Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
American Shipper reports that at the August 3, 2006 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially pronounced dead a rule in the works that would have required exporters to apply a high-security seal on every container, and ocean carriers to check they were secure at the port prior to vessel loading. According to the article, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to evaluate the potential for using an internal container security device (CSD) and other types of electronic seal technologies. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/23/06 news, 06052310, for BP summary on CBP officials' statements that DHS' seal rule was "on hold.")(American Shipper, September 2006, www.americanshipper.com.)
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1. DHS Drops Proposal to Require High-Security Seals on Ocean Containers
2. Preclearance Comes to Halifax International Airport
The Government of Canada has issued a press release announcing the inauguration of preclearance services for travelers to the U.S. from Halifax International Airport. According to the press release, preclearance allows U.S. officers to inspect travelers for customs, immigration, public health, food inspection, and plant and animal health purposes before they depart Canada for U.S. destinations, thus enabling travelers to avoid clearance delays upon arrival. (Press release no. 114, dated 10/02/06, available at http://news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=243479).
3. President Continues National Emergency with Respect to Sept 11 Attacks
On September 5, 2006, the President continued for one year the national emergency that was declared on September 14, 2001 in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and aboard United Airlines flight 93, as well as the continuing and immediate threat of future attacks on the U.S. (FR Pub 09/07/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-7527.pdf)
4. President Continues National Emergency with Respect to Terrorism
On September 21, 2006, the President continued for one year the national emergency that was declared on September 23, 2001, by Executive Order 13224, with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. (FR Pub 09/22/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-8240.pdf)
5. President Identifies Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries
On September 15, 2006, Presidential Determination No. 2006-24 was issued which identifies the following major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries: Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. The determination notes that a country's presence on the list is not necessarily an adverse reflection of its government's counternarcotics efforts or level of cooperation with the U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 2006-24, FR Pub 09/29/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/29sep20061400/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-8302.pdf)
6. State Dept International Telecommunications Committee Meetings
The State Department has issued a notice announcing that the U.S. International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will hold a meeting on October 26, 2006 in Chantilly, VA in order to prepare advice on proposed U.S. contributions to Study Group 16 (Multimedia terminals, systems and applications) of the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector. The State Department also announced that ITAC held meetings on September 20, 2006 and on October 13, 2006 in order to prepare advice on proposed U.S. contributions to Study Groups 13 (Next Generation Networks) and 15 (Optical and other transport network infrastructures). (Public Notice 5511, FR Pub 08/31/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-7343.pdf)
7. FDA Public Meeting on Nanotechnology as it Relates to FDA Regulated Products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an update to a notice announcing that it was holding a public meeting on nanotechnology as it relates to FDA-regulated products. This update notified the public on the preregistration deadline. (D/N 2006N-0107, FR Pub 09/26/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-8242.pdf)