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Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 30,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 2
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000
hours.
4. Voluntary Customer Satisfaction
Surveys in Accordance With E.O. 12862
for the Social Security Administration—
0960–0526. Under the auspices of E.O.
12862, Setting Customer Service
Standards, SSA conducts multiple
customer satisfaction surveys each year.
Estimated Annual Burden: 197,500
hours.
3. Certificate of Election for Reduced
Spouse’s Benefits—20 CFR 404.421—
0960–0398. SSA uses the information
collected on Form SSA–25 to pay a
qualified spouse who elects to receive a
reduced benefit. Reduced benefits are
not payable to an already entitled
spouse, at least age 62 but under full
retirement age, who no longer has a
child in care unless the spouse elects to
receive reduced benefits. Respondents
are entitled spouses seeking reduced
benefits.
These voluntary customer satisfaction
assessments include paper, Internet, and
telephone surveys; mailed
questionnaires; focus groups; and
customer comment cards. The purpose
of these surveys is to assess customer
satisfaction with the timeliness,
appropriateness, access, and overall
quality of the services SSA provides.
The respondents are direct recipients of
SSA services and professionals and
other individuals who work on behalf of
SSA beneficiaries.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Fiscal year 2006
Number of Respondents ................
Frequency of Response ................
Range of Response Times ............
Estimated Annual Burden ..............
Fiscal year 2007
1,352,180 ......................................
1 ....................................................
Varies (5 minutes to 11⁄2 hours) ...
119,645 hours ...............................
1,356,100 ......................................
1 ....................................................
Varies (5 minutes to 11⁄2 hours) ...
121,009 hours ...............................
Dated: January 27, 2006.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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of these Determinations is ordered to be
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5294]
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Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations:
‘‘Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver
at the Court of the Tsars’’
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority
No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as
amended, and Delegation of Authority
No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875],
I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Britannia &
Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of
the Tsars,’’ imported from abroad for
temporary exhibition within the United
States, are of cultural significance. The
objects are imported pursuant to loan
agreements with the foreign owners or
custodians. I also determine that the
exhibition or display of the exhibit
objects at the Yale Center for British Art,
New Haven, Connecticut, from on or
about May 19, 2006, until on or about
September 10, 2006, and at possible
additional venues yet to be determined,
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For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit objects, contact Wolodymyr
Sulzynsky, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: 202/453–8050). The
address is U.S. Department of State, SA–
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700,
Washington, DC 20547–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department
of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5295]
Advisory Committee on Private
International Law
SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee’s
study group on secured finance will
hold a meeting in New York City on
February 27 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
EST to review proposed
recommendations for legislative reform
on secured finance law under
consideration by the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law
(UNCITRAL). The meeting will examine
in particular proposals concerning
security interests in independent
undertakings, such as letters of credit;
bank accounts; and, time permitting,
negotiable instruments.
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121,190 hours.
Background
UNCITRAL is preparing draft
recommendations for countries that
wish to upgrade their secured finance
laws. This effort has been in progress
since 2002, and has examined various
approaches to secured finance law,
including Uniform Commercial Code
Article 9 (secured interests). The
Commission will seek to balance the
various proposals, and its Working
Group on Secured Finance will meet to
continue that process at the UN in New
York during the first week of February
2006. The Department of State’s
Advisory Committee on Private
International Law (ACPIL) will examine
documents discussed at or revised
during or after that meeting. The
Advisory Committee offers an
opportunity for interested members of
the public or entities, associations, etc.,
to comment both on these developments
and to make recommendations for
future proposals.
Agenda
The Advisory Committee’s Study
group agenda tentatively will cover
current developments in international
secured finance, and in particular
proposals concerning the intersection of
secured financing law and law covering
independent undertakings such as
letters of credit; bank accounts; and,
time permitting, negotiable instruments.
Public Participation
Advisory Committee Study group
meetings are open to the public. The
meeting will be held at the offices of
Bingham McCutchenn LLP at 399 Park
Avenue, New York City, conference
room 21C. Persons wishing to attend
need to provide in advance their name,
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address, contact numbers, including
email addresses if available, and
affiliation(s) if any to Jake Sullivan at
617–951–8613 or at
jake.sullivan@bingham.com, not later
than February 20. Persons who cannot
attend but who wish to comment on any
of the topics referred to are welcome to
do so in writing.
