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telecommunications products and
services of the United States that are in
force with respect to the United States.
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determine whether any act, policy, or
practice of a country that has entered
into a telecommunications trade
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(5) Whether there remain outstanding
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Section_Index.html for the 2005
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
United States-Israel Free Trade Area
Implementation Act; Designation of
Qualifying Industrial Zones
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This provision will become
effective upon publication.
SUMMARY: Under the United States-Israel
Free Trade Area Implementation Act of
1985 (‘‘IFTA Act’’), articles of qualifying
industrial zones encompassing portions
of Israel and Jordan or Israel and Egypt
are eligible to receive duty-free
treatment. Effective upon publication of
this notice, the United States Trade
Representative, pursuant to authority
delegated by the President, is
designating the Central Delta zone of
Egypt as a qualifying industrial zone
and expanding the already-designated
Greater Cairo and Suez Canal qualified
industrial zones under the IFTA Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edmund Saums, Director for Middle
East Affairs, (202) 395–4987, Office of
the United States Trade Representative,
600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20508.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to authority granted under section 9 of
the IFTA Act, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2112 note), Presidential Proclamation
6955 of November 13, 1996 (61 FR
58761) proclaimed certain tariff
treatment for articles of the West Bank,
the Gaza Strip, and qualifying industrial
zones. In particular, the Presidential
Proclamation modified general notes 3
and 8 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States: (a) To
provide duty-free treatment to
qualifying articles that are the product
of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a
qualifying industrial zone and are
entered in accordance with the
provisions of section 9 of the IFTA Act;
(b) to provide that articles of Israel may
be treated as though they were articles
directly shipped from Israel for the
purposes of the United States-Israel Free
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Trade Area Agreement (‘‘the
Agreement’’) even if shipped to the
United States from the West Bank, the
Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial
zone, if the articles otherwise meet the
requirements of the Agreement; and (c)
to provide that the cost or value of
materials produced in the West Bank,
the Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial
zone may be included in the cost or
value of materials produced in Israel
under section 1(c)(i) of Annex 3 of the
Agreement and that the direct costs of
processing operations performed in the
West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a
qualifying industrial zone may be
included in the direct costs of
processing operations performed in
Israel under section 1(c)(ii) of Annex 3
of the Agreement.
Section 9(e) of the IFTA Act defines
a ‘‘qualifying industrial zone’’ as an area
that ‘‘(1) encompasses portions of the
territory of Israel and Jordan or Israel
and Egypt; (2) has been designated by
local authorities as an enclave where
merchandise may enter without
payment of duty or excise taxes; and (3)
has been specified by the President as
a qualifying industrial zone.’’
Presidential Proclamation 6955
delegated to the United States Trade
Representative the authority to
designate qualifying industrial zones.
The United States Trade
Representative has previously
designated qualifying industrial zones
under Section 9 of the IFTA Act on
March 13, 1998 (63 FR 12572), March
19, 1999 (64 FR 13623), October 15,
1999 (64 FR 56015), October 24, 2000
(65 FR 64472), December 12, 2000 (65
FR 77688), June 15, 2001 (66 FR 32660),
January 28, 2004 (69 FR 4199) , and
December 29, 2004 (69 FR 78094).
The governments of Israel and Egypt
jointly requested in a letter submitted to
the United States Trade Representative
on August 24, 2005, the designation as
a qualifying industrial zone of areas
comprising the Central Delta zone, as
well as the expansion of the already
designated Greater Cairo and Suez Canal
qualified industrial zones. The names
and locations of the factories comprising
the Central Delta zone and the expanded
areas of the Greater Cairo zone and Suez
Canal zone are specified on maps and
materials submitted by Egypt and Israel
and on file with the Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative. Israel and Egypt
have agreed that merchandise may
enter, without payment of duty or excise
taxes, areas under their respective
customs control that comprise the
Central Delta zone, Greater Cairo zone
and Suez Canal zone. Further, the
operation and administration of these
zones are provided for in the previously
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agreed ‘‘Protocol between the
Government of the State of Israel and
the Government of the Arab Republic of
Egypt On Qualifying Industrial Zones.’’
