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[Federal Register: December 27, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 249)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Office of the Federal Register


Agreements In Force as of December 31, 1999 Between the American
Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative
Office in the United States

AGENCY: Office of the Federal Register, NARA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of agreements.

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SUMMARY: The American Institute in Taiwan has concluded a number of
agreements with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office
in the United States (formerly the Coordination Council for North
American Affairs) in order to maintain cultural, commercial and other
unofficial relations between the American people and the people of
Taiwan. The Director of the Federal Register is publishing the list of
these agreements on behalf of the American Institute in Taiwan in the
public interest.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cultural, commercial and other unofficial
relations between the American people and the people of Taiwan are
maintained on a non-governmental basis through the American Institute
in Taiwan (AIT), a private nonprofit corporation created under the
Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 93 Stat. 14). The Coordination
Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) was established as the
nongovernmental Taiwan counterpart to AIT.
    On October 10, 1995 the CCNAA was renamed the Taipei Economic and
Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO).
    Under section 12 of the Act, agreements concluded between AIT and
TECRO (CCNAA) are transmitted to the Congress, and according to
sections 6 and 10(a) of the Act, such agreements have full force and
effect under the law of the United States.
    The texts of the agreements are available from the American
Institute in Taiwan, 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1700, Arlington,
Virginia, 22209. For further information, please telephone (703) 525-
8474, or fax (703) 841-1385.
    Following is a list of agreements between AIT and TECRO (CCNAA)
which were in force as of December 31, 1999.

    Dated: December 19, 2000.
Richard C . Bush,
Chairman and Managing Director, American Institute in Taiwan.

    Dated: December 21, 2000.
Raymond A. Mosley,
Director of the Federal Register.

AIT--TECRO Agreements

In Force as of December 31, 1999

Status of Tecro

    The Exchange of Letters concerning the change in the name of the
Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) to the Taipei
Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
(TECRO). Signed December 27, 1994 and January 3, 1995. Entered into
force January 3, 1995.

Agriculture

    1. Guidelines for a cooperative program in the agriculture
sciences.

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Signed January 15 and 28, 1986. Entered into force January 28, 1986.
    2. Amendment amending the 1986 guidelines for a cooperative program
in the agricultural sciences. Effected by exchange of letters September
1 and 11, 1989. Entered into force September 11, 1989.
    3. Cooperative service agreement to facilitate fruit and vegetable
inspection through their designated representatives, the United States
Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) and the Taiwan Provincial Fruit Marketing Cooperative (TPFMC)
supervised by the Taiwan Council of Agriculture (COA). Signed April 28,
1993. Entered into force April 28, 1993.
    4. Memorandum of agreement concerning sanitary/phytosanitary and
agricultural standards. Signed November 4, 1993. Entered into force
November 4, 1993.

Aviation

    1. Memorandum of agreement concerning the arrangement for certain
aeronautical equipment and services relating to civil aviation (NAT-I-
845), with annexes. Signed September 24 and October 23, 1981. Entered
into force October 23, 1981.
    2. Amendment amending the memorandum of agreement concerning
aeronautical equipment and services of September 24 and October 23,
1981. Signed September 18 and 23, 1985. Entered into force September 3,
1985.
    3. Agreement amending the memorandum of agreement of September 24
and October 23, 1981, concerning aeronautical equipment and services.
Signed September 23 and October 17, 1991. Entered into force October
17, 1991.
    4. Air transport agreement, with annexes. Signed at Washington
March 18, 1998. Entered into force March 18, 1998.

Conservation

    1. Memorandum on cooperation in forestry and natural resources
conservation. Signed May 23 and July 4, 1991. Entered into force July
4, 1991.
    2. Memorandum on cooperation in soil and water conservation under
the guidelines for a cooperative program in the agricultural sciences.
Signed at Washington October 5, 1992. Entered into force October 5,
1992.
    3. Agreement on technical cooperation in conservation of flora and
fauna. Signed April 7, 1999. Entered into force April 7, 1999.

Consular

    1. Agreement regarding passport validity. Effected by exchange of
letters of August 26 and November 13, 1998. Entered into force December
10, 1998.

Customs

    1. Agreement for technical assistance in customs operations and
management, with attachment. Signed May 14 and June 4, 1991. Entered
into force June 4, 1991.
    2. Agreement on TECRO/AIT carnet for the temporary admission of
goods. Signed June 25, 1996. Entered into force June 25, 1996.

Education and Culture

    1. Agreement amending the agreement for financing certain
educational and cultural exchange programs of April 23, 1964. Effected
by exchange of letters at Taipei April 14 and June 4, 1979. Entered
into force June 4, 1979.
    2. Agreement concerning the Taipei American School, with annex.
Signed at Taipei February 3, 1983. Entered into force February 3, 1983.

