Proclamations Proc. 7971 United States the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts affecting import treatment, and of actions taken thereunder. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, acting under authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to sec- tion 104 of the AGOA and sections 506A and 604 of the 1974 Act, do pro- claim that: (\177) Burundi is designated as an eligible sub-Saharan African country and as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. (2) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note 16(a) to the HTS is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence in the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries "Republic of Burundi." (3) For purposes of section l12(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA, Burundi is a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. (4) The designation of Mauritania as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A of the 1974 Act is terminated, ef- fective on January \177, 2006. (5) In order to reflect in the HTS that beginning January \177, 2006, Mau- titania shall no longer be designated as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, general note 16(a) to the HTS is modified by deleting "Islamic Republic of Mauritania" from the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. Further, U.S. note 2(d) to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the HTS is modified by removing "Islamic Republic of Mauritania" from the list of lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. (6) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraphs 2 and 5 of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or with- drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January \177, 2006. (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 twenty-second day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thir- tieth. GEORGE W. BUSH Proclamation 7971 of December 22, 2005 To Implement the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement By the President of the United States of Arnerica A Proclamation 1. On June 15, 2004, the United States entered into the United States-Mo- rocco Free Trade Agreement (USMFTA). The USMFTA was approved by the Congress in section 101(a) of the United States-Morocco Free Trade 149
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