[Federal Register: December 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 248)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Part III
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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48 CFR Chapter 1, Parts 5, 6, et al.
Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-27; Introduction, Free Trade
Agreements--Australia and Morocco; Small Entity Compliance Guide; Final
Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-27; Introduction
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Summary presentation of interim rule.
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SUMMARY: This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the
Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition
Circular (FAC) 2001-27. A companion document, the Small Entity
Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG,
is available via the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.acqnet.gov/far.
DATES: For effective date and comment date, see separate document which
follows.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FAR Secretariat, at (202) 501-
4755, for information pertaining to status or publication schedules.
For clarification of content, contact the analyst whose name appears in
the table below in relation to the FAR case. Please cite FAC 2001-27,
FAR case 2004-027. Interested parties may also visit our Web site at
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.acqnet.gov/far.
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I............ Free Trade Agreements-- 2004-027 Davis.
Australia and Morocco.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary of the FAR rule follows. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments to this FAR case, refer to the
specific item number and subject set forth in the document following
this item summary.
FAC 2001-27 amends the FAR as specified below:
Free Trade Agreements--Australia and Morocco (FAR case 2004-027)
This interim rule allows contracting officers to purchase the
products of Australia and Morocco without application of the Buy
American Act if the acquisition is subject to the Free Trade
Agreements. The U.S. Trade Representative negotiated Free Trade
Agreements with Australia and Morocco, which go into effect January 1,
2005, according to Public Laws 108-286 and 108-302. These Agreements
join the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Chile and
Singapore Free Trade Agreements which are already in the FAR. The
threshold for applicability of the Australian Free Trade Agreement is
$58,550 (the same as other Free Trade Agreements to date), but the
threshold for applicability of the Morocco Free Trade Agreement is
$175,000. Because of the short statutory time frame, this is an interim
rule. Also in this rule are changes requested by the U.S. Trade
Representative, in the list of Least Developed Countries, and changes
in terminology on how the FAR uses the terms ``designated country'' and
``Trade Agreements Act.'' Some technical changes are also included.
Dated: December 22, 2004.
Laura Auletta,
Director, Contract Policy Division.
Federal Acquisition Circular
Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-27 is issued under the
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General
Services, and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2001-27 is
effective January 1, 2005.
Dated: December 21, 2004.
Lt. Col. Vincent Feck,
Deputy Director (Operations), Defense Procurement and Acquisition
Policy.
Dated: December 22, 2004.
David A. Drabkin,
Senior Procurement Executive, General Services Administration.
Dated: December 21, 2004.
Scott Thompson,
Acting Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-28399 Filed 12-27-04; 8:45 am]