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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1346 SEPTEMBER 30 1998
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES AND NOAAPORT
EFFECTIVE DATE SEPTEMBER 30... 1998
SPECIAL NOTE
IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE CONTINUED EXCHANGE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION BETWEEN NATIONS FOS/NOAAPORT DATA
DISTRIBUTORS NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FOLLOWING AND
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE AWARE OF THESE
CONDITIONS
- THE NWS ADHERES TO WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
RESOLUTION 40 ON THE POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR THE EXCHANGE
OF METEOROLOGICAL AND RELATED DATA AND PRODUCTS IN ALL
MATTERS RELATED TO FOREIGN METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION.
AS PARTY TO RESOLUTION 40 COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO
IDENTIFY CERTAIN ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS THAT MAY
NOT BE RE-EXPORTED FOR COMMERCIAL USE. ADDITIONAL DATA
AND PRODUCTS PLACED ON SERVICES ACCESSIBLE BY THE
INTERNET WITHOUT CONTROL VIOLATE THE CONDITIONS ON
EXPORTATION.
- A LIST OF ALL PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED AS ADDITIONAL DATA AND
PRODUCTS BY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS
INTERNET HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/ADDATA.SHTML
-THE ISSUANCE OF OPERATIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IN
OTHER COUNTRIES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY AND
SHOULD BE RESPECTED.
-IN DOING BUSINESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS IMPORTANT
TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH FOREIGN LAWS AND
REGULATIONS AND TO GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO
REASONABLE COMMERCIAL PRACTICES IN DECIDING UPON
THE REINTRODUCTION OF WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION
TO THE ORIGINATING COUNTRY.
- GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE FOSTERED
AND ENHANCED BY PROVIDING ATTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AS THE
SOURCE OF THE WEATHER DATA AND PRODUCTS USED.
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