[Federal Register: February 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 20)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has 
received an application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. 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: Morton Schnabel, Director, Office of 
Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
(202) 482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.

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. A 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 Act 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 copies, plus two copies of the 
nonconfidential version, should be submitted no later than 20 days 
after the date of this notice to: Office of Export

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Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, Department 
of Commerce, Room 1104H, 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 
99-00001.'' A summary of the application follows:

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: C-Shore International, 1102 Brand Blvd, Suite 63, 
Glendale, California 91202.
    Contact: Jacques Issac, Owner\Export Manager.
    Telephone: (818) 909-4654.
    Application No.: 99-00001.
    Date Deemed Submitted: January 20, 1999.
    Members (in addition to applicant): None.
    C-Shore International, an Export Intermediary, 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 export programs; foreign trade and 
business protocol; consulting; market research and analysis; collection 
of information on trade opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint 
ventures; shipping and export management; export licensing; 
advertising; documentation and services related to compliance with 
customs requirements; insurance and financing; bonding; warehousing; 
export trade promotion; trade show exhibitions; organizational 
development; management and labor strategies; transfer of technology; 
transportation; 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

    C-Shore International may:
    1. Provide and/or arrange for the provision of Export Trade 
Facilitation Services;
    2. Engage in promotion and marketing activities and collect and 
distribute information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets;
    3. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with 
distributors, foreign buyers, and/or sales representatives in Export 
Markets;
    4. Enter into exclusive or non-exclusive licensing, and/or sales 
agreements with Suppliers, Export Intermediaries, or other persons for 
the transfer of title to Products, Services, and/or Technology Rights 
in Export Markets;
    5. Allocate export orders among suppliers;
    6. Allocate the sales, export orders and/or divide Export Markets, 
among Suppliers, Export Intermediaries, or other persons for the sale, 
licensing and/or transfer of title to Products, Services, and/or 
Technology Rights;
    7. Establish the price of Products, Services, and or Technology 
Rights for sale and/or licensing in Export Markets; and
    8. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of Technology Rights.

Definitions

    1. Export Intermediary means a person who acts as a distributor, 
sales representative, sales or marketing agent, or broker, or who 
performs similar functions, including providing or arranging for the 
provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services.
    2. Supplier means a person who produces, provides, or sells a 
Product and/or Service.

    Dated: January 26, 1999.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-2258 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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