Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing Requirements With Respect to Goods and Services Covered by Chapter 9 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement for Costa Rica, 472-473 [E8-31406]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determination Regarding Waiver of
Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements With Respect to Goods
and Services Covered by Chapter 9 of
the Dominican Republic-Central
America-United States Free Trade
Agreement for Costa Rica
AGENCY: Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Determination under Trade
Agreements Act of 1979.
Effective Date: January 1, 2009.
Jean
Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement
Negotiator, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–9476,
or Maria Pagan, Associate General
Counsel, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–9626.
On August 5, 2004, the United States
and Costa Rica entered into the
Dominican Republic-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement
(‘‘the CAFTA–DR’’). Chapter 9 of the
CAFTA–DR sets forth certain
obligations with respect to government
procurement of goods and services, as
specified in Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of the
CAFTA–DR.
The United States approved the
CAFTA–DR through the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States
Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act (‘‘the CAFTA–DR Act’’) (Pub. L. No.
109–53, 119 Stat. 462) (19 U.S.C. 4001
et seq.). The CAFTA–DR entered into
force for Costa Rica on January 1, 2009.
Section 1–201 of Executive Order
12260 of December 31, 1980 (46 FR
1653) delegates the functions of the
President under Sections 301 and 302 of
the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (‘‘the
Trade Agreements Act’’) (19 U.S.C.
2511, 2512) to the United States Trade
Representative.
Now, therefore, I, Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative, in
conformity with the provisions of
Sections 301 and 302 of the Trade
Agreements Act and Executive Order
12260, and in order to carry out U.S.
obligations under Chapter 9 of the
CAFTA–DR, do hereby determine that:
1. Costa Rica is a country, other than
a major industrialized country, which,
pursuant to the CAFTA–DR, will
provide appropriate reciprocal
competitive government procurement
opportunities to United States products
and suppliers of such products. In
accordance with Section 301(b)(3) of the
Trade Agreements Act, Costa Rica is so
designated for purposes of Section
301(a) of the Trade Agreements Act.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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2. With respect to eligible products of
Costa Rica (i.e., goods and services
covered by the Schedules of the United
States in Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of the
CAFTA–DR) and suppliers of such
products, the application of any law,
regulation, procedure, or practice
regarding government procurement that
would, if applied to such products and
suppliers, result in treatment less
favorable than accorded—
(A) To United States products and
suppliers of such products; or
(B) To eligible products of another
foreign country or instrumentality
which is a party to the Agreement on
Government Procurement referred to in
section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(d)(17)) and suppliers of such
products, shall be waived.
With respect to Costa Rica, this
waiver shall be applied by all entities
listed in the Schedules of the United
States in Section A of Annex 9.1.2.(b)(i)
and in List A of Section B of Annex
9.1.2(b)(i) of the CAFTA–DR.
3. The designation in paragraph 1 and
the waiver in paragraph 2 are subject to
modification or withdrawal by the
United States Trade Representative.
Dated: December 30, 2008.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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FY 2008 Annual Compliance Report;
Comment Request
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Commission is
establishing a docket for consideration
of the Postal Service’s compliance with
statutory provisions pertaining to costs,
revenues, rates, and quality of service.
The Postal Service’s recently-filed FY
2008 report forms the basis for
consideration. The public is invited to
comment.
DATES: Comments are due January 30,
2009. Reply comments are due February
13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
202–789–6820 and
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.
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Section
3652 of title 39 of the United States
Code requires the Postal Service to file
a report with the Postal Regulatory
Commission on the costs, revenues,
rates, and quality of service associated
with its products within 90 days after
the close of each fiscal year. That
section requires that the Postal Service’s
annual report be sufficiently detailed to
allow the Commission and the public to
determine whether the rates charged
and the service provided comply with
all of the requirements of title 39. See
39 U.S.C. 3652(a)(1) and (e)(1)(A). The
Postal Service filed its annual
compliance report for FY 2008 with the
Commission on December 29, 2008.
Appended to it are four major sets of
data: (1) The Cost and Revenue Analysis
(CRA); (2) the International Cost and
Revenue Analysis (ICRA); (3) the
models of costs avoided by worksharing;
and (4) billing determinant
information.1
After receiving the FY 2008 ACR, the
Commission is required under 39 U.S.C.
3653 to provide an opportunity to
comment to the interested public and an
officer of the Commission to represent
the interests of the general public. A
public representative (officer of the
Commission) will be designated in a
subsequent notice to be issued in the
near future. The Commission hereby
solicits public comment on the degree to
which the Postal Service’s operations
and financial results comply with the
policies of title 39. Comments by
interested persons are due on or before
January 30, 2009. Reply comments are
due on or before February 13, 2009.
After completing its review of the FY
2008 ACR, public comments, and any
other information submitted in this
proceeding, the Commission will issue
an Annual Compliance Determination
(ACD).
The Commission is aware that the
comment periods in annual compliance
report proceedings are brief when one
considers the complexity of the issues
involved. However, the statute affords
the Commission 90 days to digest the
report filed by the Postal Service and
evaluate the Postal Service’s compliance
with the broad range of policies
articulated in title 39. Expediting public
comment is essential if the Commission
is to have sufficient time to take the
public’s concerns into account in
making its evaluation.
