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bring greater attention and focus to
addressing SPS measures that may be
inconsistent with international trade
agreements to which the United States
is a party or that otherwise act as
significant barriers to U.S. exports.
USTR plans to use comments on SPS
submitted pursuant to this notice in
producing the report.
The following information describing
SPS measures may help commenters to
file submissions on particular foreign
trade barriers under the SPS docket.
SPS Measures: Generally, SPS
measures are measures applied to
protect the life or health of humans,
animals, and plants from risks arising
from additives, contaminants, pests,
toxins, diseases, or disease-carrying and
causing organisms. SPS measures can
take such forms as specific product or
processing standards, requirements for
products to be produced in disease-free
areas, quarantine regulations,
certification or inspection procedures,
sampling and testing requirements,
health-related labeling measures,
maximum permissible pesticide residue
levels, and prohibitions on certain food
additives.
For further information on SPS
measures and additional detail on the
types of comments that would assist
USTR in identifying and addressing
significant trade-restrictive SPS
measures, please see ‘‘Supporting &
Related Materials’’ under dockets
USTR–2013–0033 at
www.regulations.gov. The previously
released SPS Reports also contain
extensive information on SPS measures
that commenters may find useful in
preparing comments in response to this
notice.
In responding to this notice with
respect to the report, commenters
should place particular emphasis on any
practices that the commenter believes
may violate U.S. trade agreements. The
TPSC is also interested in receiving new
or updated information pertinent to the
barriers covered in the 2013 SPS Report
as well as information on new barriers.
If USTR does not include in the 2014
SPS Report information that USTR
receives pursuant to this notice, USTR
will maintain the information for
potential use in future discussions or
negotiations with trading partners.
Estimate of Increase in Exports: Each
comment should include an estimate of
the potential increase in U.S. exports
that would result from removing any
SPS barrier the comment identifies, as
well as a description of the methodology
the commenter used to derive the
estimate. Estimates should be expressed
within the following value ranges: Less
than $5 million; $5 to $25 million; $25
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million to $50 million; $50 million to
$100 million; $100 million to $500
million; or over $500 million. These
estimates will help USTR conduct
comparative analyses of a barrier’s effect
over a range of industries.
Requirements for Submissions:
Commenters providing information on
SPS measures in more than one country
should, whenever possible, provide a
separate submission for each country.
In order to ensure the timely receipt
and consideration of comments, USTR
strongly encourages commenters to
make on-line submissions, using the
https://www.regulations.gov Web site.
Comments should be submitted under
docket number: USTR–2013–0033
To make a submission, enter the
docket number in the ‘‘Enter Keyword
or ID’’ window at the https://
www.regulations.gov home page and
click ‘‘Search.’’ The site will provide a
search-results page listing all documents
associated with that docket number.
Find a reference to this notice on the
search-results page, and click on the
link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’ (For
further information on using the
www.regulations.gov Web site, please
consult the resources provided on the
Web site by clicking on the ‘‘Help’’ tab.)
The https://www.regulations.gov Web
site provides the option of making
submissions by filling in a comments
field, or by attaching a document. USTR
prefers submissions to be provided in an
attached document. If a document is
attached, please identify the name of the
country to which the submission
pertains in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ field.
For example: ‘‘See attached comment on
SPS measures for (name of country)’’
USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft
Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf).
For any comments submitted
electronically containing business
confidential information, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’.
The top of any page containing business
confidential information must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’.
Any person filing comments that
contain business confidential
information must also file in a separate
submission a public version of the
comments. The file name of the public
version of the comments should begin
with the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and
‘‘P’’ should be followed by the name of
the person or entity submitting the
comments. If a comment contains no
business confidential information, the
file name should begin with the name
of the person or entity submitting the
comments.
Please do not attach separate cover
letters to electronic submissions; rather,
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include any information that might
appear in a cover letter in the comments
themselves. Similarly, to the extent
possible, please include any exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments in the
same file as the submission itself, not as
separate files.
Public Inspection of Submissions
Comments will be placed in the
docket and open to public inspection
except confidential business
information exempt from public
inspection. Comments may be viewed
on the https://www.regulations.gov Web
site by entering the relevant docket
number in the search field on the home
page.