DOCUMENTS on this project are
obtainable at https://www.Uncitral.org/
Working Groups/Working Group VI on
secured finance. Additional documents
may be available following the UN
Working Group’s meeting in early
February, which may be obtained from
Mr. Sullivan. For further information on
UNCITRAL or the project generally
please contact Hal Burman at the State
Department at BurmanHS@State.gov. or
202–776–8421, fax 776–8482.
Dated: January 26, 2006.
Harold S. Burman,
Advisory Committee Executive Director,
Department of State.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
History of the 301 Investigation
[Docket No. 301–121]
Results of Out-Of-Cycle Review Under
Section 182 and Termination of Action
Under Section 301(b): Intellectual
Property Laws and Practices of the
Government of Ukraine
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Revocation of identification of
Ukraine as a Priority Foreign Country
under section 182 and termination of
action under section 301(b).
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Out-of-Cycle Review
(‘‘OCR’’) under section 182 (commonly
referred to as the ‘‘Special 301’’
provision) of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (‘‘Trade Act’’), has concluded
with a finding that the Government of
Ukraine substantially has improved its
intellectual property right (‘‘IPR’’)
enforcement efforts. As a result, the
United States Trade Representative
(‘‘Trade Representative’’) is revoking the
identification of Ukraine as a Priority
Foreign Country (‘‘PFC’’) under section
182 and instead is placing Ukraine on
the Priority Watch List, and is restoring
the tariff-free treatment under the
Generalized System of Preferences
(‘‘GSP’’) accorded to products of
Ukraine. Pursuant to section 306 of the
Trade Act, the Office of the United
States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’)
will continue to monitor closely the
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Government of Ukraine’s IPR
enforcement efforts.
DATES: The restoration of tariff-free GSP
treatment accorded to products of
Ukraine is effective with respect to
articles entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
January 23, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions concerning the results of the
Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review:
Jennifer Choe Groves, Director for
Intellectual Property and Chair of the
Special 301 Committee, USTR, (202)
395–4510, Laurie Molnar, Director for
European and Mediterranean Trade
Affairs, USTR, (202) 395–4620, or
Stephen Kho, Associate General
Counsel, USTR, (202) 395–3150; for
questions concerning procedures under
Section 301: William Busis, Associate
General Counsel and Chairman of the
Section 301 Committee, USTR, (202)
395–3150; and for questions concerning
entries: Teiko Campbell, Program
Officer, Office of Trade Compliance and
Facilitation, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security, (202) 344–2698.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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On March 12, 2001, the Trade
Representative identified Ukraine as a
PFC under Special 301. The PFC
identification was based on deficiencies
in Ukraine’s acts, policies and practices
regarding IPR protection, including
weak enforcement, as evidenced by high
levels of piracy of optical media
products (such as CDs and DVDs), and
the failure of the Government of Ukraine
to enact adequate and effective IPR
legislation to address optical media
piracy. The Trade Representative
simultaneously initiated an
investigation (Docket 301–121) under
Section 301(b) of the Trade Act in order
to investigate these IPR protection
issues. See 66 FR 18,346 (April 6, 2001).
In August 2001, the Trade
Representative determined that the acts,
policies, and practices of Ukraine with
respect to IPR protection were
unreasonable and burdened or restricted
United States commerce, and were thus
actionable under section 301(b) of the
Trade Act. As an initial action in
response, the Trade Representative
suspended GSP treatment accorded to
products of Ukraine, effective August
24, 2001. See 66 FR 42,246 (Aug. 10,
2001). In December 2001, the Trade
Representative took the additional
action of imposing 100% ad valorem
tariffs on certain Ukrainian exports with
an annual trade value of approximately
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$75 million, effective January 23, 2002.
See 67 FR 120 (Jan. 2, 2002).
