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WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding
Regarding United States—Measures
Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of
Gambling and Betting Services
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is
providing notice that the World Trade
Organization Dispute Settlement Body
(DSB), at the request of Antigua and
Barbuda, has established a panel under
Article 21.5 of the WTO Understanding
on Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (‘‘DSU’’) to
examine the compliance of the United
States with the DSB recommendations
and rulings in the matter of United
States—Measures Affecting the CrossBorder Supply of Gambling and Betting
Services. The panel request may be
found at www.wto.org in a document
designated as WT/DS285/18. USTR
invites written comments from the
public concerning the issues raised in
this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any
comments received during the course of
the dispute settlement proceedings,
comments should be submitted on or
before October 23 to be assured of
timely consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0701@ustr.eop.gov, Attn: ‘‘Gambling
and Betting Dispute (DS285)’’ in the
subject line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy
McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. For
documents sent by fax, USTR requests
that the submitter provide a
confirmation copy to the electronic mail
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Busis, Associate General
Counsel, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395–
3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Prior WTO Proceedings
On June 12, 2003, Antigua and
Barbuda requested a dispute settlement
panel to consider its claims that U.S.
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Federal, State and territorial laws on
gambling violate U.S. commitments
under the General Agreement on Trade
in Services (GATS), to the extent that
such laws prevent or can prevent
operators from Antigua and Barbuda
from lawfully offering gambling and
betting services in the United States.
The WTO ruled on April 20, 2005,
rejecting all of Antigua and Barbuda’s
claims except the WTO ruled that for
the United States to show that the
Federal gambling laws meet the
requirements of the chapeau to Article
XIV of the GATS, the United States
needed to clarify an issue concerning
Internet gambling on horse racing. On
May 19, 2005, the United States stated
its intention to implement the DSB
recommendations and rulings. On April
10, 2006, the United States informed the
DSB that the United States had
complied with the DSB
recommendations and rulings.
Issues Raised by Antigua and Barbuda
In its panel request under Article 21.5
of the DSU, Antigua disputes that the
United States has complied with the
DSB recommendations and rulings.
Antigua raises the following issues:
(1) Antigua and Barbuda argues that
the United States has not taken any
measure to comply with the DSB
recommendations and rulings.
(2) Second, Antigua and Barbuda
characterizes U.S. compliance as relying
on a ‘‘restatement of a legal position
taken by a party to a dispute,’’ and
argues that such action is legally
insufficient under the DSU to amount to
compliance.
(3) Third, Antigua and Barbuda
disputes that the U.S. compliance brings
the measures at issue within the scope
of the GATS Article XIV public morals/
public order exception.
Public Comment: Requirements for
Submissions
Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments concerning
the issues raised in this dispute. Persons
may submit their comments either (i)
electronically, to FR0701@ustr.eop.gov,
Attn: ‘‘Gambling and Betting Dispute
(DS285)’’ in the subject line, or (ii) by
fax to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–
3640. For documents sent by fax, USTR
requests that the submitter provide a
confirmation copy to the electronic mail
address listed above.
USTR encourages the submission of
documents in Adobe PDF format, as
attachments to an electronic mail.
Interested persons who make
submissions by electronic mail should
not provide separate cover letters;
information that might appear in a cover
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letter should be included in the
submission itself. Similarly, to the
extent possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
A person requesting that information
contained in a comment submitted by
that person be treated as confidential
business information must certify that
such information is business
confidential and would not customarily
be released to the public by the
submitter. Confidential business
information must be clearly designated
as such and the submission must be
marked ‘‘Business Confidential’’ at the
top and bottom of the cover page and
each succeeding page.
Information or advice contained in a
comment submitted, other than business
confidential information, may be
determined by USTR to be confidential
in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that
information or advice may qualify as
such, the submitter—
(1) Must clearly so designate the
information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as
‘‘Submitted in Confidence’’ at the top
and bottom of the cover page and each
succeeding page; and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the
URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will
maintain a file on this dispute
settlement proceeding, accessible to the
public, in the USTR Reading Room,
which is located at 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The public file
will include non-confidential comments
received by USTR from the public with
respect to the dispute; and the U.S.
submissions, the submissions, or nonconfidential summaries of submissions,
received from other participants in the
dispute; the report of the panel and; if
applicable, the report of the Appellate
Body. An appointment to review the
public file (Docket No. WT/DS285,
Gambling and Betting Dispute) may be
made by calling the USTR Reading
Room at (202) 395–6186. The USTR
Reading Room is open to the public
from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Daniel E. Brinza,
Assistant United States Trade Representative
for Monitoring and Enforcement.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and
Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.
Regulation SHO; SEC File No. 270–534; OMB
Control No. 3235–0589.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Regulation SHO
Proposed Regulation SHO, Rule 201
(17 CFR 242.200 through 242.203)
requires each broker-dealer that effects a
sell order in any equity security to mark
the order ‘‘long,’’ short,’’ or ‘‘short
exempt.’’ Proposed Regulation SHO,
Rule 201 causes a collection of
information because the rule’s
requirement that each order ticket be
marked either ‘‘long,’’ ‘‘short,’’ or ‘‘short
exempt’’ is a disclosure to third parties
and the public imposed on ten or more
persons.
The information required by the rule
is necessary for the execution of the
Commission’s mandate under the
Exchange Act to prevent fraudulent,
manipulative, and deceptive acts and
practices by broker-dealers. The purpose
of the information collected is to enable
regulators to monitor whether a person
effecting a short sale is acting in
accordance with proposed Regulation
SHO. Without the requirement that each
order or an equity security be marked
either ‘‘long,’’ ‘‘short,’’ or ‘‘short
exempt,’’ there would be no means to
police compliance with Regulation
SHO.