Energy

    1. Agreement relating to the establishment of a joint standing
committee on civil nuclear cooperation. Signed at Taipei October 3,
1984. Entered into force October 3, 1984.
    2. Agreement amending and extending the agreement of October 3,
1984, relating to the establishment of a joint standing committee on
civil nuclear cooperation. Signed October 19, 1989. Entered into force
October 19, 1989.
    3. Agreement abandoning in place in Taiwan the Argonaut Research
Reactor loaned to National Tsing Hua University. Signed November 28,
1990.
    4. Agreement Amending and Extending the Agreement of October 3,
1984, as amended and extended, relating to the establishment of a joint
standing committee on civil nuclear cooperation. Signed October 3,
1994. Entered into force October 3, 1994.
    5. Agreement concerning safeguards arrangements for nuclear
materials transferred from France to Taiwan. Effected by exchange of
letters February 12 and May 13, 1993. Entered into force May 13, 1993.
    6. Agreement relating to participation in the USNRC program of
severe accident research, with appendix. Signed February 18 and June
24, 1993. Entered into force June 24, 1993; effective January 1, 1993.
    7. Agreement regarding participation in the Second USNRC
International Piping Integrity Research Group Program, with addendum.
Signed at Arlington and Washington February 7 and June 30, 1994.
Entered into force June 30, 1994.
    8. Memorandum of Agreement for release of an Energy and Power
Evaluation Program (ENPEP) computer software package. Signed January 25
and February 27, 1995. Entered into force February 27, 1995.
    9. Agreement relating to the participation in the USNRC program of
severe accident research. Signed June 26 and 30, 1997. Entered into
force June 30, 1997, effective January 1, 1997.
    10. Agreement relating to participation in the USNRC's program of
thermal-hydraulic code applications and maintenance. Signed January 5
and June 26, 1998. Entered into force June 26, 1998.
    11. Agreement regarding terms and conditions for the acceptance of
foreign research reactor spent nuclear fuel at the Department of
Energy's Savannah River site. Signed December 28, 1998 and February 25,
1999. Entered into force February 25, 1999.
    12. Agreement in the area of probabilistic risk assessment
research. Signed July 20 and December 27, 1999. Entered into force
January 1, 1999.

Environment

    1. Agreement for technical cooperation in the field of
environmental protection, with implementing arrangement. Signed June
21, 1993. Entered into force June 21, 1993.
    2. Agreement extending the agreement of June 21, 1993 for technical
cooperation in the field of environmental protection. Effected by
exchanges of letters June 30 and July 20 and 30, 1998. Entered into
force July 30, 1998, effective June 21, 1998.

Health

    1. Guidelines for a cooperative program in the biomedical sciences.
Signed May 21, 1984. Entered into force May 21, 1984.
    2. Guidelines for a cooperative program in food hygiene. Signed
January 15 and 28, 1985. Entered into force January 28, 1985.
    1. Agreement amending the 1984 guidelines for a cooperative program
in the biomedical sciences, with attachment. Signed April 20, 1989.
Entered into force April 20, 1989.
    4. Agreement amending the 1984 guidelines for a cooperative program
in the biomedical sciences, as amended, with attachment. Signed August
24, 1989. Entered into force August 24, 1989.
    5. Guidelines for a cooperative program in public health and
preventive

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medicine. Signed at Arlington and Washington June 30 and July 19, 1994.
Entered into force July 19, 1994.
    6. Agreement for technical cooperation in vaccine and immunization-
related activities, with implementing arrangement. Signed at Washington
October 6 and 7, 1994. Entered into force October 7, 1994.
    7. Agreement regarding the mutual exchange of information on
medical devices, including quality systems requirements inspectional
information. Effected by exchange of letters January 9, 1998. Entered
into force January 9, 1998.

Intellectual Property

    1. Agreement concerning the protection and enforcement of rights in
audiovisual works. Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and
Washington June 6 and 27, 1989. Entered into force June 27, 1989.
    2. Understanding concerning the protection of intellectual property
rights. Signed at Washington June 5, 1992. Entered into force June 5,
1992.
    3. Agreement for the protection of copyrights, with appendix.
Signed July 16, 1993. Entered into force July 16, 1993.
    4. Memorandum of understanding regarding the extension of priority
filing rights for patent and trademark applications. Signed April 10,
1996. Entered into force April 10, 1996.

Judicial Assistance

    1. Memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of
criminal investigations and prosecutions. Signed at Taipei October 5,
1992. Entered into force October 5, 1992.

