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Dated: December 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Notice of Issuance of an Export
Trade Certificate of Review, Application
No. 06–00002.
ACTION:
On December 14, 2006, the
U.S. Department of Commerce issued an
Export Trade Certificate of Review to
Darah Thomas doing business as Necole
Shannon Global Export Services
(‘‘NSGES’’). This notice summarizes the
conduct for which certification has been
granted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Export
Trading Company Affairs, International
Trade Administration, by telephone at
(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free
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number), or by e-mail at
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Title III of
the Export Trading Company Act of
1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21)
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
issue Export Trade Certificates of
Review. The regulations implementing
Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325
(2005).
Export Trading Company Affairs
(‘‘ETCA’’) is issuing this notice pursuant
to 15 CFR section 325.6(b), which
requires the U.S. Department of
Commerce to publish a summary of the
certification in the Federal Register.
Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15
CFR section 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Certified Conduct
Export Trade
1. Products
All products.
2. Services
All services.
3. Technology Rights
Technology Rights, including, but not
limited to, patents, trademarks,
copyrights, and trade secrets, that relate
to Products and Services.
4. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as
They Relate to the Export of Products,
Services, and Technology Rights)
Export Trade Facilitation Services,
including, but not limited to,
professional services in the areas of
government relations and assistance
with state and federal programs; foreign
trade and business protocol; consulting;
market research and analysis; collection
of information on trade opportunities;
marketing; negotiations; joint ventures;
shipping; export management; export
licensing; advertising; documentation
and services related to compliance with
customs requirements; insurance and
financing; trade show exhibitions;
organizational development;
management and labor strategies;
transfer of technology; transportation
services; and facilitating the formation
of shippers’ associations.
Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts
of the world except the United States
(the fifty states of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the
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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
1. With respect to the sale of Products
and Services, licensing of Technology
Rights, and provision of Export Trade
Facilitation Services, NSGES, subject to
the terms and conditions listed below,
may:
a. Provide and/or arrange for the
provisions of Export Trade Facilitation
Services;
b. Engage in promotional and
marketing activities and collect
information on trade opportunities in
the Export Markets and distribute such
information to clients;
c. Enter into exclusive and/or nonexclusive licensing and/or sales
agreements with Suppliers for the
export of Products, Services, and/or
Technology Rights to Export Markets;
d. Enter into exclusive and/or nonexclusive agreements with distributors
and/or sales representatives in Export
Markets;
e. Allocate export sales or divide
Export Markets among Suppliers for the
sale and/or licensing of Products,
Services, and/or Technology Rights;
f. Allocate export orders among
Suppliers;
g. Establish the price of Products,
Services, and/or Technology Rights for
sales and/or licensing in Export
Markets;
h. Negotiate, enter into, and/or
manage licensing agreements for the
export of Technology Rights; and
i. Enter into contracts for shipping.
2. NSGES and individual Suppliers
may regularly exchange information on
a one-on-one basis regarding that
Supplier’s inventories and near-term
production schedules in order that the
availability of Products for export can be
determined and effectively coordinated
by NSGES with its distributors in Export
Markets.
Terms and Conditions of Certificate
1. In engaging in Export Trade
Activities and Methods of Operation,
NSGES 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 already generally
available to the trade or public.
2. NSGES will comply with requests
made by the Secretary of Commerce on
behalf of the Secretary of Commerce or
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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 Attorney General or the Secretary of
Commerce 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
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Protection Provided by Certificate
This Certificate protects NSGES and
its 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
the Certificate and carried out during its
effective period in compliance with its
terms and conditions.
Effective Period of Certificate
This Certificate continues in effect
from the effective date indicated below
until it is relinquished, modified, or
revoked as provided in the Act and the
Regulations.
Other Conduct
Nothing in this Certificate prohibits
NSGES from engaging in conduct not
specified in this Certificate, but such
conduct is subject to the normal
application of the antitrust laws.
Disclaimer
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Dated: December 14, 2006.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
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• ‘‘Supplier’’ means a person who
produces, provides, or sells Products,
Services and/or Technology Rights.
The issuance of this Certificate of
Review to NSGES by the Secretary of
Commerce with the concurrence of the
Attorney General under the provisions
of the Act does not constitute, explicitly
or implicitly, an endorsement or
opinion by the Secretary of Commerce
or by the Attorney General concerning
either (a) the viability or quality of the
business plans of NSGES or (b) the
legality of such business plans of
NSGES under the laws of the United
States (other than as provided in the
Act) or under the laws of any foreign
country. The application of this
Certificate to conduct in export trade
where the United States Government is
the buyer or where the United States
Government bears more than half the
cost of the transaction is subject to the
limitations set forth in Section V.(D.) of
the ‘‘Guidelines for the Issuance of
Export Trade Certificates of Review
VerDate Aug<31>2005
(Second Edition),’’ 50 FR 1786 (January
11, 1985).
A copy of the certificate will be kept
in the International Trade
Administration’s Freedom of
Information Records Inspection Facility,
Room 4100, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 121406E]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council (Council); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene a public meeting of the Ad Hoc
Shrimp Effort Management Advisory
Panel (AP).
