[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 241 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 64817-65008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30537]


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Part III





The President





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 Proclamation 6857--To Modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, To Provide Rules of Origin Under the North American Free 
Trade Agreement for Affected Goods, and for Other Purposes
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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 6857 of December 11, 1995

                
To Modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                United States, To Provide Rules of Origin Under the 
                North American Free Trade Agreement for Affected Goods, 
                and for Other Purposes

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Section 1205(a) of the Omnibus Trade and 
                Competitiveness Act of 1988 (``the 1988 Act'') (19 
                U.S.C. 3005(a)) directs the United States International 
                Trade Commission (``the Commission'') to keep the 
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
                (``HTS'') under continuous review and periodically to 
                recommend to the President such modifications in the 
                HTS as the Commission considers necessary or 
                appropriate to accomplish the purposes set forth in 
                that subsection.

                2. Section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3006(a)) 
                authorizes the President to proclaim modifications to 
                the HTS, based on the recommendations of the Commission 
                under section 1205 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3005), 
                that he determines are in conformity with the 
                obligations of the United States under the 
                International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity 
                Description and Coding System (``the Convention'') and 
                do not run counter to the national economic interest of 
                the United States.

                3. (a) Presidential Proclamation No. 6641 of December 
                15, 1993, implemented the North American Free Trade 
                Agreement (``the NAFTA'') with respect to the United 
                States and, pursuant to sections 201 and 202 of the 
                North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 
                (``the NAFTA Implementation Act'') (19 U.S.C. 3331 and 
                3332), incorporated in the HTS the tariff modifications 
                and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry 
                out the NAFTA.

                    (b) Because the substance of the changes to the 
                Convention will be reflected in slightly differing form 
                in the national tariff schedules of the three parties 
                to the NAFTA, the rules of origin and interpretative 
                rules set forth in Appendix 6.A of Annex 300-B, Annex 
                401, and other annexes to the NAFTA must be modified to 
                ensure that the agreed tariff and certain other 
                treatment accorded under the NAFTA to originating goods 
                will continue to be provided under the tariff 
                categories affected by the modifications to the 
                Convention. The NAFTA parties agreed, on November 6, 
                1995, to the text of necessary revisions to the NAFTA.

                4. Section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 
                U.S.C. 3332) provides certain rules for determining 
                whether goods imported into the United States originate 
                in the territory of a NAFTA party and thus are eligible 
                for the tariff and other treatment contemplated under 
                the NAFTA. Section 202(q) of the NAFTA Implementation 
                Act (19 U.S.C. 3332(q)) authorizes the President to 
                proclaim the rules of origin set out in the NAFTA and 
                any additional subordinate tariff categories necessary 
                to carry out the NAFTA Implementation Act consistent 
                with the NAFTA.

                5. Pursuant to section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 3006(a)) and section 202 of the NAFTA 
                Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3332), I have determined 
                (1) that the modifications to the HTS being proclaimed 
                pursuant to section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act are in 
                conformity with the obligations 

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                of the United States under the Convention and do not run counter to the 
                national economic interest of the United States; and 
                (2) that the modifications to the HTS being proclaimed 
                pursuant to section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act 
                must be incorporated in the HTS in order to ensure that 
                the tariff and certain other treatment accorded under 
                the NAFTA will continue to be given to NAFTA 
                originating goods. The report and lay-over requirements 
                of section 1206(b) of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3006(b)) 
                and section 202(q)(2) of the NAFTA Implementation Act 
                (19 U.S.C. 3332(q)) have been complied with.

                6. (a) Presidential Proclamation No. 6763 of December 
                23, 1994, implemented with respect to the United States 
                the trade agreements resulting from the Uruguay Round 
                of multilateral trade negotiations, entered into 
                pursuant to sections 1102(a) and (e) of the 1988 Act 
                (19 U.S.C. 2902(a) and (e)), including Schedule XX--
                United States of America, annexed to the Marrakesh 
                Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
                1994 (``Schedule XX''). Certain provisions set forth in 
                annexes to that proclamation contain technical errors 
                in the instructions for implementing particular 
                changes.

