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set forth in sections 203(c) and (d), and
section 204(b)(6)(B) of the ATPA, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 3202(c), (d); 19
U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B)), and as outlined in
the Federal Register notice USTR
published to request public comments
regarding the designation of eligible
countries as ATPDEA beneficiary
countries (67 FR 53379). Under section
203(e) of the ATPA, as amended (19
U.S.C. 3202(e)), the President may
withdraw or suspend the designation of
any country as an ATPA or ATPDEA
beneficiary country, and may also
withdraw, suspend, or limit preferential
treatment for any product of any such
beneficiary country, if the President
determines that, as a result of changed
circumstances, the country is not
meeting the eligibility criteria.
The ATPA regulations provide the
schedule of dates for conducting an
annual review, unless otherwise
specified by Federal Register notice.
Notice is hereby given that, in order to
be considered in the 2005 Annual ATPA
Review, all petitions to withdraw or
suspend the designation of a country as
an ATPA or ATPDEA beneficiary
country, or to withdraw, suspend, or
limit application of preferential
treatment to any article of any ATPA
beneficiary country under the ATPA, or
to any article of any ATPDEA
beneficiary country under section
204(b)(1), (3), or (4) (19 U.S.C.
3202(b)(1), (3), (4)) of the ATPA, must
be received by the Andean
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee no later than 5 p.m. EDT on
September 19, 2005. Petitioners should
consult 15 CFR 2016.0 regarding the
content of such petitions.
E-mail submissions should be single
copy transmissions in English, and the
total submission including attachments
should not exceed 50 pages.
Submissions should use the following
subject line: ‘‘2005 Annual ATPA
Review—Petition.’’ Documents must be
submitted as either WordPerfect
(‘‘.WPD’’), MSWord (‘‘.DOC’’), or text
(‘‘.TXT’’) file. Documents should not be
submitted as electronic image files or
contain imbedded images (for example,
‘‘.JPG’’, ‘‘PDF’’, ‘‘.BMP’’, or ‘‘GIF’’), as
these type of files are generally
excessively large. Supporting
documentation submitted as
spreadsheets are acceptable as Quattro
Pro or Excel, pre-formatted for printing
on 81⁄2 x 11 inch paper. To the extent
possible, any data attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
Petitions will be available for public
inspection by appointment with the
staff of the USTR Public Reading Room,
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except for information granted
‘‘business confidential’’ status pursuant
to 15 CFR 2003.6. If the submission
contains business confidential
information, a non-confidential version
of the submission must also be
submitted that indicates where
confidential information was redacted
by inserting asterisks where material
was deleted. In addition, the
confidential submission must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
in large, bold letters at the top and
bottom of every page of the document.
The public version that does not contain
business confidential information must
be clearly marked either ‘‘PUBLIC
VERSION’’ or ‘‘NON-CONFIDENTIAL’’
in large, bold letters at the top and
bottom of every page. The file name of
any document containing business
confidential information attached to an
e-mail transmission should begin with
the characters ‘‘BC-’’, and the file name
of the public version should begin with
the characters ‘‘P-’’. The ‘‘P-’’ or ‘‘BC-’’
should be followed by the name of the
person or party submitting the petition.
Submissions by e-mail should not
include separate cover letters or
messages in the message area of the email; information that might appear in
any cover letter should be included
directly in the submission. The e-mail
address for submissions is
FR0523@ustr.eop.gov. Public versions of
all documents relating to this review
will be available for review shortly after
the due date by appointment in the
USTR Public Reading Room, 1724 F
Street NW., Washington, DC.
Availability of documents may be
ascertained, and appointments may be
made from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by
calling (202) 395–6186.
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice Regarding the 2005
Annual Review for Products
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
received petitions in connection with
the 2005 annual review to modify the
list of products that are eligible for dutyfree treatment under the GSP program
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and to modify the GSP status of certain
GSP beneficiary developing countries
because of country practices. The list of
country practice petitions accepted for
review will be announced in the
Federal Register at a later date. This
notice announces the product petitions
that are accepted for further review in
the 2005 GSP Annual Review, and sets
forth the schedule for comment and
public hearing on these petitions, for
requesting participation in the hearing,
and for submitting pre-hearing and posthearing briefs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy
Staff Committee, Office of the United
States Trade Representative, 1724 F
Street, NW., Room F–220, Washington,
DC 20508. The telephone number is
(202) 395–6971.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR
Part 2007) provide the schedule of dates
for conducting an annual review unless
otherwise specified in a Federal
Register notice. The current revised
schedule follows. Notification of any
other changes will be given in the
Federal Register.
