CSMS Message: 95-000398

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : CAROL ARGENTINE

SUBJECT : PLEASE POST TO ELECT. BB

DATE : 04/18/95

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:

ON MAY 11, 1995, AT 11:00 AM, THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE WILL
PRESENT ON ITS SATELLITE TELEVISION NETWORK A PROGRAM
CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GATT PHARMACEUTIAL AND
DYESTUFF TREATY. THE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY
MESSRS. IRA REESE AND CORNELIUS REILLY OF THE U.S. CUSTOMS
SERVICE AND MR. DAVID MICHELS OF THE U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION, WILL GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE
TREATY, COVER THE KEY POINTS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION
IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE AND DESCRIBE SEVERAL
DIFFICULT TECHNICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEGISLATION.
THE PROGRAM WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES IN DURATION.

U.S. CUSTOMS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE ITS SATELLITE DOWNLINK SITES
WHERE MEMBERS OF THE INDUSTRY CAN VIEW THE PROGRAM AND ASK
QUESTIONS OF THE PRESENTORS THROUGH THE INTERACTIVE AUDIO
LINK. INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN VIEWING
THE PROGRAM AT CUSTOMS LOCATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE
DISTRICT OR AREA DIRECTOR IN WHOSE DISTRICT OR AREA THE
DOWNLINK SITE IS LOCATED. A LISTING OF THE VIEWING LOCATIONS
AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE DISTRICT AND AREA DIRECTORS IS
ENCLOSED. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SATELLITE DOWNLINK CAPABILITY
AND WISH TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION AT THEIR OWN FACILITY AND
REQUIRE THE DOWNLINK COORDINATES, OR THOSE WHO WISH TO VIEW
THE PROGRAM AT U.S. CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
PLEASE CONTACT MS. CAROL ARGENTINE OF U.S. CUSTOMS AT (202)
927-0021.

QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE PROGRAM USING THE
INTERACTIVE AUDIO LINK AT THE CUSTOMS SITES. HOWEVER, THOSE
WHO WILL NOT BE PRESENT AT THE CUSTOMS SITES OR THOSE WHO WISH
TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM AND HAVE THEM
ANSWERED ON THE AIR, SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS IN WRITING
TO:

MR. IRA S. REESE
LABORATORIES AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES
UNITES STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
1301 CONSTITUTION AVE., N.W., ROOM 7113
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20229

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE VIEWING OF THE PROGRAM
PLEASE CONTACT MS. CAROL ARGENTINE AT (202) 927-0021 OR MR.
IRA REESE AT (202) 927-1060.

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