Notice of Meeting of a Study Group of the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law, 3953 [2010-1353]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 3953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1353]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6878]


Notice of Meeting of a Study Group of the U.S. Department of 
State Advisory Committee on Private International Law

    A Study Group of the Department of State Advisory Committee on 
Private International Law (ACPIL) will hold a public meeting to 
continue the discussion of the treatment of IP-secured financing 
practices in the United Nations Commission on International Trade 
(UNCITRAL) Draft Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions (Guide). At 
the 40th Session of the UNCITRAL in December 2007, it adopted a 
legislative guide on secured transactions, including recommendations 
dealing with the scope of the Guide as it relates to IP law and secured 
financing, as well as the inclusion in the commentary to the Guide of 
explanatory statements on the treatment of IP as secured financing. 
UNCITRAL also approved a work project on IP law matters as they relate 
to secured financing law. Other sessions for that work project were 
held in May and October of 2008 and April and October 2009. This is not 
a meeting of the full Advisory Committee.
    The Study Group will use this public meeting to continue to 
exchange thoughts on the relationship between secured finance and IP 
and how this matter should be addressed in the new draft IP annex to 
the Guide. The report of the earlier sessions of the UNCITRAL Working 
Group and the papers prepared by the Secretariat for the next session 
of the UNCITRAL working group can be obtained at https://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/commission/working_groups/6Security_Interests.html. The revised document that will be reviewed at the 
February 8-12 session of the Working Group in New York is also 
available on this link.
    Time and Place: The public meeting will take place at the 
Department of State, Office of Private International Law, 2430 E 
Street, NW., Washington, DC on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, from 10 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST.
    Public Participation: This Study Group meeting is open to the 
public, subject to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the 
meeting building is controlled; persons wishing to attend should 
contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms of the Department of State Legal 
Adviser's Office at SmeltzerTK@state.gov or TomsNN@state.gov and 
provide your name, e-mail address, and mailing address to get admission 
into the meeting or to get directions to the office. Persons who cannot 
attend but who wish to comment are welcome to do so by e-mail to 
Michael Dennis at DennisMJ@state.gov. A member of the public needing 
reasonable accommodation should advise those same contacts not later 
than January 27th. Requests made after that date will be considered, 
but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you are unable to attend the 
public meeting and you would like to participate by teleconferencing, 
please contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms at 202-776-8420 to 
receive the conference call-in number and the relevant information.
    Information about members of the public is sought pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 2658; Executive Order 10450; Executive Order 12356: and Section 
506 (a) of the Federal Records Act of 1950, as amended (44 U.S.C. 
3101). The primary purpose for collecting the information is to assure 
protection of U.S. Department of State facilities and to allow all 
Department of State (DOS) staff to pre-register single visitors or 
groups and verify the requester has escort authority. The information 
furnished is used by the Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic 
Security to enhance the Department's security by tracking visitor 
traffic and to prevent security vulnerability. The information may be 
shared with Bureau of Diplomatic Security staff as a routine use, and 
on an as-needed basis with outside law-enforcement organizations as 
part of the Department's effort to combat terrorism and to cooperate 
with law enforcement investigations. In addition, the information 
provided is used to better track, manage, and control access to 
buildings and restricted areas under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of State; to determine the status of individuals entering Department of 
State premises; and to provide data requisite to investigations and 
security reports. Data may be shared with other Local, State, and 
Federal law enforcement agencies. Failure to provide the information 
requested may result in denial of access to U.S. Department of State 
facilities.

     Dated: January 15, 2010.
Michael J. Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2010-1353 Filed 1-22-10; 8:45 am]
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