Civil Nuclear Policy Mission to Central and Eastern Europe, 9576-9578 [2010-4349]
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Participation Requirements
All persons interested in participating
in the Caribbean Trade Mission to the
Dominican Republic and Jamaica must
complete and submit an application
package for consideration by the
Department of Commerce. All
applicants will be evaluated on their
ability to meet certain conditions and
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Two Stops ..................................................................................................
One Stop ....................................................................................................
One Stop ....................................................................................................
Participation fee for each additional company representative ...................
best satisfy the selection criteria as
outlined below. Target recruitment for
the Trade Mission is between 12 and 15
companies.
Fees and Expenses:
SME Company1 ..................................................................
Large Company ..................................................................
SME Company ...................................................................
Large Company ..................................................................
.............................................................................................
$3,250
3,800
1,950
2,250
500
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1 An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small business under SBA regulations (see https://
www.sba.gov/services/contracting_opportunities/sizestandardstopics/). Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered
when determining business size. The dual pricing schedule reflects the Commercial Service’s user fee schedule that became effective May 1,
2008 (for additional information see https://www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/initiatives.html).
Expenses for travel, lodging, most
meals, and incidentals will be the
responsibility of each mission
participant.
Conditions for Participation:
An applicant must submit a
completed and signed mission
application and supplemental
application materials, including
adequate information on the company’s
products and/or services, primary
market objectives, and goals for
participation. If the U.S. Department of
Commerce receives an incomplete
application, the Department may reject
the application, request additional
information, or take the lack of
information into account when
evaluating the applications.
A company’s products or services
must be either produced in the United
States or, if not, marketed under the
name of a U.S. firm and have at least
51% U.S. content of the value of the
finished product/service.
Selection Criteria for Participation:
Each applicant to the program will be
screened for the following:
• Relevance of the company’s
business line to the mission’s goals.
• Timeliness of company’s signed
application and participation agreement
including fees.
• Timely and adequate provision of
company and product/service
information and literature, in order to
enable communication of company’s
objectives and scheduling of business
appointments.
• Provision of adequate information
on company’s products and/or services,
and company’s primary market
objectives, in order to facilitate
appropriate matching with potential
business partners.
Referrals from political organizations
and any documents containing
references to partisan political activities
(including political contributions) will
be removed from an applicant’s
submission and not considered during
the selection process.
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Timeframe For Recruitment And
Applications
Mission recruitment will be
conducted in an open and public
manner on a first come first serve basis,
including publication in the Federal
Register, posting on the Commerce
Department trade missions calendar—
https://www.ita.doc.gov/doctm/
tmcal.html—and other Internet
websites, publication in domestic trade
publications and association
newsletters, mailings from internal
mailing lists, win-faxes to internal
database of clients, email to sector
distribution lists, through posting in the
Federal Register, and at industry
meetings, symposia, conferences, trade
shows, etc. The Trade Mission will also
be promoted by USCS and by team
members in U.S. Export Assistance
Centers.
Recruitment for the mission is to
begin immediately and conclude no
later than March 19, 2010. The U.S.
Department of Commerce will review all
applications immediately after the
deadline. We will inform applicants of
selection decisions as soon as possible
after March 19, 2010. Applications
received after that date will be
considered only if space and scheduling
constraints permit.
Contacts:
Southern Network Hub:
Lesa Forbes, Miami U.S. Export
Assistance Center, 5835 Blue Lagoon
Drive, Suite 203, Miami, FL 33126,
Tel: (305) 526–7425 ext 28, Fax: (305)
526–7434, E-mail:
Lesa.Forbes@mail.doc.gov;
Ashley Wilson, Oklahoma U.S. Export
Assistance Center, 301 N.W. 63rd
Street, Suite 330, Oklahoma City, OK
73116, Tel: (405) 608–5302, Fax: (405)
608–4211, E-mail:
Ashley.Wilson@mail.doc.gov;
U.S. Commercial Service in Santo
Domingo:
Robert O. Jones, Regional Senior
Commercial Officer, Megan
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Schildgen, Commercial Officer, Maria
Elena Portorreal, Senior Commercial
Specialist, American Embassy, Ave.
