118 STAT. 4108 PROCLAMATION 7758—MAR. 1, 2004 pendent Countries,’’; effective with respect to articles entered, or with- drawn 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from the list of independent countries, effective for each of these countries with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for con- sumption, on or after the day on which that country becomes a Euro- pean Union member state. (5) The designation of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, and Barbados as beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the GSP is termi- nated, 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 with- drawn 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 ‘‘Bar- bados’’; 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 Mar- ket (CARICOM), except The Bahamas’’; and inserting ‘‘Member Coun- tries 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 su- perseded 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 Inde- pendence of the United States of America the two hundred and twen- ty-eighth. GEORGE W. BUSH VerDate 11-MAY-2000 15:04 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 8087 Sfmt 8087 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.004 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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