September 12, 2005: Due date for
requests to appear at the USTR Public
Hearing and submission of pre-hearing
briefs.
September 12, 2005: Due date for
providing the name, address, telephone,
fax, e-mail address and organization of
witnesses.
(September 29, 2005: U.S.
International Trade Commission
(USITC) scheduled hearings on
economic effect on U.S. industries.)
September 30, 2005: USTR’s Public
Hearing to be held at U.S. International
Trade Commission, Main Hearing
Room, 500 E Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20436, beginning at 10 a.m. Hearing
will focus on all products.
October 21, 2005: Due date for
submission of post-hearing and rebuttal
briefs.
November 2005: USITC scheduled to
publish report on products of case nos.
2005–01, and 2005–09 through 2005–13.
Comments on USITC report on these
products due 10 days after USITC date
of publication.
February 2006: USITC will issue a
second report on watch case nos. 2005–
02 through 2005–08. Comments on this
USITC report due 10 days after USITC
date of publication.
June 30, 2006: Modifications to the
list of articles eligible for duty-free
treatment under the GSP resulting from
the 2005 Annual Review will be
announced on or about June 30, 2006,
in the Federal Register, and any
changes will take effect on the effective
date announced.
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The GSP
provides for the duty-free importation of
designated articles when imported from
designated beneficiary developing
countries. The GSP is authorized by title
V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2461, et seq.), as amended (the ‘‘1974
Act’’), and is implemented in
accordance with Executive Order 11888
of November 24, 1975, as modified by
subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
In a Federal Register notice dated
May 9, 2005, USTR announced the
deadline for the filing of product and
country practice petitions for the 2005
GSP Annual Review to be June 15, 2005
(70 FR 24460). The product petitions
received requested changes in the list of
eligible products by adding or by
waiving the ‘‘competitive need
limitations’’ (CNLs) for a country for an
eligible article.
The interagency GSP Subcommittee of
the Trade Policy Staff Committee
(TPSC) has reviewed the product
petitions, and the TPSC has decided to
initiate a full review of the product
petitions listed in Annex I. Annex I to
this notice sets forth, for each type of
change requested: the case number, the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS) subheading
number, a brief description of the
product (see the HTS for an
authoritative description available on
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) Web site (https://
www.usitc.gov/taffairs)), and the
petitioner for each petition included in
this review. Acceptance of a petition for
review does not indicate any opinion
with respect to the disposition on the
merits of the petition. Acceptance
indicates only that the listed petitions
have been found eligible for review by
the TPSC and that such review will take
place.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Opportunities for Public Comment and
Inspection of Comments
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC
invites comments in support of or in
opposition to any petition which is
included in this Annual Review (Annex
I). Submissions should comply with 15
CFR part 2007, except as modified
below. All submissions should identify
the subject article(s) in terms of the case
number and HTS subheading number as
shown in Annex I.
Requirements for Submissions
In order to facilitate prompt
processing of submissions, USTR
strongly urges and prefers electronic email submissions in response to this
notice. Hand-delivered submissions will
not be accepted. These submissions
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should be single-copy transmissions in
English with the total submission not to
exceed 50 single-spaced standard lettersize pages. E-mail submissions should
use the following subject line: ‘‘2005
GSP Annual Review’’ followed by the
Case Number and HTS subheading
number found in the Annex I (for
example, 2005–07 9102.19.40) and, as
appropriate ‘‘Written Comments’’,
‘‘Notice of Intent to Testify’’, ‘‘Prehearing brief’’, ‘‘Post-hearing brief’’ or
‘‘Comments on USITC Advice’’. (For
example, an e-mail subject line might
read ‘‘2005–07 9102.19.40 Written
Comments’’.) Documents must be
submitted in English in one of the
following formats: WordPerfect (.WPD),
MSWord (.DOC), or text (.TXT) files.
Documents may not be submitted as
electronic image files or contain
imbedded images (for example, ‘‘.JPG’’,
‘‘.TIF’’, ‘‘.PDF’’, ‘‘.BMP’’, or ‘‘.GIF’’).