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Pedro Henriquez Urena No. 133,
Edificio Empresarial Reyna l, 5th
floor, La Esperilla, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, Tel.: 1 809–227–
2121, Fax: 1 809–920–0267, E-mail:
Robert.O.Jones@mail.doc.gov,
Megan.Schildgen@mail.doc.gov,
Maria.Elenaportorreal@mail.doc.gov.
Sean Timmins,
Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service
Trade Missions Program.
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International Trade Administration
Civil Nuclear Policy Mission to Central
and Eastern Europe
AGENCY: International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
Mission Description
The United States Department of
Commerce, International Trade
Administration is organizing a Civil
Nuclear Policy Mission to Warsaw,
Poland; Prague, Czech Republic and
Bratislava, Slovakia from April 18–23,
2010. Led by a senior Department of
Commerce official, the mission will
focus on: (1) Infrastructure and tender
development, to include the safe, secure
and proliferation-resistant trade in
goods and services; (2) promotion of the
Convention on Supplementary
Compensation for Nuclear Damages
(CSC) nuclear liability regime; (3)
bilateral cooperation on civil nuclear
commercial opportunities, and (4)
ensuring opportunities for U.S. firms.
The mission will demonstrate
significant U.S. support for its civil
nuclear industry and the wide range of
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technical and commercial capabilities it
possesses. The mission will promote
U.S. companies from across the civil
nuclear supply chain, including
engineering services; fuel providers and
processing services; reactor designers
and builders; program managers;
universities and other nuclear training
institutions; and, small modular reactor
technologies.
Commercial Setting
The Central and Eastern European
market offers significant commercial
opportunities for the U.S. civil nuclear
industry. Increasing energy demands,
dependence on Russian fossil fuels, and
a small but aging fleet of Russian reactor
technologies is colliding with pressure
from the EU to meet stricter carbon
emissions standards. Competitors of the
U.S. civil nuclear sector are
predominantly government owned
entities and receive major support from
their respective governments.
Developments in each of the policy
mission countries signal an historic
opportunity to provide U.S. industry the
kinds of government support most
foreign companies receive. While there
are opportunities in many of the
countries in the region, Poland, the
Czech Republic, and Slovakia offer near
term viable commercial opportunities
now.
Poland is rapidly moving towards
significant developments of its civil
nuclear infrastructure and there is
momentum within the government to
achieve its aggressive goal of having a
nuclear reactor online by 2020. In terms
of infrastructure development, the
Polish government has released an
official public declaration of its
intentions to develop and support an
indigenous civil nuclear industry—the
first of many milestones laid out by the
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA). Poland has expressed great
interest in diversifying its energy
portfolio, which is now overwhelmingly
dominated by coal-based electricity
production.
The Czech Republic has significant
past experience with nuclear energy but
is looking to make decisions about a
new reactor build at its Temelin site—
at the end of the recent preliminary
qualification round the U.S. was
identified as one of the competing
technologies for the nuclear tender to be
released later this year.
While Slovakia is still a year or more
away from releasing a nuclear tender,
language included in the Czech
Republic’s nuclear tender allows for the
awarded company to have the
opportunity to build reactors wherever
CEZ, the managing utility group, has
possible sites. This includes one new
reactor in Slovakia.
Mission Goals
The objective of this policy mission is
to leverage U.S. support for its civil
nuclear sector, demonstrate technical
capabilities in support of the
development of upcoming nuclear
tenders, and introduce U.S. companies
to key government officials and utility
executives. The mission will also seek
to inform secondary U.S. suppliers—
those not directly bidding on the design
aspect of nuclear tenders—about the
market opportunities available to them.
