Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

October 8, 1998.

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

action: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending

participation in the Special Access Program.

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effective date: October 12, 1998.

for further information contact: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

supplementary information:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA)

has determined that Ezrasons, Inc. has violated the requirements for

participation in the Special Access Program, and has suspended

Ezrasons, Inc. from participation in the Program for the period

beginning October 12, 1998 and ending January 11, 1999.

Through the letter to the Commissioner of Customs published below,

CITA directs the Commissioner to prohibit entry of products under the

Special Access Program by or on behalf of Ezrasons, Inc. during the

period October 12, 1998 through January 11, 1999, and to prohibit entry

by or on behalf of Ezrasons, Inc. under the Program of products

manufactured from fabric exported from the United States during that

period.

Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are

available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3,

1998.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 8, 1998.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: The purpose of this directive is to notify

you that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

has suspended Ezrasons, Inc. from participation in the Special

Access Program for the period October 12, 1998 through January 11,

1999. You are therefore directed to prohibit entry of products under

the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Ezrasons, Inc. during

the period October 12, 1998 through January 11, 1999. You are

further directed to prohibit entry of products under the Special

Access Program by or on behalf of Ezrasons, Inc. manufactured from

fabric exported from the United States during the period October 12,

1998 through January 11, 1999.

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-27712 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]

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