[Federal Register: September 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 170)]
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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 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 99-00003.'' 
A summary of the application follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: JV Export Trading Company, Inc., 16468 SW 95th Lane, 
Miami, Florida 33196.
    Contact: Kevin M. Dyer, Attorney at Law.
    Telephone: (212) 599-2396.
    Application No.: 99-00003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: August 27, 1999.
    Members (in addition to applicant): None.
    JV Export Trading Company, Inc. 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 Latin America.

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

    JV Export Trading Company, Inc. seeks to have the following conduct 
certified:
    1. Entering into exclusive export distribution agreements with U.S. 
manufacturers for export to the Latin American markets or sub-markets 
within Latin America;
    2. Entering into agreements, exclusive and otherwise, with U.S. 
manufacturers regarding the prices for which subject products will be 
sold in Latin American market;
    3. Entering into agreements with other exporters to Latin America 
regarding products, price and territories; and
    4. Entering into agreements with U.S. manufacturers and exporters, 
including those in competition with one another regarding the sharing 
of price, technical know-how, marketing, research and related 
information.

    Dated: August 30, 1999.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-22888 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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