William Shpiece,
Acting Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 2013–24722 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3290–F3–P
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Request for Public Comments to
Compile the Report on Technical
Barriers to Trade
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to section 181 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2241), the Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) will
be publishing in 2014 a Report on
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT
Report) identifying and analyzing
significant standards-related barriers to
U.S. exports. With this notice, the Trade
Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is
requesting interested persons to submit
written comments to assist it in
identifying significant standards-related
barriers to U.S. exports of goods for
inclusion in the report.
DATES: Public comments are due not
later than November 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submissions should be
made via the Internet at
www.regulations.gov under the docket
number USTR–2013–0034. For
alternatives to on-line submissions
please contact Yvonne Jamison at (202–
395–3475) or Yvonne_D_Jamison@
ustr.eop.gov. The public is strongly
encouraged to file submissions
electronically rather than by facsimile or
mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding the TBT Report or
substantive questions or comments
concerning standards-related measures
SUMMARY:
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should be directed to Jennifer
Stradtman, Director, Technical Barriers
to Trade, USTR (202–395–4498).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The TBT
Report sets out an inventory of
standards-related non-tariff barriers to
U.S. exports. This inventory facilitates
U.S. efforts to reduce or eliminate these
barriers. The report also provides a
valuable tool in enforcing U.S. trade
laws and strengthening the rules-based
trading system. The 2013 and earlier
TBT Reports may be found on USTR’s
Internet Home Page (https://
www.ustr.gov) under ‘‘USTR News’’
under the tab ‘‘Reports’’.
To ensure compliance with the
applicable statutory mandate and the
Obama Administration’s commitment to
focus on the most significant foreign
trade barriers, USTR will be guided by
the existence of active private sector
interest in deciding which issues to
include in the Report.
Topics on which the TPSC Seeks
Information: To assist USTR in the
preparation of the 2014 TBT Report,
commenters should submit information
related to standards-related measures
(including standards, technical
regulations, and conformity assessment
procedures). Such measures should
constitute significant foreign trade
barriers to U.S. exports.
TBT Report: On April 1, 2013, USTR
released the fourth annual TBT report.
This report serves as a tool to bring
greater attention and focus to resolving
standards-related issues that may be
inconsistent with international trade
agreements to which the United States
is a party or that otherwise act as
significant foreign barriers to U.S.
exports. USTR plans to use comments
on standards-related measures
submitted pursuant to this notice in
producing this report.
The following information describing
standards-related measures may help
commenters to file submissions on
particular foreign trade barriers under
the TBT docket.
Standards-related Measures: Broadly,
standards-related measures are
documents and procedures that set out
specific technical or other requirements
for products or processes as well as
procedures to ensure that these
requirements are met. Standards-related
measures comprise standards, technical
regulations, and conformity assessment
procedures, such as mandatory process
or design standards, labeling or
registration requirements, and testing or
certification procedures. The World
Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement
on Technical Barriers to Trade includes
the following definitions for (i)
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standards, (ii) technical regulation, and
(iii) conformity assessment procedure.
Standard: Document approved by a
recognized body, that provides, for
common and repeated use, rules,
guidelines, or characteristics for
products or related processes and
production methods, with which
compliance is not mandatory. It may
also include or deal exclusively with
terminology, symbols, packaging,
marking, or labeling requirements as
they apply to a product, process, or
production method.
Technical regulation: Document
which lays down product characteristics
or their related processes and
production methods, including the
applicable administrative provisions,
with which compliance is mandatory. It
may also include or deal exclusively
with terminology, symbols, packaging,
marking, or labeling requirements as
they apply to a product, process, or
production method.
Conformity assessment procedures:
Any procedure used, directly or
indirectly, to determine that relevant
requirements in technical regulations or
standards are fulfilled. Standardsrelated measures can be applied not
only to industrial products, such as
machinery or toys, but to agricultural
products as well, such as food nutrition
labeling schemes and food quality or
identity requirements.
