[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 74945-74946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27523]



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Part VIII





The President





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Proclamation 7853--To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act With Respect to Burkina Faso
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                Proclamation 7853 of December 10, 2004

                
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth 
                and Opportunity Act With Respect to Burkina Faso

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
                amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), as 
                added by section 111(a) of the African Growth and 
                Opportunity Act (title I of Public Law 106-200) (AGOA), 
                authorizes the President to designate a country listed 
                in section 107 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706) as a 
                ``beneficiary sub-Saharan African country'' if the 
                President determines that the country meets the 
                eligibility requirements set forth in section 104 of 
                the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), as well as the eligibility 
                criteria set forth in section 502 of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2462).

                2. Section 104 of the AGOA authorizes the President to 
                designate a country listed in section 107 of the AGOA 
                as an ``eligible sub-Saharan African country'' if the 
                President determines that the country meets certain 
                eligibility requirements.

                3. Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 
                3721(b)(3)(B)) provides special rules for certain 
                apparel articles imported from ``lesser developed 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.''

                4. Pursuant to section 104 of the AGOA and section 
                506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, I have determined that 
                Burkina Faso meets the eligibility requirements set 
                forth or referenced therein, and I have decided to 
                designate Burkina Faso as a beneficiary sub-Saharan 
                African country.

                5. Burkina Faso satisfies the criterion for treatment 
                as a ``lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
                country'' under section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA.

                6. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) 
                authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized 
                Tariff Schedule of theUnited States (HTS) the substance 
                of the relevant provisions of that Act, and 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, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, acting under the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States of America, including sections 506A and 
                604 of the 1974 Act and section 104 of the AGOA, do 
                proclaim that:

                    (1) Burkina Faso is designated as an eligible sub-
                Saharan African country and as a beneficiary sub-
                Saharan African country.
                    (2) In order to reflect this designation in the 
                HTS, general note 16(a) to the HTS is modified by 
                inserting in alphabetical sequence in the list of 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ``Burkina 
                Faso.''
                    (3) For purposes of section 112(b)(3)(B) of the 
                AGOA, Burkina Faso is a lesser developed beneficiary 
                sub-Saharan African country.
                    (4) The modification to the HTS made by this 
                proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption, 15 days after the date of this 
                proclamation.

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                    (5) Any provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive Orders that are inconsistent with this 
                proclamation are superseded to the extent of such 
                inconsistency.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand four, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-ninth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

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