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REQUEST FOR COMMENTS |
Posted below are the various notices and requests for comments (RFC) that are directed and of special interests to our ISAC/IFAC members. The notices will be posted for a month or until the deadline date for request for comments has ended. If you are an ISAC/IFAC member, and if you need to access a file which is off our site, please feel free to contact the Industry Consultations Program..
LATEST NOTICES -
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
NEW
Request
for Comments on Technical Input on Standards Issues and Foreign Markets and
Invite to Attend
an Open
Roundtable Standards Discussion [FRN
dated September 24, 2003, Vol. 68, No. 185,
Pages
55287-89]
The Department of Commerce requests
industry comments on pressing standards issues
and
priority foreign markets. As part
of the Department’s Secretarial Initiative to Enhance Commerce
Department
Standards Activities, the Department is currently conducting a series of
industry roundtables,
seeking
comments on barriers in export markets caused by foreign government’s policies
on standards and
technical
regulatory requirements. Comments
are due by November 1, 2003.
Request
for Comments on the Implications for U.S. Commercial Interests of Korea’s
Intellectual Property
Acts,
Policies, and Practices in Conjunction with the Fall 2003 Special 301 Korea
Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR)
[FRN
dated October 3, Vol. 68, No. 192, Page 57503] Comments should be received
by no later than noon,
October
27, 2003. Please refer to FR notice on where and
to whom to submit comments.
Request for Comments on the interim environmental review of the proposed U.S.-Morocco Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) [FRN dated October 3, Vol. 68, No. 192, Page 57503-57504].
The interim environmental review is available at http://www.ustr.gov/environment/environmental.shtml. Copies of the review will also be sent to interested members of the public by mail upon request. Please refer to the FR notice on where and to whom to submit comments by no later than October 13, 2003.
Request for Comments on Implications for U.S. Commercial
Interests of the Accession to the European Union of Poland, Hungary, Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, and Malta
(Accession Countries) [FRN
dated September 16, 2003, Vol. 68, Number 179] The Trade Policy Staff Committee gives
notice that the Office of the United States Trade Representative requests
written submissions from the public concerning the implications for U.S. trade
in goods and services of the anticipated May 2004 enlargement of the European
Union to include the aforementioned countries. Comments should be received by no later than noon thirty days after date of
publication (October 16, 2003).
Request for Comments on Market Access Implications for
U.S. Trade in Services of the Accession to the European Union of Austria,
Finland, and Sweden [FRN
dated August 20, 2003, Vol. 68, Number 161] The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC)
requests written submissions from the public concerning the market access
implications for U.S. trade in services of the 1995 enlargement of the European
Union to include Austria, Finland, and Sweden. Comments should be received no later than September 30,
2003.
Request for Comments on Duty
Drawback and Deferral in Free Trade Agreement - The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) seeks
public comment on treatment of duty drawback and deferral regimes in free trade
agreement (FTA) negotiations currently underway with Central America,
Australia, Morocco, the Southern African Customs Union, and the countries
participating in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Comments should
be received no later than noon July 30, 2003.