In addition, mission goals include:
• Encouraging the nuclear industry in
participating countries to seek
opportunities for new construction;
• Promoting fair, open, and
transparent contract bidding processes;
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• Advancing the principle that
contracts should be awarded based on
commercial and technical merits; and,
• Promoting ratification of the
Convention on Supplementary
Compensation for Nuclear Damage
(CSC) as the global nuclear liability
regime—the only international
instrument that provides the basis for
establishing a global regime, including
countries with and without nuclear
power facilities. Without such a regime,
in the unlikely event of a nuclear
incident, claims for damage would be
the subject of protracted and
complicated litigation in the courts of
many countries against multiple
potential defendants with no guarantee
of recovery. The U.S. ratified CSC in
2008.
This mission advances the goals of the
Department’s Civil Nuclear Trade
Initiative, which is aimed at supporting
the U.S. nuclear industry’s endeavors to
rebuild its manufacturing base by
capturing opportunities abroad. We
believe this will result in important
economic gains for the United States in
terms of new jobs, technological
innovations, specialized manufacturing
capabilities, and large-scale trade and
investment opportunities.
Mission Scenario
Participants will visit capitals in each
of the three countries—Warsaw, Prague,
and Bratislava.
During the trade mission participants
will: (1) Be briefed on the status of the
civil nuclear infrastructure in each
country; (2) be introduced to
government officials and decision
makers; and (3) be taken on a site visit
to the Temelin reactor.
PROPOSED MISSION TIMETABLE
Day
Activity
April 18 ...................................
Sunday—Warsaw ..........................................
April 19 ...................................
Monday—Warsaw .........................................
April 20 ...................................
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Tuesday—Warsaw/Prague ............................
April 21 ...................................
Wednesday—Prague ....................................
April 22 ...................................
Thursday—Bratislava ....................................
April 23 ...................................
Friday—Bratislava .........................................
• Arrive in Warsaw, Poland.
• Reception dinner.
• Meetings with Government of Poland officials and decision
makers from the Polish utility PGE.
• Commercial briefings from Embassy staff and Commerce experts.
• Additional meetings with Polish officials and potential private
sector partners.
• Travel to Prague.
• Meetings with Government of Czech Republic officials and decision makers from CEZ.
• Reception dinner in Prague.
• Meetings with Government of Czech Republic officials and decision makers from CEZ.
• Travel to Temelin for a site visit.
• Travel to Bratislava.
• Commercial briefings from Embassy staff and Commerce experts.
• Reception dinner in Bratislava.
• Government and utility meetings.
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PROPOSED MISSION TIMETABLE—Continued
Date
Day
Activity
• Depart for Vienna and DC.
Note: The final schedule and potential site visits will depend on the availability of local government and business officials, specific goals of
mission participants, and air travel schedules.
Participation Requirements
All persons interested in participating
in the Civil Nuclear Policy Mission
must complete and submit an
application for consideration by the
Department of Commerce. All
applicants will be evaluated on their
ability to meet certain conditions and
best satisfy the selection criteria as
outlined below. Approximately 8 to 12
companies will be selected to
participate in the mission from the
applicant pool. U.S. companies already
doing business in the region as well as
U.S. companies seeking to enter the
region for the first time are encouraged
to apply.
Fees and Expenses
After a company or trade organization
has been selected to participate in the
mission, a payment to the Department of
Commerce in the form of a participation
fee is required. The participation fee,
which will cover one representative,
will be $4,500.00 for large firms and
$3,000.00 for a small or medium-sized
enterprise (SME) 1 or non-government
organization.2 The fee for each
additional firm representative is $600.
Expenses for travel, lodging, most
meals, and incidentals will be the
responsibility of each mission
participant.
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Conditions for Participation
• An applicant must submit a
completed and signed mission
application and supplemental
application materials, including
adequate information on the company’s
products and/or services, primary
market objectives, and goals for
participation. If the U.S. Department of
Commerce receives an incomplete
application, the Department may reject
the application, request additional
information, or take the lack of
information into account when
evaluating.
1 An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer
employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small
business under SBA regulations (see https://
www.sba.gov/services/contracting opportunities/
sizestandardstopics/).
2 Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries
will be considered when determining business size.
The dual pricing reflects the Commercial Service’s
user fee schedule that became effective May 1, 2008
(see https://www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/
initiatives.html for additional information).
