[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 7870--FEB. 9, 2005
Proclamation 7870 of February 9, 2005
To Modify Rules of Origin Under the North American Free Trade Agreement
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. Presidential Proclamation 6641 of December 15, 1993, implemented the
North American Free Trade Agreement (the ``NAFTA'';) with respect to the
United States and, pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (the ``NAFTA Implementation Act'';), incorporated in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (the ``HTS'';) the
tariff modifications and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to
carry out the NAFTA.
2. Section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act provides 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, as a part of the HTS, the rules of origin set out in the NAFTA
and to proclaim modifications to such previously proclaimed rules of
origin, subject to the consultation and layover requirements of section
103(a) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3313(a)).
3. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS set out in the
Annex to this proclamation are appropriate. For goods of Mexico, I have
decided that the effective date of the modifications shall be determined
by the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
4. 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

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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, 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, including section 604 of the 1974 Act,
section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act, and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, do hereby proclaim:
(1) In order to modify the rules of origin under the NAFTA, general
note 12 to the HTS is modified as provided in the Annex to this
proclamation.
(2) 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.
(3) The modifications made by the Annex to this proclamation shall
be effective with respect to goods of Canada that are entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2005.
The modifications made by such Annex shall be effective with respect to
goods of Mexico that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after a date that the USTR announces in the Federal
Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of
February, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
ninth.
GEORGE W. BUSH


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