Announcement of Time and Location of Hearing on Integration of the Textile and Clothing Sectors Into the World Trade Organization

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Time and Location of Hearing on Integration of

the Textile and Clothing Sectors Into the World Trade Organization

February 16, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Notice of the time and location of the public hearing on

integration.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Julie Carducci, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-3588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1854).

The Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC),

approved by Congress as part of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act,

provides for the integration of the textiles and clothing sectors into

the World Trade Organization.

On January 30, 1995, the Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements (CITA) published a Federal Register notice (60 FR

5625) announcing the proposed list of products for integration in the

second and third phases of the integration. CITA requested interested

parties to submit comments on the proposed list, and announced a

hearing to address any significant issues related to the second and

third phases of the integration. The notice informed interested parties

of the deadlines, given below, for participating in the hearing and

submitting written testimony.

The hearing will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 20, 1995

in the Main Hearing Room at the International Trade Commission, 500 E

Street, SW., Washington, DC. Parties wishing to participate in the

hearing should contact Julie Carducci, (202) 482-3588; fax (202) 482-

0858, no later than February 23, 1995 to arrange for their appearance.

The time available for individual presentations will be based on the

number of participants attending the hearing. Note there will be

reasonable time limits on parties' participation in the hearing.

Written testimony and other comments to be presented at the hearing

must be submitted to the Chairman of CITA on or before March 2, 1995.

Submissions in triplicate may be addressed to the Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, room 3001, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

All information submitted in response to this notice will be

available for public inspection at the same address. Protection of

proprietary or business confidential information from disclosure is

limited to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

552). Therefore, if a participant deems it necessary to submit

information intended to be business confidential, the information must

be designated as such and accompanied by a non-confidential version.

Information designated business confidential will be protected from

disclosure only to the extent required by law.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-4455 Filed 2-22-95; 8:45 am]

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