Proc. 8111 Title 3--The President Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty- first. GEORGE W. BUSH Proclamation 8111 of February 28, 2007 To Implement the Dominican Republic-Central America- United States Free Trade Agreement With Respect to the Dominican Republic and for Other Purposes By the President of the United States of Arnerica A Proclamation 1. On August 5, 2004, the United States entered into the Dominican Repub- lic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (the "Agreement") with Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, E1 Salvador, Guatemala, Hon- duras, and Nicaragua (the "Agreement countries"). The Agreement was ap- proved by the Congress in section 101(a) of the Dominican Republic-Cen- tral America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the "Act") (Public Law 109-53, 119 Stat. 462) (19 U.S.C. 4011 note). 2. Section 201 of the Act authorizes the President to proclaim such modi- fications or continuation of any duty, such continuation of duty-Dee or ex- cise treatment, or such additional duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply Article 3.3 and Annex 3.3 (including the schedule of United States duty reductions with respect to originating goods) of the Agreement. 3. Consistent with section 201(a)(2) of the Act, each Agreement country is to be removed Dom the enumeration of designated beneficiary developing countries eligible for the benefits of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) on the date the Agreement enters into force with respect to that country. 4. Consistent with section 201(a)(3) of the Act, each Agreement country is to be removed Dom the enumeration of designated beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on the date the Agreement enters into force with respect to that country, subject to the exceptions set out in section 201(a)(3)(B) of the Act. 5. Consistent with section 213(b)(5)(D) of the CBERA, as amended by the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (Public Law 106-200), each Agreement country is to be removed Dom the enumeration of designated CBTPA beneficiary countries on the date the Agreement en- ters into force with respect to that country. 6. Section 1634(c)(2) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-280) (29 U.S.C. 1001 note) authorizes the President to proclaim a re- duction in the overall limit in the tariff preference level for Nicaragua pro- vided in Annex 3.28 of the Agreement if the President determines that 12
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