Supporting documentation submitted as
spreadsheets are acceptable as Excel
files, formatted for printing on 81⁄2 x 11
inch paper. To the extent possible, any
data attachments to the submission
should be included in the same file as
the submission itself, and not as
separate files.
If the submission contains business
confidential information, a nonconfidential version of the submission
must also be submitted that indicates
where confidential information was
redacted by inserting asterisks where
material was deleted. In addition, the
confidential submission must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
at the top and bottom of each page of the
document. The non-confidential version
must also be clearly marked at the top
and bottom of each page (either
‘‘PUBLIC VERSION’’ or ‘‘NONCONFIDENTIAL’’). Documents that are
submitted without any marking might
not be accepted or will be considered
public documents.
For any document containing
business confidential information
submitted as an electronic attached file
to an e-mail transmission, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC-’’,
and the file name of the public version
should begin with the characters ‘‘P-’’.
The ‘‘P-’’ or ‘‘BC-’’ should be followed
by the name of the party (government,
company, union, association, etc.)
which is making the submission.
E-mail submissions should not
include separate cover letters or
messages in the message area of the email; information that might appear in
any cover letter should be included
directly in the attached file containing
the submission itself, including the
sender’s e-mail address and other
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identifying information. The e-mail
address for these submissions is
FR0441@USTR.GOV. Documents not
submitted in accordance with these
instructions might not be considered in
this review. If unable to provide
submissions by e-mail, please contact
the GSP Subcommittee to arrange for an
alternative method of transmission.
Public versions of all documents
relating to this review will be available
for review approximately two weeks
after the relevant due date by
appointment in the USTR public
reading room, 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC. Appointments may be
made from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by
calling (202) 395–6186.
Notice of Public Hearing
A hearing will be held by the GSP
Subcommittee of the TPSC on
September 30, 2005, beginning at 10
a.m. at the U.S. International Trade
Commission, Main Hearing Room, 500 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436. The
hearing will be open to the public and
a transcript of the hearing will be made
available for public inspection or can be
purchased from the reporting company.
No electronic media coverage will be
allowed.
All interested parties wishing to make
an oral presentation at the hearing must
submit, following the above
‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’, the
name, address, telephone number, and
facsimile number and e-mail address, if
available, of the witness(es) representing
their organization to Marideth Sandler,
the Executive Director of the GSP
Program by 5 p.m., September 12, 2005.
Requests to present oral testimony in
connection with the public hearing
must be accompanied by a written brief
or statement, in English, and also must
be received by 5 p.m., September 12,
2005. Oral testimony before the GSP
Subcommittee will be limited to fiveminute presentations that summarize or
supplement information contained in
briefs or statements submitted for the
record. Post-hearing briefs or statements
will be accepted if they conform with
the regulations cited above and are
submitted, in English, by 5 p.m.,
October 21, 2005. Parties not wishing to
appear at the public hearing may submit
post-hearing written briefs or
statements, in English, by 5 p.m.,
October 21, 2005.
In accordance with sections
503(a)(1)(A) and 503(e) of the 1974 Act
and the authority delegated by the
President, pursuant to section 332(g) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, the U.S. Trade
Representative has requested that the
USITC provide its advice on the
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probable economic effect of the
following actions on U.S. industries
producing like or directly competitive
articles and on consumers, as
appropriate: (1) The elimination of U.S.
import duties for all beneficiary
developing countries; (2) the restoration
of a country for eligibility for duty-free
treatment under the GSP for such
article; (3) whether any industry in the
United States is likely to be adversely
affected by a waiver of the competitive
need limits specified in section
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503(d)(1) of the 1974 Act for the country
specified; and (4) whether designation
of certain watches will cause material
injury to certain manufacturing and
assembly operations in the United
States or U.S. insular possessions.
Comments by interested persons on
the USITC Report regarding Products of
Case Nos. 2005–01, and 2005–09
through 2005–13, prepared as part of the
product review, should be submitted by
5 p.m., 10 days after the date of USITC
publication of its report in November.
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Comments by interested persons on the
second USITC Report on Watch Case
Nos. 2005–02 through 2005–08, also
prepared as part of the product review,
should be submitted by 5 p.m., 10 days
after date of its publication in February
2006.
Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) Program, Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding the
2005 Annual Review for Products
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
received petitions in connection with the 2005 annual review to modify
the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under
the GSP program and to modify the GSP status of certain GSP beneficiary
developing countries because of country practices. The list of country
practice petitions accepted for review will be announced in the Federal
Register at a later date. This notice announces the product petitions
that are accepted for further review in the 2005 GSP Annual Review, and
sets forth the schedule for comment and public hearing on these
petitions, for requesting participation in the hearing, and for
submitting pre-hearing and post-hearing briefs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The GSP Subcommittee of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 1724 F Street, NW., Room F-220, Washington, DC 20508.
The telephone number is (202) 395-6971.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR Part 2007) provide the schedule of
dates for conducting an annual review unless otherwise specified in a
Federal Register notice. The current revised schedule follows.
Notification of any other changes will be given in the Federal
Register.
September 12, 2005: Due date for requests to appear at the USTR
Public Hearing and submission of pre-hearing briefs.
September 12, 2005: Due date for providing the name, address,
telephone, fax, e-mail address and organization of witnesses.
(September 29, 2005: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
scheduled hearings on economic effect on U.S. industries.)
September 30, 2005: USTR's Public Hearing to be held at U.S.
International Trade Commission, Main Hearing Room, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, beginning at 10 a.m. Hearing will focus on all
products.
October 21, 2005: Due date for submission of post-hearing and
rebuttal briefs.
November 2005: USITC scheduled to publish report on products of
case nos. 2005-01, and 2005-09 through 2005-13. Comments on USITC
report on these products due 10 days after USITC date of publication.
February 2006: USITC will issue a second report on watch case nos.
2005-02 through 2005-08. Comments on this USITC report due 10 days
after USITC date of publication.
June 30, 2006: Modifications to the list of articles eligible for
duty-free treatment under the GSP resulting from the 2005 Annual Review
will be announced on or about June 30, 2006, in the Federal Register,
and any changes will take effect on the effective date announced.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP provides for the duty-free
importation of designated articles when imported from designated
beneficiary developing countries. The GSP is authorized by title V of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as amended (the ``1974
Act''), and is implemented in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of
November 24, 1975, as modified by subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
In a Federal Register notice dated May 9, 2005, USTR announced the
deadline for the filing of product and country practice petitions for
the 2005 GSP Annual Review to be June 15, 2005 (70 FR 24460). The
product petitions received requested changes in the list of eligible
products by adding or by waiving the ``competitive need limitations''
(CNLs) for a country for an eligible article.
The interagency GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) has reviewed the product petitions, and the TPSC has
decided to initiate a full review of the product petitions listed in
Annex I. Annex I to this notice sets forth, for each type of change
requested: the case number, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS) subheading number, a brief description of the
product (see the HTS for an authoritative description available on the
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Web site (https://
www.usitc.gov/taffairs)), and the petitioner for each petition included
in this review. Acceptance of a petition for review does not indicate
any opinion with respect to the disposition on the merits of the
petition. Acceptance indicates only that the listed petitions have been
found eligible for review by the TPSC and that such review will take
place.
Opportunities for Public Comment and Inspection of Comments
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC invites comments in support of or
in opposition to any petition which is included in this Annual Review
(Annex I). Submissions should comply with 15 CFR part 2007, except as
modified below. All submissions should identify the subject article(s)
in terms of the case number and HTS subheading number as shown in Annex
I.
Requirements for Submissions
In order to facilitate prompt processing of submissions, USTR
strongly urges and prefers electronic e-mail submissions in response to
this notice. Hand-delivered submissions will not be accepted. These
submissions should be single-copy transmissions in English with the
total submission not to exceed 50 single-spaced standard letter-size
pages. E-mail submissions should use the following subject line: ``2005
GSP Annual Review'' followed by the Case Number and HTS subheading
number found in the Annex I (for example, 2005-07 9102.19.40) and, as
appropriate ``Written Comments'', ``Notice of Intent to Testify'',
``Pre-hearing brief'', ``Post-hearing brief'' or ``Comments on USITC
Advice''. (For example, an e-mail subject line might read ``2005-07
9102.19.40 Written Comments''.) Documents must be submitted in English
in one of the following formats: WordPerfect (.WPD), MSWord (.DOC), or
text (.TXT) files. Documents may not be submitted as electronic image
files or contain imbedded images (for example, ``.JPG'', ``.TIF'',
``.PDF'', ``.BMP'', or ``.GIF''). Supporting documentation submitted as
spreadsheets are acceptable as Excel files, formatted for printing on
8\1/2\ x 11 inch paper. To the extent possible, any data attachments to
the submission should be included in the same file as the submission
itself, and not as separate files.
