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12 2 STA T .5 21 4PROCL A M AT I O N8 21 3—DE C.2 0, 200 7(1)Inorde r t o p ro vi de g ener al l yf ort h e m odifi c ation s inther u les for determining w hether goods imported into the customs territory of the U nited S tates are eligi b le for preferential tariff treatment under the A greement , to provide preferential tariff treatment for certain other goods under the Agreement, and to ma k e technical and conforming changes in the general notes to the HT S, the HTS is modified as set forth in

(a) Sections A, B , and C of the Anne x to this proclamation

and (b) Section D of that Annex . ( 2 ) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (1)(a) of this proc - lamation shall enter into effect on the date, as announced by the United States Trade R epresentative in the Fed e ralR e gist er, that the Amendment enters into force and shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after that date. ( 3 ) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (1)(b) of this proc- lamation shall enter into effect on the date, as announced by the United States Trade Representative in the Federal Register, that the Amendment has entered into force and the conditions set forth in para- graph (a), paragraph (b), or both, of footnote 1 to Appendix 4 .1 – Bof the Agreement have been fulfilled, and shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after that date. (4) The CITA is authori z ed to exercise my authority under section 2 0 3(o) of the CA F TA–DR Act to implement Appendix 4.1–B of the Agreement by determining whether and, if so, by what amount, to in- crease in accordance with paragraph 3 or footnote 2 of that Appendix the q uantitative limits in the provisions of the HTS set out in section D of the Annex to this proclamation. ( 5 )The United States Trade Representative shall modify U.S. note 21 to subchapter X XII of chapter 98 of the HTS in a notice published in the Federal Register to reflect determinations pursuant to paragraph (4) of this proclamation by the CITA. ( 6 ) Any provisions of previous proclamations and E xecutive O rders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are su- perseded to the extent of such inconsistency. I NW ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of December, in the year of our L ord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-second. G EORGE W. BUSH