In August 2005, the Government of
Ukraine adopted important amendments
to its Laser-readable Disc Law that
strengthen Ukraine’s licensing regime
and enforcement capabilities to stem the
illegal production and trade of optical
media products. In response, the Trade
Representative terminated the 100% ad
valorem duties. The Trade
Representative also announced that at
the conclusion of an OCR focused on
whether Ukraine had implemented fully
the legislative improvements and had
otherwise strengthened IPR
enforcement, he would determine
whether to revoke the identification of
Ukraine as a PFC and whether to restore
Ukraine’s GSP benefits. USTR requested
written comments from the public
concerning these matters. See 70 FR
53,410 (Sep. 8, 2005).
Results of OCR
In the OCR, the interagency Special
301 Committee has concluded that
enforcement against optical media
piracy in Ukraine has improved since
the initiation of the investigation in
2001, and that the Government of
Ukraine has made substantial progress
on IPR enforcement actions suggested in
an August 2005 OCR Action Plan. The
Government of Ukraine has presented
statistical and other data to show that it
has conducted raids against entities
involved in commercial distribution of
IPR-infringing products and has
conducted numerous and continuing
inspections of Ukraine’s licensed optical
disc plants. The Government of Ukraine
has established a specialized IPR unit
within the Economic Crime Division
under the Ministry of the Interior and a
specialized unit in Customs to deal with
IP crimes. The Government of Ukraine
has agreed to establish an Enforcement
Coordination Group that will provide
Ukrainian IPR enforcement officials,
U.S. Government officials, and
copyright industry representatives with
a forum to meet and share information
on Ukraine’s enforcement efforts. In
sum, in contrast to 2001 when the Trade
Representative designated Ukraine as a
PFC, Ukraine is no longer a major
producer of pirated optical media sold
elsewhere in Europe. IPR enforcement
concerns do remain, however, including
with respect to the transshipment
through Ukraine of pirated optical
media produced in neighboring
countries.
Under section 182(c)(1)(A) of the
Trade Act, the Trade Representative is
authorized to revoke the identification
of any foreign country as a PFC at any
time. In light of the positive results of
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5295]
Advisory Committee on Private International Law
SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee's study group on secured finance will
hold a meeting in New York City on February 27 from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. EST to review proposed recommendations for legislative reform on
secured finance law under consideration by the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The meeting will
examine in particular proposals concerning security interests in
independent undertakings, such as letters of credit; bank accounts;
and, time permitting, negotiable instruments.
Background
UNCITRAL is preparing draft recommendations for countries that wish
to upgrade their secured finance laws. This effort has been in progress
since 2002, and has examined various approaches to secured finance law,
including Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 (secured interests). The
Commission will seek to balance the various proposals, and its Working
Group on Secured Finance will meet to continue that process at the UN
in New York during the first week of February 2006. The Department of
State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL) will
examine documents discussed at or revised during or after that meeting.
The Advisory Committee offers an opportunity for interested members of
the public or entities, associations, etc., to comment both on these
developments and to make recommendations for future proposals.
Agenda
The Advisory Committee's Study group agenda tentatively will cover
current developments in international secured finance, and in
particular proposals concerning the intersection of secured financing
law and law covering independent undertakings such as letters of
credit; bank accounts; and, time permitting, negotiable instruments.
Public Participation
Advisory Committee Study group meetings are open to the public. The
meeting will be held at the offices of Bingham McCutchenn LLP at 399
Park Avenue, New York City, conference room 21C. Persons wishing to
attend need to provide in advance their name,
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address, contact numbers, including email addresses if available, and
affiliation(s) if any to Jake Sullivan at 617-951-8613 or at
jake.sullivan@bingham.com, not later than February 20. Persons who
cannot attend but who wish to comment on any of the topics referred to
are welcome to do so in writing.
DOCUMENTS on this project are obtainable at https://
www.Uncitral.org/Working Groups/Working Group VI on secured finance.
Additional documents may be available following the UN Working Group's
meeting in early February, which may be obtained from Mr. Sullivan. For
further information on UNCITRAL or the project generally please contact
Hal Burman at the State Department at BurmanHS@State.gov. or 202-776-
8421, fax 776-8482.
Dated: January 26, 2006.
Harold S. Burman,
Advisory Committee Executive Director, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-1483 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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