DATES: The Ad Hoc Shrimp Effort
Management AP meeting is scheduled
to begin at 1 p.m. on Monday, January
8, 2007, recess at 5 p.m., reconvene at
8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2007
and adjourn by 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Houston Hobby Airport, 8181
Airport Blvd., Houston, TX 77061.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Ad
Hoc Shrimp Effort Management AP will
receive brief presentations on current
levels of effort and the levels that could
optimize yield from the shrimp fishery.
The AP will receive similar briefings on
the current level of shrimp trawl
bycatch of juvenile red snapper and the
maximum level of allowable bycatch
that will maintain the current targets for
rebuilding the red snapper stock in the
Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, the
Council has charged the Ad Hoc Shrimp
Effort Management AP with the
following task:
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To develop management
recommendations for the shrimp fishery
to:
a. Manage effort to reduce red snapper
bycatch mortality in the shrimp fishery
by 50% from the 2001–03 base line in
2007.
b. Develop additional measures to
reach the red snapper bycatch mortality
reduction goals for the shrimp fishery
established in the red snapper
rebuilding plan.
The Ad Hoc Shrimp Effort
Management AP consists of commercial
shrimp fishermen, dealers, processors,
and association representatives as
voting members, as well as a NMFS
scientist, two representatives of
environmental non-government
organizations, a NOAA enforcement
representative, and a representative of
the Sea Grant Cooperative Extension
Service as nonvoting members.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
AP for discussion, in accordance with
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), those issues
may not be the subject of formal action
during this meeting. Actions of the AP
will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agenda and
any issues arising after publication of
this notice that require emergency
action under Section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council’s
intent to take action to address the
emergency. Copies of the agenda can be
obtained by calling (813) 348–1630.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina
Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the
meeting.
Dated: December 14, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 121406F]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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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. 06-00002.
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SUMMARY: On December 14, 2006, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued
an Export Trade Certificate of Review to Darah Thomas doing business as
Necole Shannon Global Export Services (``NSGES''). This notice
summarizes the conduct for which certification has been granted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Export
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, by
telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number), or by e-
mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of
Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations
implementing Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (2005).
Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA'') is issuing this notice
pursuant to 15 CFR section 325.6(b), which requires the U.S. Department
of Commerce to publish a summary of the certification in the Federal
Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR section 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.
3. Technology Rights
Technology Rights, including, but not limited to, patents,
trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, that relate to Products and
Services.
4. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of
Products, Services, and Technology Rights)
Export Trade Facilitation Services, including, but not limited to,
professional services in the areas of government relations and
assistance with state and federal programs; foreign trade and business
protocol; consulting; market research and analysis; collection of
information on trade opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint
ventures; shipping; export management; export licensing; advertising;
documentation and services related to compliance with customs
requirements; insurance and financing; trade show exhibitions;
organizational development; management and labor strategies; transfer
of technology; transportation services; and facilitating the formation
of shippers' associations.
Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts of the world except 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
1. With respect to the sale of Products and Services, licensing of
Technology Rights, and provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services,
NSGES, subject to the terms and conditions listed below, may:
a. Provide and/or arrange for the provisions of Export Trade
Facilitation Services;
b. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute
such information to clients;
c. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales
agreements with Suppliers for the export of Products, Services, and/or
Technology Rights to Export Markets;
d. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
e. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers
for the sale and/or licensing of Products, Services, and/or Technology
Rights;
f. Allocate export orders among Suppliers;
g. Establish the price of Products, Services, and/or Technology
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets;
h. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for
the export of Technology Rights; and
i. Enter into contracts for shipping.
2. NSGES and individual Suppliers may regularly exchange
information on a one-on-one basis regarding that Supplier's inventories
and near-term production schedules in order that the availability of
Products for export can be determined and effectively coordinated by
NSGES with its distributors in Export Markets.
Terms and Conditions of Certificate
1. In engaging in Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation,
NSGES 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 already generally
available to the trade or public.
2. NSGES will comply with requests made by the Secretary of
Commerce on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce or
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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 Attorney General or the
Secretary of Commerce 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
``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or
sells Products, Services and/or Technology Rights.
Protection Provided by Certificate
This Certificate protects NSGES and its 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 the Certificate and carried out during its
effective period in compliance with its terms and conditions.
Effective Period of Certificate
This Certificate continues in effect from the effective date
indicated below until it is relinquished, modified, or revoked as
provided in the Act and the Regulations.
Other Conduct
Nothing in this Certificate prohibits NSGES from engaging in
conduct not specified in this Certificate, but such conduct is subject
to the normal application of the antitrust laws.
Disclaimer
The issuance of this Certificate of Review to NSGES by the
Secretary of Commerce with the concurrence of the Attorney General
under the provisions of the Act does not constitute, explicitly or
implicitly, an endorsement or opinion by the Secretary of Commerce or
by the Attorney General concerning either (a) the viability or quality
of the business plans of NSGES or (b) the legality of such business
plans of NSGES under the laws of the United States (other than as
provided in the Act) or under the laws of any foreign country. The
application of this Certificate to conduct in export trade where the
United States Government is the buyer or where the United States
Government bears more than half the cost of the transaction is subject
to the limitations set forth in Section V.(D.) of the ``Guidelines for
the Issuance of Export Trade Certificates of Review (Second Edition),''
50 FR 1786 (January 11, 1985).
A copy of the certificate will be kept in the International Trade
Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility,
Room 4100, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: December 14, 2006.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-21726 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]
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