[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR2004.4]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

PART 2004_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec. 2004.4  Records which may be exempt from disclosure.



    (a) The following categories of records maintained by the Office of 

the STR may be exempted from disclosure:

    (1) Records specifically authorized under criteria established by an 

executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or 

foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such 

executive order.

    (2) Records related solely to the internal personnel rules and 

practices of the agency.

    (3) Records specifically exempted from disclosure by statute, 

including but not limited to information relating to trade negotiations 

exempted under trade negotiations exempted under Public Law 93-618, 

section 135(g)(1) (A) and B and section 135(g)(2).

    (4) Records of trade secrets and commercial or financial information 

obtained from a person and privileged or confidential.

    (5) Records which are inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums, 

letters, telegrams, or airgrams which would not be available by law to a 

party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.

    (6) Records such as personnel and medical files and similar files 

the public disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy.

    (7) Such other records that fall within exceptions noted in 5 U.S.C. 

552(b) (7), (8) and (9).

    (b) Any reasonably segregable nonexempt portion of a record shall be 

provided to any person requesting such record after deletion of the 

portions which are exempt under paragraph (a) of this section. Normally 

a portion of a record shall be considered reasonably segregable when 

segregation can



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produce an intelligible record which is not distorted out of context and 

does not contradict the record being withheld.