Labor

    1. Guidelines for a cooperative program in labor affairs. Signed
December 6, 1991. Entered into force December 6, 1991.
    2. Guidelines for a cooperative program in labor mediation and
alternative dispute resolution. Signed April 7, 1995. Entered into
force April 7, 1995.

Mapping

    1. Agreement concerning mapping, charting, and geodesy cooperation.
Signed November 28, 1995. Entered into force November 28, 1995.

Maritime

    1. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the 1974
Convention for the safety of life at sea. Effected by exchange of
letters at Arlington and Washington August 17 and September 7, 1982.
Entered into force September 7, 1982.
    2. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the 1969
international convention on tonnage measurement. Effected by exchange
of letters at Arlington and Washington May 13 and 26, 1983. Entered
into force May 26, 1983.
    3. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the protocol of
1978 relating to the 1974 international convention for the safety of
life at sea. Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and
Washington January 22 and 31, 1985. Entered into force January 31,
1985.
    4. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the protocol of
1978 relating to the international convention for the prevention of
pollution from ships, 1973. Effected by exchange of letters at
Arlington and Washington January 22 and 31, 1985. Entered into force
January 31, 1985.
    5. Agreement concerning mutual implementation of the 1966
international convention on load lines. Effected by exchange of letters
at Arlington and Washington March 26 and April 10, 1985. Entered into
force April 10, 1985.
    6. Agreement concerning the operating environment for ocean
carriers. Effected by exchange of letters at Washington and Arlington
October 25 and 27, 1989. Entered into force October 27, 1989.

Military Sales

    1. Agreement for foreign military sales financing by the
authorities on Taiwan. Signed January 4 and July 12, 1999. Entered into
force July 12, 1999.

Postal

    1. Agreement concerning establishment of INTELPOST service.
Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington April 19
and November 26, 1990. Entered into force November 26, 1990.
    2. International business reply service agreement, with detailed
regulations. Signed at Washington February 7, 1992. Entered into force
February 7, 1992.

Privileges and Immunities

    1. Agreement on privileges, exemptions and immunities, with
addendum. Signed at Washington October 2, 1980. Entered into force
October 2, 1980.
    2. Agreement governing the use and disposal of vehicles imported by
the American Institute in Taiwan and its personnel. Signed at Taipei
April 21, 1986. Entered into force April 21, 1986.

Scientific & Technical Cooperation

    1. Agreement on scientific cooperation. Effected by exchange of
letters at Arlington and Washington on September 4, 1980. Entered into
force September 4, 1980.
    2. Agreement concerning renewal and extension of the 1980 agreement
on scientific cooperation. Signed March 10, 1987. Entered into force
March 10, 1987.
    3. Guidelines for a cooperative program in atmospheric research.
Signed May 4, 1987. Entered into force May 4, 1987.
    4. Agreement for technical assistance in dam design and
construction, with appendices. Signed August 24, 1987. Entered into
force August 24, 1987.
    5. Agreement for a cooperative program in the sale and exchange of
technical, scientific, and engineering information. Signed November 17,
1987. Entered into force November 17, 1987.
    6. Agreement for technical cooperation in meteorology and forecast
systems development, with implementing arrangements. Signed June 5 and
28, 1990. Entered into force June 28, 1990.
    7. Agreement extending the agreement of November 17, 1987, for a
cooperative program in the sale and exchange of technical, scientific
and engineering information. Signed August 8, 1990. Entered into force
August 8, 1990.
    8. Cooperative program on Hualien soil-structure interaction
experiment. Signed September 28, 1990.
    9. Agreement for technical cooperation in geodetic research and use
of advanced geodetic technology, with implementing arrangement. Signed
January 11 and February 21, 1991. Entered into force February 21, 1991.
    10. Cooperative program in highway-related sciences. Signed October
30, 1990 and January 7, 1992. Entered into force January 7, 1992.
    11. Agreement amending and extending the agreement of August 24,
1987, for technical assistance in dam design and construction.
*Name changed to Agreement for Technical Assistance in Areas of Water
Resource Development. Signed May 11 and June 9, 1992. Entered into
force June 9, 1992.
    12. Agreement for technical cooperation in seismology and
earthquake monitoring systems development, with implementing
arrangement. Signed July 22 and 24, 1992. Entered into force July 24,
1992.
    13. Agreement amending the Agreement of August 24, 1987 for
technical assistance in areas of water resource development. Signed
August 30 and September 3, 1996. Entered into force September 3, 1996.

