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 The  Commission’s  decision  today  did  not  grant  requests  of  both  the  Philippine  and  U.  S.  carriers  to  restore  ISR  to  the  Philippines  route  and  eliminate  the  requirement  that  U.  S.  carriers 
 make  payments  in  accordance  with  the  ISP.  In  the  Commission’s  recent  2004  ISP  Reform  Order,  it  decided  to  eliminate  the  ISR  policy  and  to  remove  the  ISP  from  benchmark-  compliant 
 routes.  The  question  of  whether  the  U.  S.-  Philippines  route  is  benchmark-  compliant  will  be  addressed  in  a  public  comment  process  as  described  in  the  2004  ISP  Reform  Order.  The  2004 
 ISP  Reform  Order  set  out  a  process  by  which  interested  parties  could  make  public  comment  on  those  routes  that  the  Commission  believed  were  benchmark-  compliant  but  that  had  not  been 
 approved  as  such  through  a  public  process.  Because  the  ISR  policies  were  eliminated  and  the  question  of  whether  benchmark-  compliance  will  be  out  for  public  comment,  the  Commission 
 today  dismissed  in  part  the  Applications  for  Review  to  the  extent  they  requested  reinstatement  of  ISR. 


 Action  by  the  Commission,  May  13,  2004,  by  Order  on  Review  (FCC  04-  112).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners,  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin,  and  Adelstein. 


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 IB  Docket  No.  03-  38 
 International  Bureau  Contacts:  James  Ball,  (202)  418-  0427;  Alexandra  Field,  (202)  418-  2064;  or  Kimberly  Cook,  202-  418-  7532. 
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