# Export Trade Certificate of Review

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** November 18, 1994

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review,
Application No. 94-00005.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has issued an Export Trade
Certificate of Review to William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange).
This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification has been
granted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Dawn Busby, Director, Office of
Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration,
202-482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 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 (1994).
The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA'') is issuing
this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Department
of Commerce to publish a summary of a Certificate in the Federal
Register. Under Section 305 (a) of the Act and 15 CFR 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. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as they relate to the Export of
Products and Services)
Export Trade Facilitation Services including professional services
in the areas of government relations, foreign trade and business
protocol, marketing, marketing research, negotiations, joint ventures,
shipping, export management, advertising, documentation, insurance and
financing, trade show exhibitions, organizational development,
management strategies and transfer of technology.

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. To engage in Export Trade in the Export Markets as an Export
Intermediary, William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange) may:
a. Provide and/or arrange for the provision of Export Trade
Facilitation Services;
b. Engage in promotional and marketing activities as they relate to
exporting Products and/or Services to the Export Markets;
c. Enter into exclusive export sales agreements with Suppliers for
the export of Products and/or Services for sale in the Export Markets;
such agreement may prohibit Suppliers from exporting independently of
William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange);
d. Enter into exclusive and/or territorial agreements with
distributors in the Export Markets;
e. Establish the price of Products and/or Services for sale in the
Export Markets;
f. Allocate export orders among Suppliers; and
g. Exchange information on a one-on-one basis with individual
Suppliers regarding inventories and near-term production schedules in
order that William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange) can determine and
effectively coordinate the availability of supplies for export with
distributors.

Terms and Conditions of Certificate

1. In engaging in Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation,
William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange) 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. William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange) will comply with
requests made by the Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the Secretary
of Commerce or 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.

Definitions

1. ``Export Intermediary'' means a person who acts as a
distributor, sales representative, sales or marketing agent, or broker,
or who performs similar functions, including providing or arranging for
the provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services.
2. ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells a
Product and/or Service.

Protection Provided by the Certificate

This Certificate protects William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export
Exchange) 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 William E. Elliott (d/b/a
Export Exchange) 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 William E. Elliott
(d/b/a Export Exchange) 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 or by the Attorney General concerning either
(a) the viability or quality of the business plans of William E.
Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange) or (b) the legality of such business
plans of William E. Elliott (d/b/a Export Exchange) 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 Fed. Reg. 1786 (January 11, 1985).
A copy of this certificate will be kept in the International Trade
Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility
Room 4102, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: November 14, 1994.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-28502 Filed 11-17-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-P

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