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• Certify that the products and
services the export of which it seeks to
promote through the mission are either
produced in the United States, or, if not,
marketed under the name of a U.S. firm
and have at least fifty-one percent U.S.
content. Because of the unique nature of
the energy sector targeted by this
mission, in cases where the U.S. content
does not exceed fifty percent, especially
where the applicant intends to pursue
investment and major project
opportunities, the following factors,
often associated with U.S. ownership,
may be considered in determining
whether the applicant’s participation in
the trade mission is in the U.S. national
interest:
—U.S. materials and equipment content;
—U.S. labor content;
—Repatriation of profits to the U.S.
economy; and/or
—Potential for follow-on business that
would benefit the U.S. economy;
• No applicant may represent a
company that is majority owned or
controlled by a foreign government
entity or entities.
Selection Criteria for Participation
Selection will be based on the
following criteria:
• Suitability of the company’s
products or services;
• Applicant’s potential for business
in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia,
including likelihood of exports resulting
from the mission; and
• Consistency of the applicant’s goals
and objectives with the stated scope of
the mission.
Referrals from political organizations
and any documents containing
references to partisan political activities
(including political contributions) will
be removed from an applicant’s
submission and not considered during
the selection process.
Timeframe for Recruitment and
Applications
Mission recruitment will be
conducted in an open and public
manner, including publication in the
Federal Register, posting on the
Commerce Department trade mission
calendar (https://www.ita.doc.gov/
doctm/tmcal.html) and other Internet
Web sites, press releases to general and
trade media, direct mail, notices by
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industry trade associations and other
multiplier groups, and publicity at
industry meetings, symposia,
conferences, and trade shows.
Recruitment for the mission will
begin immediately and conclude no
later than Monday, March 15, 2010. The
U.S. Department of Commerce will
review all applications after the
deadline. We will inform applicants of
selection decisions after March 15,
2010. Applications received after the
deadline will be considered only if
space and scheduling constraints
permit.
Contacts
David Kincaid, Manufacturing and
Services, Office of Energy and
Environmental Industries, Tel: 202–
482–1706, Fax: 202–482–5665, Email: David.Kincaid@trade.gov ;
Reginald Miller, Regional Director for
Central/Eastern Europe and Russia,
Tel: 202–482–5402, Fax: 202–482–
2456, E-mail:
Reginald.Miller@trade.gov.
Sean Timmins,
Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service
Trade Missions Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Executive-Led Trade Mission to
Colombia and Panama; Change to
Mission Dates
AGENCY: International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
Mission Description
The United States Department of
Commerce, International Trade
Administration, U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service is organizing a
´
Trade Mission to Bogota and Cartagena,
Colombia and Panama City, Panama,
September 20–24, 2010, to be led by a
senior Commerce official. The mission
will focus on helping U.S. companies
launch or increase their export business
in these promising markets. It will also
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Civil Nuclear Policy Mission to Central and Eastern Europe
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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Mission Description
The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade
Administration is organizing a Civil Nuclear Policy Mission to Warsaw,
Poland; Prague, Czech Republic and Bratislava, Slovakia from April 18-
23, 2010. Led by a senior Department of Commerce official, the mission
will focus on: (1) Infrastructure and tender development, to include
the safe, secure and proliferation-resistant trade in goods and
services; (2) promotion of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation
for Nuclear Damages (CSC) nuclear liability regime; (3) bilateral
cooperation on civil nuclear commercial opportunities, and (4) ensuring
opportunities for U.S. firms. The mission will demonstrate significant
U.S. support for its civil nuclear industry and the wide range of
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technical and commercial capabilities it possesses. The mission will
promote U.S. companies from across the civil nuclear supply chain,
including engineering services; fuel providers and processing services;
reactor designers and builders; program managers; universities and
other nuclear training institutions; and, small modular reactor
technologies.
Commercial Setting
The Central and Eastern European market offers significant
commercial opportunities for the U.S. civil nuclear industry.
Increasing energy demands, dependence on Russian fossil fuels, and a
small but aging fleet of Russian reactor technologies is colliding with
pressure from the EU to meet stricter carbon emissions standards.
