[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20528-20529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08804]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9983]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Security Interests

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, hereby gives notice that the Security 
Interests Study Group of the Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL) will hold a public meeting. The Security 
Interests Study Group will hold the meeting to discuss several matters 
relating to security interests that will be addressed at the upcoming 
annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on International Trade 
Law (``UNCITRAL'' or ``Commission'') scheduled for July 3 through 21 in 
Vienna. This is not a meeting of the full Advisory Committee.
    At its upcoming session the Commission will consider several items 
relating to security interests. First, the Commission will consider 
finalization and adoption of a Guide to Enactment of the UNCITRAL Model 
Law on Secured Transactions (A/CN.9/885 and Add.1-4). Second, the 
Commission will consider possible future work in the area of secured 
transactions. The Commission has placed on its security interests 
future work program: (a) The question whether the UNCITRAL Model Law on 
Secured Transactions and its guide to enactment might need to be 
expanded to address matters related to secured finance to Micro, Small, 
and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs); (b) the question whether any 
future work on a contractual guide on secured transactions should 
discuss contractual issues of concern to MSMEs (e.g. transparency 
issues); (c) any question that might not have already been addressed in 
the area of warehouse receipt financing (e.g. the negotiability of 
warehouse receipts); and (d) the question whether disputes arising from 
security agreements could be resolved through alternative dispute 
resolution mechanisms. These and other possible future work topics 
relating to security interests were considered at a Fourth 
International Colloquium on Secured Transactions in March. The 
Commission will have before it a Note by the Secretariat summarizing 
the results of the colloquium (A/CN.9/913). Finally, the Commission 
will have before it the question of the endorsement of the ICC Uniform 
Rules for Forfaiting (URF 800) (A/CN.9/919). The Commission documents 
will be available at http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/commission/sessions/50th.html.

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    Time and Place: The meeting of the ACPIL Security Interest Study 
Group will take place on June 6, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT at 
2430 E Street NW., South Building (SA-4A) (Navy Hill), Room 240. 
Participants should arrive at Navy Hill before 8:45 a.m. for visitor 
screening. Participants will be met at the Navy Hill gate at 23rd and D 
Streets NW., and will be escorted to the South Building. 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 Navy Hill is strictly 
controlled. For preclearance purposes, those planning to attend in 
person are requested to email at [email protected] providing full name, 
address, date of birth, citizenship, driver's license or passport 
number, affiliation, and email address. This will greatly facilitate 
entry. A member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should 
provide an email requesting such accommodation to [email protected] no 
later than May 30, 2017. 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.

Michael J. Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-08804 Filed 5-1-17; 8:45 am]
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