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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1515</CODE>
            <NAME>Customs Revenue Function</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>CUSTOMS</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1500</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of the Treasury</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>TREAS</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Disclosure of Information for Certain Intellectual Property Rights Enforced at the Border</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Amendment to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) interim regulations pertaining to importations of merchandise bearing recorded trademarks or recorded trade names.  The amendments allow CBP, in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act, subject to limitations, to disclose to an intellectual property right holder information appearing on merchandise or its retail packaging that may comprise information otherwise protected by the Trade Secrets Act, for the purpose of assisting CBP in determining whether the merchandise bears a counterfeit mark. Such information is provided to the right holder in the form of photographs or a sample of the goods and/or their retail packaging in their condition as presented to CBP for examination and alphanumeric codes appearing on the goods (including serial numbers, universal product codes, and stockkeeping unit (SKU) numbers).  These changes provide a pre-seizure procedure for disclosing information about imported merchandise suspected of bearing a counterfeit mark for the limited purpose of obtaining the right holder's assistance in determining whether or not the mark is counterfeit.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>19 CFR 133.21</CFR>
            <CFR>19 CFR 133.22(f)</CFR>
            <CFR>19 CFR 133.23(g)</CFR>
            <CFR>19 CFR 133.26</CFR>
            <CFR>19 CFR 151.16(a)</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 66</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1202</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1624</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1499</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1526</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 1124</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 1125</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 1127</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>17 USC 101</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>17 USC 601</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>17 USC 602</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>17 USC 603</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>31 USC 9701</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 USC 1905</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 112-81, sec 818(g)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/24/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 24375</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/25/2012</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/00/2015</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Paul</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Pizzeck</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, Penalties Branch</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1685</CODE>
                    <NAME>Customs Revenue Functions</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CUSTREV</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 325-0082</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 325-0154</FAX>
                <EMAIL>paul.pizzeck@cbp.dhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20229-1177</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Charles</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Steuart</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, Intellectual Property Rights Branch</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1515</CODE>
                    <NAME>Customs Revenue Function</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CUSTOMS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 325-0093</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 325-0120</FAX>
                <EMAIL>charles.r.steuart@cbp.dhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 90 K Street NE., 10th Floor,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20229-1177</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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