Competitors of the U.S. civil nuclear sector are predominantly
government owned entities and receive major support from their
respective governments. Developments in each of the policy mission
countries signal an historic opportunity to provide U.S. industry the
kinds of government support most foreign companies receive. While there
are opportunities in many of the countries in the region, Poland, the
Czech Republic, and Slovakia offer near term viable commercial
opportunities now.
Poland is rapidly moving towards significant developments of its
civil nuclear infrastructure and there is momentum within the
government to achieve its aggressive goal of having a nuclear reactor
online by 2020. In terms of infrastructure development, the Polish
government has released an official public declaration of its
intentions to develop and support an indigenous civil nuclear
industry--the first of many milestones laid out by the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Poland has expressed great interest in
diversifying its energy portfolio, which is now overwhelmingly
dominated by coal-based electricity production.
The Czech Republic has significant past experience with nuclear
energy but is looking to make decisions about a new reactor build at
its Temelin site--at the end of the recent preliminary qualification
round the U.S. was identified as one of the competing technologies for
the nuclear tender to be released later this year.
While Slovakia is still a year or more away from releasing a
nuclear tender, language included in the Czech Republic's nuclear
tender allows for the awarded company to have the opportunity to build
reactors wherever CEZ, the managing utility group, has possible sites.
This includes one new reactor in Slovakia.
Mission Goals
The objective of this policy mission is to leverage U.S. support
for its civil nuclear sector, demonstrate technical capabilities in
support of the development of upcoming nuclear tenders, and introduce
U.S. companies to key government officials and utility executives. The
mission will also seek to inform secondary U.S. suppliers--those not
directly bidding on the design aspect of nuclear tenders--about the
market opportunities available to them.
In addition, mission goals include:
Encouraging the nuclear industry in participating
countries to seek opportunities for new construction;
Promoting fair, open, and transparent contract bidding
processes;
Advancing the principle that contracts should be awarded
based on commercial and technical merits; and,
Promoting ratification of the Convention on Supplementary
Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) as the global nuclear liability
regime--the only international instrument that provides the basis for
establishing a global regime, including countries with and without
nuclear power facilities. Without such a regime, in the unlikely event
of a nuclear incident, claims for damage would be the subject of
protracted and complicated litigation in the courts of many countries
against multiple potential defendants with no guarantee of recovery.
The U.S. ratified CSC in 2008.
This mission advances the goals of the Department's Civil Nuclear
Trade Initiative, which is aimed at supporting the U.S. nuclear
industry's endeavors to rebuild its manufacturing base by capturing
opportunities abroad. We believe this will result in important economic
gains for the United States in terms of new jobs, technological
innovations, specialized manufacturing capabilities, and large-scale
trade and investment opportunities.
Mission Scenario
Participants will visit capitals in each of the three countries--
Warsaw, Prague, and Bratislava.
During the trade mission participants will: (1) Be briefed on the
status of the civil nuclear infrastructure in each country; (2) be
introduced to government officials and decision makers; and (3) be
taken on a site visit to the Temelin reactor.
Proposed Mission Timetable
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Date Day Activity
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April 18..................... Sunday--Warsaw.. Arrive in
Warsaw, Poland.
Reception
dinner.
April 19..................... Monday--Warsaw.. Meetings with
Government of Poland
officials and decision
makers from the Polish
utility PGE.
Commercial
briefings from Embassy
staff and Commerce
experts.
April 20..................... Tuesday--Warsaw/ Additional
Prague. meetings with Polish
officials and
potential private
sector partners.
Travel to
Prague.
Meetings with
Government of Czech
Republic officials and
decision makers from
CEZ.
Reception
dinner in Prague.
April 21..................... Wednesday--Pragu Meetings with
e. Government of Czech
Republic officials and
decision makers from
CEZ.
April 22..................... Thursday--Bratis Travel to
lava. Temelin for a site
visit.
Travel to
Bratislava.
Commercial
briefings from Embassy
staff and Commerce
experts.
Reception
dinner in Bratislava.
