12 2 STA T .54 14 PROCL A M AT I O N83 31 —DE C. 23 , 2 0 08 duties,a st h e Pr eside n t deter m ines t ob ene c essar y ora p propriate to carry out or app l y A rticles 3. 3and3. 27 , and Anne x es 3.3 ( includin g the schedule o fU nited S tates duty reductions w ith respect to origi - nating goods ) and 3.27 of the Agreement. 4 . C onsistent with section 2 01 (a)(2) of the Act (1 9 U.S.C. 4031(a)(2)), each Agreement country is to be remo v ed from the enumeration of des- ignated beneficiary developing countries eligible for the benefits of the G enerali z ed System of Preferences (GSP) on the date the Agreement en- ters into force with respect to that country. 5 . Consistent with section 201(a)(3) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 4031(a)(3)), each Agreement country is to be removed from the enumeration of des- ignated beneficiary countries under the Caribbean B asin E conomic R e- covery Act (CBERA) (19 U.S.C. 2701 ets e q .) on the date the Agreement enters into force with respect to that country, sub j ect to the exceptions set out in section 201(a)(3)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 4031(a)(3)(B)). 6 . Consistent with section 213(b)(5)( D ) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(5)(D)), as amended by the United States-Caribbean Basin T rade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (Public L aw 106 – 200), each Agreement coun- try is to be removed from the enumeration of designated CBTPA bene- ficiary countries on the date the Agreement enters into force with re- spect to that country. 7. Section 201(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 4031(b)) authorizes the Presi- dent, subject to the consultation and layover re q uirements of section 104(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 4014(a)), to proclaim such modifications or continuation of any duty, such modifications as the United States may agree to with an Agreement country regarding the staging of any duty treatment set forth in Annex 3.3 of the Agreement, such continu- ation of duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions pro- vided for by the Agreement. The consultation and layover require- ments of section 104(a) of the Act have been satisfied with respect to providing temporary duty free treatment for certain goods of Costa Rica as set forth in the Amendment. 8 . Pursuant to section 201(b) of the Act, I have determined that the modifications herein proclaimed of duties on goods of Costa Rica are necessary or appropriate to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Costa Rica pro- vided for by the Agreement. 9. In Proclamation 8095 of December 29, 2006, consistent with the au- thority set out in section 111(b) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3521(b)), I modified the H armonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) to implement the multilateral agreement nego- tiated under the auspices of the W orld Trade O rganization to eliminate tariffs on certain pharmaceutical products and chemical intermediates. I have determined that technical corrections to the pharmaceuticals annex to the HTS are necessary to ensure that certain products receive the intended duty treatment. 10. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ‘ ‘1974 Act ’ ’) (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and of actions ta k en thereunder.
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