For further information on standardsrelated measures and additional detail
on the types of comments that would
assist USTR in identifying and
addressing significant trade-restrictive
standards-related measures, please see
‘‘Supporting & Related Materials’’ under
dockets USTR—2013–0034 at
www.regulations.gov. The previously
released TBT Reports also contain
extensive information on standardsrelated measures that commenters may
find useful in preparing comments in
response to this notice. Those reports
are available at https://www.ustr.gov/
about-us/press-office/reports-andpublications/2012/technical-barrierstrade-tbt-report.
In responding to this notice,
commenters should place particular
emphasis on any practices that raise
issues with respect to U.S. trade
agreements, including the WTO
Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade. The TPSC is also interested in
receiving new or updated information
pertinent to the barriers covered in the
2013 TBT Report as well as information
on new barriers. If USTR does not
include in the 2014 TBT Report
information that USTR receives
pursuant to this notice, USTR will
maintain the information for potential
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use in future discussions or negotiations
with trading partners.
Estimate of Increase in Exports: Each
comment should include an estimate of
the potential increase in U.S. exports
that would result from removing any
standards-related barrier the comment
identifies, as well as a description of the
methodology the commenter used to
derive the estimate. Estimates should be
expressed within the following value
ranges: Less than $5 million; $5 to $25
million; $25 million to $50 million; $50
million to $100 million; $100 million to
$500 million; or over $500 million.
These estimates will help USTR
conduct comparative analyses of a
barrier’s effect over a range of
industries.
Requirements for Submissions:
Commenters providing information on
standards-related measures in more than
one country should, whenever possible,
provide a separate submission for each
country.
In order to ensure the timely receipt
and consideration of comments, USTR
strongly encourages commenters to
make on-line submissions, using the
https://www.regulations.gov Web site,
docket number: USTR–2013–0034
To make a submission, enter this
docket number in the ‘‘Enter Keyword
or ID’’ window at the https://
www.regulations.gov home page and
click ‘‘Search.’’ The site will provide a
search-results page listing all documents
associated with that docket number.
Find a reference to this notice and click
on the link entitled ‘‘Submit a
Comment.’’ (For further information on
using the www.regulations.gov Web site,
please consult the resources provided
on the Web site by clicking on the
‘‘Help’’ tab.) The https://
www.regulations.gov Web site provides
the option of making submissions by
filling in a comments field, or by
attaching a document. USTR prefers
submissions to be provided in an
attached document. If a document is
attached, please identify the name of the
country to which the submission
pertains in the ‘‘Comments’’ field. For
example: ‘‘See attached comment on
standards-related measures for (name of
country)’’. USTR prefers submissions in
Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf).
For any comments submitted
electronically containing business
confidential information, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’.
The top of any page containing business
confidential information must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’.
Any person filing comments that
contain business confidential
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information must also file in a separate
submission a public version of the
comments. The file name of the public
version of the comments should begin
with the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and
‘‘P’’ should be followed by the name of
the person or entity submitting the
comments. If a comment contains no
business confidential information, the
file name should begin with the name
of the person or entity submitting the
comments.
Please do not attach separate cover
letters to electronic submissions; rather,
include any information that might
appear in a cover letter in the comments
themselves. Similarly, to the extent
possible, please include any exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments in the
same file as the submission itself, not as
separate files.
Public Inspection of Submissions
Comments will be placed in the
docket and open to public inspection
except confidential business
information exempt from public
inspection. Comments may be viewed
on the https://www.regulations.gov Web
site by entering the relevant docket
number in the search field on the home
page.
William Shpiece,
Acting Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 2013–24720 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am]
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or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2013–
0174.
Date Filed: September 16, 2013.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: October 7, 2013.
Description: Application of Hi Fly
Limited (‘‘Hi Fly Ltd’’) requesting a
foreign air carrier permit and an
exemption to provide scheduled and
charter foreign air transportation of
persons, property and mail from any
point or points behind any Member
State of the European Union, via any
point or points in any Member State,
and via intermediate points, to any
point or points in the United States and
beyond.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2008–
0127.
Date Filed: September 18, 2013.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: October 9, 2013.
Description: Application of Evergreen
International Airlines, Inc. requesting
renewal of its experimental certificate of
public convenience and necessity for
Route 888 authorizing scheduled foreign
air transportation of property and mail
between a point or points in the United
States and a point or points in the
People’s Republic of China, via
intermediate points and beyond China.