This is the second compliance report
filed by the Postal Service since passage
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 United States Postal Service FY 2008 Annual
Compliance Report, December 29, 2008 (FY 2008
ACR). Public portions of the Postal Service’s filing
are available at the Commission’s Web site,
https://www.prc.gov.
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of the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006. The
first compliance report was filed on
December 28, 2007, and covered FY
2007. FY 2007 was a transitional period
during which the rate-setting criteria of
the former Postal Reorganization Act
(PRA) remained in force. The fact that
FY 2007 was a transitional period
presented the Postal Service with a
difficult task.2 The Commission
therefore reviewed the Postal Service’s
rates and service under the standards of
the PAEA with due regard for the
‘‘unique and non-recurring factors’’
confronted by the Postal Service and
with appreciation for ‘‘the good faith
effort of the Postal Service to provide
useful available information. * * * Id.
The Commission stated that ‘‘[i]n future
years, when the Postal Service has the
benefit of * * * rules [keyed to the
evaluation of the PAEA’s standards], a
more rigorous level of scrutiny will be
more justifiable.’’ Id.
The Postal Service states that
although the transition issues are ‘‘less
acute’’ this year, some still remain. As
an example, the Postal Service points to
the fact that the lists of market dominant
and competitive products in the Mail
Classification Schedule were not
finalized until after the start of FY 2008.
Moreover, the Postal Service notes that
final rules governing the form and
content of the annual compliance report
have not yet been issued.3
Among the materials submitted by the
Postal Service as part of its filing is a
document identified as USPS–FY08–9
which serves as a roadmap summarizing
other materials submitted as part of the
FY 2008 ACR and discussing changes in
methodologies from the Commission’s
methodologies in the FY 2007 ACD.
The Postal Service states that the
major sets of materials and the formats
in which they are presented should be
familiar to the Commission and those
persons who have participated in earlier
postal rate proceedings. The one
2 Included among the difficulties faced by the
Postal Service was the fact that it ‘‘[did] not have
experience producing annual cost, revenue, and
volume figures so quickly after the close of the
fiscal year.’’ FY 2007 ACD at 9. In addition, many
of the Postal Service’s products ‘‘did not have
service standards and service measurement
procedures in effect during FY 2007.’’ Id. at 8. The
rates that were charged during FY 2007 were also
established under similar, but different, policies of
the PRA. Id.
3 On August 28, 2008, the Commission instituted
a rulemaking proceeding in which it proposed
periodic reporting rules to implement all of the
PAEA’s provisions intended to make the Postal
Service’s operations and finances transparent and
accountable. Docket No. RM2008–4, Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking Prescribing Form and
Content of Periodic Reports, August 22, 2008. The
Commission is reviewing the initial and reply
comments submitted in that proceeding.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements With Respect to Goods and Services Covered by Chapter 9 of
the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade
Agreement for Costa Rica
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Determination under Trade Agreements Act of 1979.
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DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202)
395-9476, or Maria Pagan, Associate General Counsel, Office of the
United States Trade Representative, (202) 395-9626.
On August 5, 2004, the United States and Costa Rica entered into
the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade
Agreement (``the CAFTA-DR''). Chapter 9 of the CAFTA-DR sets forth
certain obligations with respect to government procurement of goods and
services, as specified in Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of the CAFTA-DR.
The United States approved the CAFTA-DR through the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (``the CAFTA-DR Act'') (Pub. L. No. 109-53, 119
Stat. 462) (19 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). The CAFTA-DR entered into force
for Costa Rica on January 1, 2009.
Section 1-201 of Executive Order 12260 of December 31, 1980 (46 FR
1653) delegates the functions of the President under Sections 301 and
302 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (``the Trade Agreements Act'')
(19 U.S.C. 2511, 2512) to the United States Trade Representative.
Now, therefore, I, Susan C. Schwab, United States Trade
Representative, in conformity with the provisions of Sections 301 and
302 of the Trade Agreements Act and Executive Order 12260, and in order
to carry out U.S. obligations under Chapter 9 of the CAFTA-DR, do
hereby determine that:
1. Costa Rica is a country, other than a major industrialized
country, which, pursuant to the CAFTA-DR, will provide appropriate
reciprocal competitive government procurement opportunities to United
States products and suppliers of such products. In accordance with
Section 301(b)(3) of the Trade Agreements Act, Costa Rica is so
designated for purposes of Section 301(a) of the Trade Agreements Act.
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2. With respect to eligible products of Costa Rica (i.e., goods and
services covered by the Schedules of the United States in Annex
9.1.2(b)(i) of the CAFTA-DR) and suppliers of such products, the
application of any law, regulation, procedure, or practice regarding
government procurement that would, if applied to such products and
suppliers, result in treatment less favorable than accorded--
(A) To United States products and suppliers of such products; or
(B) To eligible products of another foreign country or
instrumentality which is a party to the Agreement on Government
Procurement referred to in section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17)) and suppliers of such products,
shall be waived.
With respect to Costa Rica, this waiver shall be applied by all
entities listed in the Schedules of the United States in Section A of
Annex 9.1.2.(b)(i) and in List A of Section B of Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of
the CAFTA-DR.
3. The designation in paragraph 1 and the waiver in paragraph 2 are
subject to modification or withdrawal by the United States Trade
Representative.
Dated: December 30, 2008.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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