surrounding 
the simplification of incorporation. At its upcoming session, the 
UNCITRAL MSME Working Group will consider draft recommendations on key 
principles on business registration (UN Doc. A/CN.9/WG.I/WP.93) and a 
draft model law on a simplified business entity (UN Doc. A/CN.9/WG.I/
WP.89). The draft texts, along with the reports of earlier sessions of 
the Working Group are available at http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/index.html.
    Time and Place: The meeting of the ACPIL MSME Study Group will take 
place on Thursday March 31, from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT at the U.S. 
Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, 2201 C. Street NW., Room 
5426. Participants should arrive at the C Street entrance by 9:45 a.m. 
for visitor screening. Participants will be met at the C Street 
entrance and will be escorted to the conference room. Persons arriving 
later will need to make arrangements for entry using the contact 
information provided below. If you are unable to attend the public 
meeting and would like to participate from a remote location, 
teleconferencing will be available.
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the building is strictly 
controlled. For pre-clearance purposes, those planning to attend should 
email [email protected] providing full name, address, date of birth, 
citizenship, driver's license or passport number, and email address. 
This information will greatly facilitate entry into the building. A 
member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should email 
[email protected] not later than February 1. Requests made after that date 
will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you would 
like to participate by telephone, please email [email protected] to obtain 
the call-in number and other information.
    Data from the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 
(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as 
amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 
13356. The purpose of the collection is to validate the identity of 
individuals who enter Department facilities.
    The data will be entered into the Visitor Access Control System 
(VACS- D) database. Please see the Security Records System of Records 
Notice (State-36) at https://foia.state.gov/_docs/SORN/State-36.pdf for 
additional information.

    Dated: March 9, 2016.
 Michael J. Dennis,
 Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-06057 Filed 3-16-16; 8:45 am]
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