[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28185-28186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11181]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Termination of Countries 
Joining the European Union From Eligibility as a GSP Beneficiary 
Country

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As a result of their accessions to the European Union on May 
1, 2004,

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the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and 
Slovakia were terminated as beneficiary developing countries under the 
U.S. GSP program on that date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, USTR Annex, 1724 F Street, NW., Room F220, 
Washington, DC 20508 (Tel. 202-395-6971).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP program is authorized pursuant to 
Title V of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (``the Trade Act'') (19 
U.S.C. 2461 et seq.). The GSP program grants duty-free treatment to 
designated eligible articles that are imported from designated 
beneficiary developing countries. Countries that cannot be designated 
as GSP-eligible include, among others, member states of the European 
Union (19 U.S.C. 2462). In Proclamation 7758 (March 1, 2004, the 
President, pursuant to section 502(b)(1)(C) of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(1)(C)), announced that ``the designation 
of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and 
Slovakia as beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the GSP is 
terminated for each country on the date when it becomes a European 
Union member state. The United States Trade Representative shall 
announce each such date in a notice published in the Federal 
Register.''
    The United States Trade Representative hereby announces that May 1, 
2004, was the date on which the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary 
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia became European Union member 
states.

Peter F. Allgeier,
Acting United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 04-11181 Filed 5-17-04; 8:45 am]
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