Accordingly, the Central Delta zone,
Greater Cairo zone and Suez Canal zone
meet the criteria under sections 9(e)(1)
and (2) of the IFTA Act.
Therefore, pursuant to the authority
delegated to me by Presidential
Proclamation 6955, I hereby designate
the areas occupied by the factories that
comprise the Central Delta zone and the
expanded Greater Cairo and Suez Canal
zones as specified on maps and
materials received from Egypt and
Israel, as qualifying industrial zones
under section 9 of the IFTA Act,
effective upon the date of publication of
this notice, applicable to articles
shipped from these qualifying industrial
zones after such date.
Rob Portman,
United States Trade Representative.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Proposed Advisory Circular 25–17A
Revision, Transport Airplane Cabin
Interiors Crashworthiness Handbook
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed advisory circular (AC) 25–17A
revision and request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of and requests comments
on a proposed advisory circular (AC)
revision that sets forth acceptable
methods of compliance with Title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR),
part 25, concerning the crashworthiness
requirements as applied to cabin
interiors. Like all ACs, it is not
regulatory but provides guidance for
applicants in demonstrating compliance
with the objective safety standards set
forth in part 25. This notice is necessary
to give all interested persons an
opportunity to present their views on
the proposed AC.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 16, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the
proposed AC to: Federal Aviation
Administration, Attention: Jayson Claar,
Airframe/Cabin Safety, ANM–115,
Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft
Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue
SW, Renton, WA 98055–4056.
Comments may be inspected at the
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above address between 7:30 a.m. and 4
p.m. weekdays, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jayson Claar at telephone number 425–
227–2194; fax number 425–227–1232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to
comment on the proposed AC revision
by submitting such written data, views,
or arguments, as they may desire.
Commenters should identify AC 25–17A
and submit comments, in duplicate, to
the address specified above. The
Transport Airplane Directorate will
consider all communications received
on or before the closing date for
comments before issuing the final AC.
The proposed AC revision can be found
and downloaded from the Internet at
https://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl under
‘‘Draft Advisory Circulars.’’ A paper
copy or a CD ROM (Adobe Acrobat
Reader required) of the proposed AC
may be obtained by contacting the
person named above under the caption
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Because of the large size of this
proposed AC (approximately 860 pages)
and the time necessary for copying the
document, expect extra time for
fulfilling requests for paper copies.
Discussion
The proposed AC 25–17A revision
contains guidance pertinent to the cabin
safety and crashworthiness type
certification requirements of part 25 as
amended by Amendments 25–1 through
25–112. Previously, two ACs on this
subject have been available to the
public:
• AC 25–17 was issued on 7/15/91.
It covers Amendments 25–1 through 25–
59.
• A proposed AC 25–17A revision
was published on 10/7/99, for public
comment. Itcovered Amendments 25–1
through 25–70. That revision was never
issued as a final document.
Several commentors to the 1999 draft
revision requested that the format of the
AC bechanged to repeat the complete
regulatory text and all of the applicable
guidance material at eachamendment
level. The FAA agrees with those
commentors and has revised the format
of thisproposed revision to the AC to
implement that change. This change,
however, significantlyincreases the size
of this document.
The formats of the current version of
the AC issued in 1991, and the 1999
proposedrevision presented the entire
regulatory text and applicable guidance
only when any regulatorysection is first
included in the AC. For subsequent
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act;
Designation of Qualifying Industrial Zones
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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DATES: This provision will become effective upon publication.