Barbara J. Hairston,
Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket
Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Office of the Secretary
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Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q)
during the Week Ending September 21,
2013. The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et.
seq.).
The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
During the Week Ending October 5,
2013
The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et.
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
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or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2013–
0185.
Date Filed: October 3, 2013.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: October 24, 2013.
Description: Application of Ukraine
International Airlines requesting a
foreign air carrier permit to engage in
scheduled air transportation of
passengers, property and mail between
any point or points in Ukraine, via
intermediate points, and any point or
points in the United States, and beyond;
and on-demand charter air
transportation of passengers, property
and mail between any point or points in
Ukraine and any point or points in the
United States, as well as any point or
points in the United States and any
point or points in a third country or
countries subject to pertinent national,
bilateral and international rules and
regulations.
Barbara J. Hairston,
Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket
Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2013–24810 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Applications for Certificates of Public
Convenience and Necessity and
Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q)
during the Week Ending September 28,
2013. The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2007–
28567.
Date Filed: September 26, 2013.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: October 17, 2013.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Request for Public Comments to Compile the Report on Technical
Barriers to Trade
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2241), the Office of the United States Trade Representative
(USTR) will be publishing in 2014 a Report on Technical Barriers to
Trade (TBT Report) identifying and analyzing significant standards-
related barriers to U.S. exports. With this notice, the Trade Policy
Staff Committee (TPSC) is requesting interested persons to submit
written comments to assist it in identifying significant standards-
related barriers to U.S. exports of goods for inclusion in the report.
DATES: Public comments are due not later than November 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submissions should be made via the Internet at
www.regulations.gov under the docket number USTR-2013-0034. For
alternatives to on-line submissions please contact Yvonne Jamison at
(202-395-3475) or Yvonne_D_Jamison@ustr.eop.gov. The public is
strongly encouraged to file submissions electronically rather than by
facsimile or mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the TBT Report or
substantive questions or comments concerning standards-related measures
[[Page 63272]]
should be directed to Jennifer Stradtman, Director, Technical Barriers
to Trade, USTR (202-395-4498).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The TBT Report sets out an inventory of
standards-related non-tariff barriers to U.S. exports. This inventory
facilitates U.S. efforts to reduce or eliminate these barriers. The
report also provides a valuable tool in enforcing U.S. trade laws and
strengthening the rules-based trading system. The 2013 and earlier TBT
Reports may be found on USTR's Internet Home Page (https://www.ustr.gov)
under ``USTR News'' under the tab ``Reports''.
To ensure compliance with the applicable statutory mandate and the
Obama Administration's commitment to focus on the most significant
foreign trade barriers, USTR will be guided by the existence of active
private sector interest in deciding which issues to include in the
Report.
Topics on which the TPSC Seeks Information: To assist USTR in the
preparation of the 2014 TBT Report, commenters should submit
information related to standards-related measures (including standards,
technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures). Such
measures should constitute significant foreign trade barriers to U.S.
exports.
TBT Report: On April 1, 2013, USTR released the fourth annual TBT
report. This report serves as a tool to bring greater attention and
focus to resolving standards-related issues that may be inconsistent
with international trade agreements to which the United States is a
party or that otherwise act as significant foreign barriers to U.S.
exports. USTR plans to use comments on standards-related measures
submitted pursuant to this notice in producing this report.
The following information describing standards-related measures may
help commenters to file submissions on particular foreign trade
barriers under the TBT docket.
Standards-related Measures: Broadly, standards-related measures are
documents and procedures that set out specific technical or other
requirements for products or processes as well as procedures to ensure
that these requirements are met. Standards-related measures comprise
standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures,
such as mandatory process or design standards, labeling or registration
requirements, and testing or certification procedures. The World Trade
Organization (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade includes
the following definitions for (i) standards, (ii) technical regulation,
and (iii) conformity assessment procedure.
Standard: Document approved by a recognized body, that provides,
for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines, or characteristics for
products or related processes and production methods, with which
compliance is not mandatory. It may also include or deal exclusively
with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking, or labeling requirements
as they apply to a product, process, or production method.
