Frameworks Participants Survey

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION OMB Control No. 0625-XXXX

Expiration Date: XX-XX-XXXX

SURVEY OF PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

IN THE U.S.-EUROPEAN UNION AND U.S.-SWISS

SAFE HARBOR FRAMEWORKS

(1) Does your company’s participation in the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs help your company increase U.S. exports and support U.S. jobs? Please explain.

(2) Please specify the approximate amount of exports in United States Dollars (USD) facilitated by your company’s participation in the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs (please include any sales or contracts that were won or retained as a result of your participation in the programs).

(3) How much of your annual sales/exports to Europe, Switzerland, or other parts of the world are dependent on self-certification to the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs?

(4) Does your company currently have a contract that is dependent on self-certification to the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs? If so, what is the value of that contract(s)?

(5) What do the U.S.-EU and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs mean to your company in terms of business opportunities in Europe?

(6) Tell us what you think about the U.S.-EU and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs?

NOTE: This survey contains collection of information requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number.  The estimated response time for this survey is 20 minutes.  The response time includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.  Send comments regarding this estimate or any other aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the length of this survey, to the International Trade Administration, Attn: Joseph Shuler, [email protected], 202-482-1293.