[Federal Register: November 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 229)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review, 
Application No. 99-00003.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has issued an Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to JV Export Trading Company, Inc (``JV Export 
Trading Co.''). This notice summarizes the conduct for which 
certification has been granted.

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) (``the Act'') authorizes the Secretary of 
Commerce with the concurrence of the Attorney General, to issue Export 
Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations implementing Title III 
are found at 15 CFR Part 325 (1999).
    The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA'') is issuing 
this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Secretary 
of Commerce to publish a summary of a Certificate in the Federal 
Register. Under section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any 
person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days 
of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate district 
court of the United States to set aside the determination on the ground 
that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Certified Conduct

Export Trade

1. Products
    All products.
2. Services
    All services.

Export Markets

    The Export Markets include all parts of Latin America, but not 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

    JV Export Trading Co. may engage in the following activities with 
respect to the Export Markets:
    1. Enter into exclusive export distribution agreements with U.S. 
manufacturers for export to the Export Markets.
    2. Enter into agreements, exclusive or otherwise, with U.S. 
manufacturers regarding the prices for which their respective Products 
will be sold in the Export Market.
    3. Enter into agreements with other exporters regarding Products, 
prices, and territories in the Export Markets.

Terms and Conditions of Certificate

    1. In engaging in Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation, 
JV Export Trading Co. will not intentionally disclose, directly or 
indirectly, to any Supplier any information about any other Supplier's 
costs, production, capacity, inventories, domestic prices, domestic 
sales, or U.S. business plans, strategies, or methods that is not 
generally available to the trade or public.
    2. JV Export Trading Co. will comply with requests made by the 
Secretary of Commerce, on behalf of the Secretary or the Attorney 
General, for information or documents relevant to conduct under the 
Certificate. The Secretary of Commerce will request such information or 
documents when either the Secretary of Commerce or the Attorney General 
believes that the information or documents are required to determine 
that the Export Trade, Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation 
of a person protected by this Certificate of Review continue to comply 
with the standards of Section 303(a) of the Act.

Definition

    1. ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells a 
Product and/or Service.

Protection Provided by Certificate

    This Certificate protects JV Export Trading Co. and its officers, 
directors, and employees acting on its behalf from private treble 
damage actions and government criminal and civil suits under U.S. 
federal and state antitrust laws for the export conduct specified in 
this Certificate and carried out during its effective period in 
compliance with its terms and conditions.
    A copy of this certificate will be kept in the International Trade 
Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility 
Room 4102, U.S. Department of Commerce, l4th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: November 23, 1999.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-31058 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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