[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13956-13957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5530]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket FAR 2012-0081, Sequence 2]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2005-57; Small Entity Compliance Guide
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.
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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of DOD, GSA,
and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in
accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rule
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-57, which amends
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain
further information regarding this rule by referring to FAC 2005-57,
which precedes this document. These documents are also available via
the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
DATES: March 7, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC
2005-57 and the FAR case number. For information pertaining to status
or publication schedule, contact the Regulatory Secretariat at 202-501-
4755.
List of Rule in FAC 2005-57
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Subject FAR case Analyst
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United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement 2012-004 Erwin
(Interim)..............................
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Summary for the FAR rule follows. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments made by this FAR case, refer to FAR
Case 2012-004.
FAC 2005-57 amends the FAR as specified below:
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United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FAR Case 2012-004) (Interim)
This interim rule implements the United States-Korea Free Trade
Agreement (see the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (Pub. L. 112-41) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).
The Republic of Korea is already party to the World Trade
Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA). This Free
Trade Agreement now covers acquisition of supplies and services between
$100,000 and the current WTO GPA threshold of $202,000. This interim
rule is not expected to have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Dated: March 1, 2012.
Laura Auletta,
Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-5530 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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