SUMMARY: Under the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation
Act of 1985 (``IFTA Act''), articles of qualifying industrial zones
encompassing portions of Israel and Jordan or Israel and Egypt are
eligible to receive duty-free treatment. Effective upon publication of
this notice, the United States Trade Representative, pursuant to
authority delegated by the President, is designating the Central Delta
zone of Egypt as a qualifying industrial zone and expanding the
already-designated Greater Cairo and Suez Canal qualified industrial
zones under the IFTA Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edmund Saums, Director for Middle East
Affairs, (202) 395-4987, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to authority granted under section
9 of the IFTA Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2112 note), Presidential
Proclamation 6955 of November 13, 1996 (61 FR 58761) proclaimed certain
tariff treatment for articles of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and
qualifying industrial zones. In particular, the Presidential
Proclamation modified general notes 3 and 8 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States: (a) To provide duty-free treatment to
qualifying articles that are the product of the West Bank, the Gaza
Strip, or a qualifying industrial zone and are entered in accordance
with the provisions of section 9 of the IFTA Act; (b) to provide that
articles of Israel may be treated as though they were articles directly
shipped from Israel for the purposes of the United States-Israel Free
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Trade Area Agreement (``the Agreement'') even if shipped to the United
States from the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial
zone, if the articles otherwise meet the requirements of the Agreement;
and (c) to provide that the cost or value of materials produced in the
West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial zone may be
included in the cost or value of materials produced in Israel under
section 1(c)(i) of Annex 3 of the Agreement and that the direct costs
of processing operations performed in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or
a qualifying industrial zone may be included in the direct costs of
processing operations performed in Israel under section 1(c)(ii) of
Annex 3 of the Agreement.
Section 9(e) of the IFTA Act defines a ``qualifying industrial
zone'' as an area that ``(1) encompasses portions of the territory of
Israel and Jordan or Israel and Egypt; (2) has been designated by local
authorities as an enclave where merchandise may enter without payment
of duty or excise taxes; and (3) has been specified by the President as
a qualifying industrial zone.'' Presidential Proclamation 6955
delegated to the United States Trade Representative the authority to
designate qualifying industrial zones.
The United States Trade Representative has previously designated
qualifying industrial zones under Section 9 of the IFTA Act on March
13, 1998 (63 FR 12572), March 19, 1999 (64 FR 13623), October 15, 1999
(64 FR 56015), October 24, 2000 (65 FR 64472), December 12, 2000 (65 FR
77688), June 15, 2001 (66 FR 32660), January 28, 2004 (69 FR 4199) ,
and December 29, 2004 (69 FR 78094).
The governments of Israel and Egypt jointly requested in a letter
submitted to the United States Trade Representative on August 24, 2005,
the designation as a qualifying industrial zone of areas comprising the
Central Delta zone, as well as the expansion of the already designated
Greater Cairo and Suez Canal qualified industrial zones. The names and
locations of the factories comprising the Central Delta zone and the
expanded areas of the Greater Cairo zone and Suez Canal zone are
specified on maps and materials submitted by Egypt and Israel and on
file with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Israel and Egypt
have agreed that merchandise may enter, without payment of duty or
excise taxes, areas under their respective customs control that
comprise the Central Delta zone, Greater Cairo zone and Suez Canal
zone. Further, the operation and administration of these zones are
provided for in the previously agreed ``Protocol between the Government
of the State of Israel and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt
On Qualifying Industrial Zones.'' Accordingly, the Central Delta zone,
Greater Cairo zone and Suez Canal zone meet the criteria under sections
9(e)(1) and (2) of the IFTA Act.
Therefore, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by
Presidential Proclamation 6955, I hereby designate the areas occupied
by the factories that comprise the Central Delta zone and the expanded
Greater Cairo and Suez Canal zones as specified on maps and materials
received from Egypt and Israel, as qualifying industrial zones under
section 9 of the IFTA Act, effective upon the date of publication of
this notice, applicable to articles shipped from these qualifying
industrial zones after such date.
Rob Portman,
United States Trade Representative.
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