Technical regulation: Document which lays down product
characteristics or their related processes and production methods,
including the applicable administrative provisions, with which
compliance is mandatory. It may also include or deal exclusively with
terminology, symbols, packaging, marking, or labeling requirements as
they apply to a product, process, or production method.
Conformity assessment procedures: Any procedure used, directly or
indirectly, to determine that relevant requirements in technical
regulations or standards are fulfilled. Standards-related measures can
be applied not only to industrial products, such as machinery or toys,
but to agricultural products as well, such as food nutrition labeling
schemes and food quality or identity requirements.
For further information on standards-related measures and
additional detail on the types of comments that would assist USTR in
identifying and addressing significant trade-restrictive standards-
related measures, please see ``Supporting & Related Materials'' under
dockets USTR--2013-0034 at www.regulations.gov. The previously released
TBT Reports also contain extensive information on standards-related
measures that commenters may find useful in preparing comments in
response to this notice. Those reports are available at https://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/reports-and-publications/2012/technical-barriers-trade-tbt-report.
In responding to this notice, commenters should place particular
emphasis on any practices that raise issues with respect to U.S. trade
agreements, including the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.
The TPSC is also interested in receiving new or updated information
pertinent to the barriers covered in the 2013 TBT Report as well as
information on new barriers. If USTR does not include in the 2014 TBT
Report information that USTR receives pursuant to this notice, USTR
will maintain the information for potential use in future discussions
or negotiations with trading partners.
Estimate of Increase in Exports: Each comment should include an
estimate of the potential increase in U.S. exports that would result
from removing any standards-related barrier the comment identifies, as
well as a description of the methodology the commenter used to derive
the estimate. Estimates should be expressed within the following value
ranges: Less than $5 million; $5 to $25 million; $25 million to $50
million; $50 million to $100 million; $100 million to $500 million; or
over $500 million. These estimates will help USTR conduct comparative
analyses of a barrier's effect over a range of industries.
Requirements for Submissions: Commenters providing information on
standards-related measures in more than one country should, whenever
possible, provide a separate submission for each country.
In order to ensure the timely receipt and consideration of
comments, USTR strongly encourages commenters to make on-line
submissions, using the https://www.regulations.gov Web site, docket
number: USTR-2013-0034
To make a submission, enter this docket number in the ``Enter
Keyword or ID'' window at the https://www.regulations.gov home page and
click ``Search.'' The site will provide a search-results page listing
all documents associated with that docket number. Find a reference to
this notice and click on the link entitled ``Submit a Comment.'' (For
further information on using the www.regulations.gov Web site, please
consult the resources provided on the Web site by clicking on the
``Help'' tab.) The https://www.regulations.gov Web site provides the
option of making submissions by filling in a comments field, or by
attaching a document. USTR prefers submissions to be provided in an
attached document. If a document is attached, please identify the name
of the country to which the submission pertains in the ``Comments''
field. For example: ``See attached comment on standards-related
measures for (name of country)''. USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft
Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf).
For any comments submitted electronically containing business
confidential information, the file name of the business confidential
version should begin with the characters ``BC''. The top of any page
containing business confidential information must be clearly marked
``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL''. Any person filing comments that contain
business confidential
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information must also file in a separate submission a public version of
the comments. The file name of the public version of the comments
should begin with the character ``P''. The ``BC'' and ``P'' should be
followed by the name of the person or entity submitting the comments.
If a comment contains no business confidential information, the file
name should begin with the name of the person or entity submitting the
comments.
Please do not attach separate cover letters to electronic
submissions; rather, include any information that might appear in a
cover letter in the comments themselves. Similarly, to the extent
possible, please include any exhibits, annexes, or other attachments in
the same file as the submission itself, not as separate files.
Public Inspection of Submissions
Comments will be placed in the docket and open to public inspection
except confidential business information exempt from public inspection.
Comments may be viewed on the https://www.regulations.gov Web site by
entering the relevant docket number in the search field on the home
page.
William Shpiece,
Acting Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 2013-24720 Filed 10-22-13; 8:45 am]
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