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    14. Agreement concerning joint studies on reservoir sedimentation
and sluicing, including computer modeling. Signed February 14 and March
8, 1996. Entered into force March 8, 1996.
    15. Guidelines for a cooperative program in physical sciences.
Signed January 2 and 10, 1997. Entered into force January 10, 1997.
    16. Agreement for scientific and technical cooperation in ocean
climate research. Signed February 18, 1997. Entered into force February
18, 1997.
    17. Agreement amending the agreement of August 24, 1987 for
technical assistance in areas of water resource development. Signed
October 14, 1997. Entered into force October 14, 1997.
    18. Agreement for technical cooperation in scientific and weather
technology systems support. Signed October 22 and November 5, 1997.
Entered into force November 5, 1997.
    19. Agreement for technical cooperation associated with
establishment of advanced operational aviation weather systems. Signed
February 10 and 13, 1998. Entered into force February 13, 1998.
    20. Agreement for technical cooperation associated with
development, launch and operation of a constellation observing system
for meteorology, ionosphere and climate. Signed May 29 and June 30,
1999. Entered into force June 30, 1999.

Security of Information

    1. Protection of information agreement. Signed September 15, 1981.
Entered into force September 15, 1981.

Taxation

    1. Agreement concerning the reciprocal exemption from income tax of
income derived from the international operation of ships and aircraft.
Effected by exchange of letters at Taipei May 31, 1988. Entered into
force May 31, 1988.
    2. Agreement for technical assistance in tax administration, with
appendices. Signed August 1, 1989. Entered into force August 1, 1989.

Trade

    1. Agreement concerning trade matters, with annexes. Effected by
exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington October 24, 1979.
Entered into force October 24, 1979; effective January 1, 1980.
    2. Agreement concerning trade matters. Effected by exchange of
letters at Arlington and Washington December 31, 1981. Entered into
force December 31, 1981.
    3. Agreement concerning measures that the CCNAA will undertake in
connection with implementation of the GATT Customs Valuation Code.
Effected by exchange of letters at Bethesda and Arlington August 22,
1986. Entered into force August 22, 1986.
    4. Agreement concerning the export performance requirement
affecting investment in the automotive sector. Effected by exchange of
letters at Washington and Arlington October 9, 1986. Entered into force
October 9, 1986.
    5. Agreement concerning beer, wine and cigarettes. Signed at
Washington December 12, 1986. Entered into force December 12, 1986;
effective January 1, 1987.
    6. Agreement implementing the agreement of December 12, 1986
concerning beer, wine and cigarettes. Effected by exchange of letters
at Taipei April 29, 1987. Entered into force April 29, 1987; effective
January 1, 1987.
    7. Agreement concerning trade in whole turkeys, turkey parts,
processed turkey products and whole ducks, with memorandum of
understanding. Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and
Washington March 16, 1989. Entered into force March 16, 1989.
    8. Agreement concerning the protection of trade in strategic
commodities and technical data, with memorandum of understanding.
Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington December 4,
1990 and April 8, 1991. Entered into force April 8, 1991.
    9. Administrative arrangement concerning the textile visa system.
Effected by exchange of letters at Arlington and Washington April 18
and May 1, 1991. Entered into force May 1, 1991.
    10. Agreement regarding new requirements for health warning legends
on cigarettes sold in the territory represented by CCNAA. Effected by
exchange of letters at Washington and Arlington October 7 and 16, 1991.
Entered into force October 16, 1991.
    11. Memorandum of understanding concerning a new quota arrangement
for cotton and man-made fiber trousers. Signed at Washington December
18, 1992. Entered into force December 18, 1992.
    12. Memorandum of understanding on the exchange of information
concerning commodity futures and options matters, with appendix. Signed
January 11, 1993. Entered into force January 11, 1993.
    13. Agreement concerning a framework of principles and procedures
for consultations regarding trade and investment, with annex. Signed at
Washington September 19, 1994. Entered into force September 19, 1994.
    14. Visa arrangement concerning textiles and textile products.
Effected by exchange of letters of April 30 and September 3 and 23,
1997. Entered into force September 23, 1997.
    15. Agreement concerning trade in cotton, wool, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other non-cotton vegetable fiber textile products, with
attachment. Effected by exchange of letters December 10, 1997. Entered
into force December 10, 1997; effective January 1, 1998.
    16. Agreed minutes on government procurement issues. Signed
December 17, 1997. Entered into force December 17, 1997.
    17. Understanding concerning bilateral negotiations on the WTO
accession of the separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) and the United States. Signed February 20,
1998. Entered into force February 20, 1998.
    18. Agreement on mutual recognition for equipment subject to
electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations. Signed March 16,
1999. Entered into force March 16, 1999.
    19. Agreement concerning the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
mutual recognition arrangement for conformity assessment of
telecommunications equipment (APEC Telecon MRA). Signed March 16, 1999.
Entered into force March 16, 1999.

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