                    (b) Sections 1102(a) and (e) of the 1988 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2902(a) and (e)) authorize the President to 
                proclaim such modification or continuance of any 
                existing duty, such continuance of existing duty-free 
                or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as he 
                determines to be required or appropriate to carry out 
                any trade agreements entered into under those sections. 
                Section 111(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
                (``the URAA'') (19 U.S.C. 3521(a)) authorizes the 
                President to proclaim such other modification of any 
                duty, such other staged rate reduction, or such 
                additional duties as the President determines to be 
                necessary or appropriate to carry out Schedule XX. To 
                clarify the intent of the changes previously 
                proclaimed, I have decided that such technical errors 
                should be corrected.

                7. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
                (``the 1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the 
                President to embody in the HTS the substance of the 
                relevant provisions of that Act, of other acts 
                affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, 
                including the removal, modification, continuance, or 
                imposition of any rate of duty or other import 
                restriction.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States, acting under the authority vested in me 
                by the Constitution and the laws of the United States 
                of America, including but not limited to section 604 of 
                the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), sections 1102, 1205, and 
                1206 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902, 3005, and 3006), 
                sections 201 and 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act 
                (19 U.S.C. 3331 and 3332), and section 111(a) of the 
                URAA (19 U.S.C. 3521(a)), do hereby proclaim:

                (1) In order to modify the rules of origin under the 
                NAFTA to reflect the amendments agreed to by the NAFTA 
                parties, and to make certain conforming changes, the 
                general notes to the HTS are modified as set forth in 
                Annex I to this proclamation.

                (2) In order to make changes in the HTS to conform it 
                to the Convention or any amendment thereto recommended 
                for adoption, to promote the uniform application of the 
                Convention, to establish additional subordinate tariff 
                categories to carry out modifications to the rules of 
                origin under the NAFTA, and to make technical and 
                conforming changes to existing provisions, the HTS is 
                modified as set forth in Annex II to this proclamation.

                (3) In order to provide for the continuation of 
                previously proclaimed staged duty reductions in the 
                Rates of Duty 1-General subcolumn under section 111(a) 
                of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3521(a)), as provided in 
                Presidential Proclamation No. 6763 of December 23, 
                1994, for goods in the provisions modified in Annex II 
                to this proclamation that are entered or withdrawn from 
                warehouse for consumption on or after the dates 
                specified in section A of Annex III to this 
                proclamation, the rate of duty in the HTS set forth in 
                the Rates of Duty 1-General subcolumn for each of the 
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                enumerated in section A of Annex III shall be deleted and the rate of 
                duty provided in such section A inserted in lieu 
                thereof.

                (4) In order to provide for the continuation of 
                previously proclaimed tariff modifications and staged 
                duty reductions under section 201 of the NAFTA 
                Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3331), as implemented 
                with respect to the United States in Presidential 
                Proclamation No. 6641 of December 15, 1993, for goods 
                of Canada and of Mexico under the terms of general note 
                12 to the HTS classifiable in the tariff provisions set 
                forth in or affected by Annex II to this proclamation 
                that are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption on or after the dates specified in sections 
                B and C, respectively, of Annex III to this 
                proclamation, the appropriate rate of duty in the HTS 
                set forth in the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn 
                followed by the symbol ``CA'' or ``MX'', respectively, 
                for each of the HTS subheadings enumerated in sections 
                B and C of Annex III shall be deleted and the rate of 
                duty provided in such sections inserted in lieu 
                thereof.

                (5) (a) In order to make technical corrections to 
                certain provisions of the annexes to Presidential 
                Proclamation No. 6763 of December 23, 1994, such 
                provisions are modified as set forth in Annex IV to 
                this proclamation.

                    (b) All provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive orders inconsistent with the actions taken in 
                this proclamation are hereby superseded to the extent 
                of such inconsistency.

                (6) (a) The modifications to the HTS made by Annexes I 
                and II to this proclamation shall be effective with 
                respect to goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse 
                for consumption on and after the later of (i) January 
                1, 1996, or (ii) the date that is 15 days after the 
                date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal 
                Register.

                    (b) The modifications to the HTS made by Annexes 
                III and IV to this proclamation shall be effective with 
                respect to goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse 
                for consumption on and after the dates specified in 
                such annexes to this proclamation for each action 
                specified.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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[FR Doc. 95-30537
Filed 12-14-95; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3190-01-C