[Federal Register: February 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 37)]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 
Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

February 20, 2003.
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: March 1, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Stetson, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: 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 House of Perfection, d.b.a. Stepping Stones (House 
of Perfection) has violated the requirements for participation in the 
Special Access Program and has suspended House of Perfection from 
participation in the Program for the period from March 1, 2003 until 
December 31, 2004.
    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, House of Perfection during 
the period from March 1, 2003 until December 31, 2004.
    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

February 20, 2003.

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 House of Perfection, d.b.a. Stepping Stones (House of 
Perfection) from participation in the Special Access Program for the 
period from March 1, 2003 until December 31, 2004. You are therefore 
directed to prohibit entry of products under the Special Access 
Program by or on behalf of House of Perfection during the period 
March 1, 2003 until December 31, 2004.
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.03-4402 Filed 2-24-03; 8:45 am]