April 23..................... Friday--Bratisla Government and
va. utility meetings.
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Depart for
Vienna and DC.
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Note: The final schedule and potential site visits will depend on the
availability of local government and business officials, specific
goals of mission participants, and air travel schedules.
Participation Requirements
All persons interested in participating in the Civil Nuclear Policy
Mission must complete and submit an application for consideration by
the Department of Commerce. All applicants will be evaluated on their
ability to meet certain conditions and best satisfy the selection
criteria as outlined below. Approximately 8 to 12 companies will be
selected to participate in the mission from the applicant pool. U.S.
companies already doing business in the region as well as U.S.
companies seeking to enter the region for the first time are encouraged
to apply.
Fees and Expenses
After a company or trade organization has been selected to
participate in the mission, a payment to the Department of Commerce in
the form of a participation fee is required. The participation fee,
which will cover one representative, will be $4,500.00 for large firms
and $3,000.00 for a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) \1\ or non-
government organization.\2\ The fee for each additional firm
representative is $600. Expenses for travel, lodging, most meals, and
incidentals will be the responsibility of each mission participant.
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\1\ An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer employees or
that otherwise qualifies as a small business under SBA regulations
(see https://www.sba.gov/services/contracting opportunities/
sizestandardstopics/).
\2\ Parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries will be
considered when determining business size. The dual pricing reflects
the Commercial Service's user fee schedule that became effective May
1, 2008 (see https://www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/initiatives.html for additional information).
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Conditions for Participation
An applicant must submit a completed and signed mission
application and supplemental application materials, including adequate
information on the company's products and/or services, primary market
objectives, and goals for participation. If the U.S. Department of
Commerce receives an incomplete application, the Department may reject
the application, request additional information, or take the lack of
information into account when evaluating.
Certify that the products and services the export of which
it seeks to promote through the mission are either produced in the
United States, or, if not, marketed under the name of a U.S. firm and
have at least fifty-one percent U.S. content. Because of the unique
nature of the energy sector targeted by this mission, in cases where
the U.S. content does not exceed fifty percent, especially where the
applicant intends to pursue investment and major project opportunities,
the following factors, often associated with U.S. ownership, may be
considered in determining whether the applicant's participation in the
trade mission is in the U.S. national interest:
--U.S. materials and equipment content;
--U.S. labor content;
--Repatriation of profits to the U.S. economy; and/or
--Potential for follow-on business that would benefit the U.S. economy;
No applicant may represent a company that is majority
owned or controlled by a foreign government entity or entities.
Selection Criteria for Participation
Selection will be based on the following criteria:
Suitability of the company's products or services;
Applicant's potential for business in Poland, Czech
Republic and Slovakia, including likelihood of exports resulting from
the mission; and
Consistency of the applicant's goals and objectives with
the stated scope of the mission.
Referrals from political organizations and any documents containing
references to partisan political activities (including political
contributions) will be removed from an applicant's submission and not
considered during the selection process.
Timeframe for Recruitment and Applications
Mission recruitment will be conducted in an open and public manner,
including publication in the Federal Register, posting on the Commerce
Department trade mission calendar (https://www.ita.doc.gov/doctm/tmcal.html) and other Internet Web sites, press releases to general and
trade media, direct mail, notices by industry trade associations and
other multiplier groups, and publicity at industry meetings, symposia,
conferences, and trade shows.
Recruitment for the mission will begin immediately and conclude no
later than Monday, March 15, 2010. The U.S. Department of Commerce will
review all applications after the deadline. We will inform applicants
of selection decisions after March 15, 2010. Applications received
after the deadline will be considered only if space and scheduling
constraints permit.
Contacts
David Kincaid, Manufacturing and Services, Office of Energy and
Environmental Industries, Tel: 202-482-1706, Fax: 202-482-5665, E-mail:
David.Kincaid@trade.gov ;
Reginald Miller, Regional Director for Central/Eastern Europe and
Russia, Tel: 202-482-5402, Fax: 202-482-2456, E-mail:
Reginald.Miller@trade.gov.
Sean Timmins,
Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service Trade Missions Program.
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