We assume that all of the
approximately 6,752 registered brokerdealers effect sell orders in securities
covered by proposed Regulation SHO.
For purposes of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, the Commission staff has
estimated that a total of 1,164,755,007
trades are executed annually.
This is an average of approximately
172,505 annual responses by each
respondent. Each response of marking
orders ‘‘long,’’ ‘‘short,’’ or ‘‘short
exempt’’ takes approximately .000139
hours (.5 seconds) to complete. Thus,
the total approximate estimated annual
hour burden per year is 161,900 burden
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hours (1,164,755,007 responses @
0.000139 hours/response). A reasonable
estimate for the paperwork compliance
for the proposed rules for each brokerdealer is approximately 24 burden hours
(172,505 responses @ .000139 hours/
response) or (161,900 burden hours /
6,752 respondents).
The retention period for the
recordkeeping requirement under
Regulation SHO is three years following
the trade date. The recordkeeping
requirement under this Rule is
mandatory to assist the Commission
with monitoring the short sales of
securities. This rule does not involve
the collection of confidential
information. Please note that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number.
Comments should be directed to: (i)
Desk Officer for the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10102, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503 or by
sending an e-mail to:
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R.
Corey Booth, Director/CIO, Office of
Information Technology, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-mail
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments
must be submitted to OMB within 30
days of this notice.
Dated: October 10, 2006.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket No. WTO/DS285]
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding United States--
Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting
Services
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative
(``USTR'') is providing notice that the World Trade Organization
Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), at the request of Antigua and Barbuda,
has established a panel under Article 21.5 of the WTO Understanding on
Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (``DSU'') to
examine the compliance of the United States with the DSB
recommendations and rulings in the matter of United States--Measures
Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services. The
panel request may be found at www.wto.org in a document designated as
WT/DS285/18. USTR invites written comments from the public concerning
the issues raised in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any comments received during the
course of the dispute settlement proceedings, comments should be
submitted on or before October 23 to be assured of timely consideration
by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0701@ustr.eop.gov, Attn: ``Gambling and Betting Dispute (DS285)'' in
the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395-3640.
For documents sent by fax, USTR requests that the submitter provide a
confirmation copy to the electronic mail address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Busis, Associate General
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395-3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Prior WTO Proceedings
On June 12, 2003, Antigua and Barbuda requested a dispute
settlement panel to consider its claims that U.S. Federal, State and
territorial laws on gambling violate U.S. commitments under the General
Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), to the extent that such laws
prevent or can prevent operators from Antigua and Barbuda from lawfully
offering gambling and betting services in the United States. The WTO
ruled on April 20, 2005, rejecting all of Antigua and Barbuda's claims
except the WTO ruled that for the United States to show that the
Federal gambling laws meet the requirements of the chapeau to Article
XIV of the GATS, the United States needed to clarify an issue
concerning Internet gambling on horse racing. On May 19, 2005, the
United States stated its intention to implement the DSB recommendations
and rulings. On April 10, 2006, the United States informed the DSB that
the United States had complied with the DSB recommendations and
rulings.
Issues Raised by Antigua and Barbuda
In its panel request under Article 21.5 of the DSU, Antigua
disputes that the United States has complied with the DSB
recommendations and rulings. Antigua raises the following issues:
(1) Antigua and Barbuda argues that the United States has not taken
any measure to comply with the DSB recommendations and rulings.
(2) Second, Antigua and Barbuda characterizes U.S. compliance as
relying on a ``restatement of a legal position taken by a party to a
dispute,'' and argues that such action is legally insufficient under
the DSU to amount to compliance.
(3) Third, Antigua and Barbuda disputes that the U.S. compliance
brings the measures at issue within the scope of the GATS Article XIV
public morals/public order exception.
Public Comment: Requirements for Submissions
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning the issues raised in this dispute. Persons may submit their
comments either (i) electronically, to FR0701@ustr.eop.gov, Attn:
``Gambling and Betting Dispute (DS285)'' in the subject line, or (ii)
by fax to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395-3640. For documents sent by fax,
USTR requests that the submitter provide a confirmation copy to the
electronic mail address listed above.
USTR encourages the submission of documents in Adobe PDF format, as
attachments to an electronic mail. Interested persons who make
submissions by electronic mail should not provide separate cover
letters; information that might appear in a cover
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letter should be included in the submission itself. Similarly, to the
extent possible, any attachments to the submission should be included
in the same file as the submission itself, and not as separate files.
A person requesting that information contained in a comment
submitted by that person be treated as confidential business
information must certify that such information is business confidential
and would not customarily be released to the public by the submitter.
Confidential business information must be clearly designated as such
and the submission must be marked ``Business Confidential'' at the top
and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page.
Information or advice contained in a comment submitted, other than
business confidential information, may be determined by USTR to be
confidential in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that information
or advice may qualify as such, the submitter--
(1) Must clearly so designate the information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as ``Submitted in Confidence''
at the top and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page; and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a non-confidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR
will maintain a file on this dispute settlement proceeding, accessible
to the public, in the USTR Reading Room, which is located at 1724 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. The public file will include non-
confidential comments received by USTR from the public with respect to
the dispute; and the U.S. submissions, the submissions, or non-
confidential summaries of submissions, received from other participants
in the dispute; the report of the panel and; if applicable, the report
of the Appellate Body. An appointment to review the public file (Docket
No. WT/DS285, Gambling and Betting Dispute) may be made by calling the
USTR Reading Room at (202) 395-6186. The USTR Reading Room is open to
the public from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Daniel E. Brinza,
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Monitoring and
Enforcement.
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