Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 6.djvu/286

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114 STAT. 3342 PROCLAMATION 7325-JUNE 29, 2000 stitution and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that: (1] In order to provide that one or more countries that have not been treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or more eligible articles should be designated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to such article or articles for purposes of the GSP, and that one or more countries should no longer be treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or more eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, general note 4(d) to the HTS is modified as provided in section A of Annex I to this proclamation. (2)(a) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for purposes of the GSP when imported from any beneficiary developing country, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for certain HTS subheadings is modified as provided in section B(l) of Annex I to this proclamation. (b) In order to provide preferential tariff treatment under the GSP to a beneficiary developing country that has been excluded from the benefits of the GSP for certain eligible articles, the Rates of Duty 1- Special subcolumn for each of the HTS subheadings enumerated in section B(2) of Annex I to this proclamation is modified as provided in such section. (c) In order to provide that one or more countries should not be treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to certain eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolmnn for each of the HTS subheadings enumerated in section B(3) of Annex I to this proclamation is modified as provided in such section. (3) A waiver of the application of section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act shall apply to the eligible articles in the HTS subheadings and to the beneficiary developing countries set forth in Annex n to this proclamation. (4) 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of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. (5)(a) The modifications made by Annex I to this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consiimption, on or after July 1, 2000. (b) The action taken in Annex n to this proclamation shall be effective on the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal Register. (c) The action taken in paragraph 13 of this proclamation shall be effective on the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal Register. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand this twenty- ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth. WILLIAM J. CLINTON