[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 118, 108th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

Proclamation 7758 of March 1, 2004


 
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of
Preferences


By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

1. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (the ``Act'';) (19 U.S.C. 2461, 2462(a)(1)), the President is
authorized to designate countries as beneficiary developing countries
for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
2. Section 502(b)(1)(C) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(1)(C)) specifies
that European Union member states may not be designated as beneficiary
developing countries for purposes of the GSP.
3. Section 502(e) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(e)) provides that the
President shall terminate the designation of a country as a beneficiary
developing country for purposes of the GSP if the President determines
that such country has become a ``high income''; country as defined by
the official statistics of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development. Termination is effective on January 1 of the second year
following the year in which such determination is made.
4. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502(a)(1) of the Act, and having due
regard for the factors set forth in section 501 of the Act and taking
into account the factors set forth in section 502(c) (19 U.S.C.
2462(c)), I have decided to designate Algeria as a beneficiary
developing country for purposes of the GSP.
5. Consistent with section 502(b)(1)(C) of the Act, I have decided to
terminate the designation of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia as beneficiary developing
countries, with such termination to become effective for each of these
countries when it becomes a European Union member state.
6. Pursuant to section 502(e) of the Act, I have determined that Antigua
and Barbuda, Bahrain, and Barbados have become ``high income'';
countries, and I am terminating the designation of those countries as
beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the GSP, effective
January 1, 2006.
7. Section 604 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to
embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 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 title V and section
604 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2461-67, 2483), do proclaim that:
(1) Algeria is designated as a beneficiary developing country for
purposes of the GSP, effective 15 days after the date of this
proclamation.
(2) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note
4(a) to the HTS is modified by adding ``Algeria''; to the list entitled
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pendent Countries,''; effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the fifteenth day
after the date of this proclamation.
(3) 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.
(4) In order to reflect these terminations in the HTS, general note
4(a) to the HTS is modified by deleting ``Czech Republic,'';
``Estonia,''; ``Hungary,''; ``Latvia,''; ``Lithuania,''; ``Poland,'';
and ``Slovakia''; from the list of independent countries, effective for
each of these countries with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the day on which that
country becomes a European Union member state.
(5) The designation of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, and Barbados as
beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the GSP is terminated,
effective on January 1, 2006.
(6) In order to reflect this termination in the HTS, and to make
other changes to update the list of Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM)
member countries, effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2006,
general note 4(a) to the HTS is modified by:
(a) deleting ``Antigua and Barbuda,''; ``Bahrain,''; and
``Barbados''; from the list of independent countries,
(b) deleting ``Antigua and Barbuda''; and ``Barbados''; from the
list of the ``Member Countries of the Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM),
except The Bahamas''; under the provision ``Associations of Countries
(treated as one country),''; and
(c) deleting ``Member Countries of the Caribbean Common Market
(CARICOM), except The Bahamas''; and inserting ``Member Countries of the
Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM)''; in lieu thereof, and deleting
``Consisting of:''; before the list of countries and inserting
``Currently qualifying:''; in lieu thereof.
(7) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of March,
in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
GEORGE W. BUSH

PROCLAMATION 7759--MAR. 3, 2004

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