USTR Announces Technical Problems in Receiving Petitions for 2006 Annual GSP Product and Country Eligibility Practices Review
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that because of technical problems, it may not have received all the petitions which were submitted for the 2006 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Product and Country Eligibility Practices Review (2006 Annual GSP Review).
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The USTR states that it has identified those petitions it received by the July 20, 2006 deadline for consideration in the 2006 Annual GSP Review, and requests that parties review the list of petitioners included below and notify the USTR of any petitions that were submitted to the GSP Subcommittee by the July 20, 2006 deadline, but not included in the list.
List of Petitions Received
The USTR received petitions from the following parties:
ANFACER (Brazilian Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers)
The Home Depot
International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
R&J Trading International Company, Inc.
According to the USTR, parties that can verify submission of a petition not included in the list above should call the GSP Subcommittee and then resubmit the petition to FR0618@USTR.EOP.GOV. Parties must also include proof that the petition was transmitted by e-mail to the GSP Subcommittee by the July 20, 2006 deadline-such documentation may include a copy of the original e-mail transmitting the petition, indicating the original date and time, from a "sent message" folder.
The deadline for resubmitting any petitions meeting these criteria is 5 p.m., August 11, 2006.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/12/06 news, 06071205,for BP summary of the opportunity to submit petitions for the 2006 Annual GSP Review.)
USTR contact - GSP Subcommittee (202) 395-6971
USTR Notice (FR Pub 08/01/06) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-12313.pdf