If the submission contains business confidential information, a
non-confidential version of the submission must also be submitted that
indicates where confidential information was redacted by inserting
asterisks where material was deleted. In addition, the confidential
submission must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top
and bottom of each page of the document. The non-confidential version
must also be clearly marked at the top and bottom of each page (either
``PUBLIC VERSION'' or ``NON-CONFIDENTIAL''). Documents that are
submitted without any marking might not be accepted or will be
considered public documents.
For any document containing business confidential information
submitted as an electronic attached file to an e-mail transmission, the
file name of the business confidential version should begin with the
characters ``BC-'', and the file name of the public version should
begin with the characters ``P-''. The ``P-'' or ``BC-'' should be
followed by the name of the party (government, company, union,
association, etc.) which is making the submission.
E-mail submissions should not include separate cover letters or
messages in the message area of the e-mail; information that might
appear in any cover letter should be included directly in the attached
file containing the submission itself, including the sender's e-mail
address and other identifying information. The e-mail address for these
submissions is FR0441@USTR.GOV. Documents not submitted in accordance
with these instructions might not be considered in this review. If
unable to provide submissions by e-mail, please contact the GSP
Subcommittee to arrange for an alternative method of transmission.
Public versions of all documents relating to this review will be
available for review approximately two weeks after the relevant due
date by appointment in the USTR public reading room, 1724 F Street,
NW., Washington, DC. Appointments may be made from 9:30 a.m. to noon
and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by calling (202) 395-6186.
Notice of Public Hearing
A hearing will be held by the GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC on
September 30, 2005, beginning at 10 a.m. at the U.S. International
Trade Commission, Main Hearing Room, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20436. The hearing will be open to the public and a transcript of the
hearing will be made available for public inspection or can be
purchased from the reporting company. No electronic media coverage will
be allowed.
All interested parties wishing to make an oral presentation at the
hearing must submit, following the above ``Requirements for
Submissions'', the name, address, telephone number, and facsimile
number and e-mail address, if available, of the witness(es)
representing their organization to Marideth Sandler, the Executive
Director of the GSP Program by 5 p.m., September 12, 2005. Requests to
present oral testimony in connection with the public hearing must be
accompanied by a written brief or statement, in English, and also must
be received by 5 p.m., September 12, 2005. Oral testimony before the
GSP Subcommittee will be limited to five-minute presentations that
summarize or supplement information contained in briefs or statements
submitted for the record. Post-hearing briefs or statements will be
accepted if they conform with the regulations cited above and are
submitted, in English, by 5 p.m., October 21, 2005. Parties not wishing
to appear at the public hearing may submit post-hearing written briefs
or statements, in English, by 5 p.m., October 21, 2005.
In accordance with sections 503(a)(1)(A) and 503(e) of the 1974 Act
and the authority delegated by the President, pursuant to section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, the U.S. Trade Representative has
requested that the USITC provide its advice on the
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probable economic effect of the following actions on U.S. industries
producing like or directly competitive articles and on consumers, as
appropriate: (1) The elimination of U.S. import duties for all
beneficiary developing countries; (2) the restoration of a country for
eligibility for duty-free treatment under the GSP for such article; (3)
whether any industry in the United States is likely to be adversely
affected by a waiver of the competitive need limits specified in
section 503(d)(1) of the 1974 Act for the country specified; and (4)
whether designation of certain watches will cause material injury to
certain manufacturing and assembly operations in the United States or
U.S. insular possessions.
Comments by interested persons on the USITC Report regarding
Products of Case Nos. 2005-01, and 2005-09 through 2005-13, prepared as
part of the product review, should be submitted by 5 p.m., 10 days
after the date of USITC publication of its report in November. Comments
by interested persons on the second USITC Report on Watch Case Nos.
2005-02 through 2005-08, also prepared as part of the product review,
should be submitted by 5 p.m., 10 days after date of its publication in
February 2006.
Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
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