Proclamations Proc. 8157 17. Presidential Proclamation 81\1774 of March \1779, 2007, implemented section \1772 of the AGOA, as amended in section 6002 of the Africa Investment In- centive Act of 2006 (Division D, Title VI, Public Law 109-432)(\1779 U.S.C. 372\177(c)(2)(A)). Technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) are necessary to implement the intended tariff treatment. \1778. In Presidential Proclamation 8097 of December 29, 2006, I modified the HTS, pursuant to section \177206 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (the "\177988 Act") (\1779 U.S.C. 3006), to conform it to the Inter- national Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Cod- ing System (the "Convention"). Additional conforming changes to the HTS are required to implement the intended tariff treatment. \1779. Section 2004(b)(l)(B) of the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Correc- tions Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-429) amended section 213(b)(2)(A)(v) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (\1779 U.S.C. 2703(b)(2)(A)(v)). A modification to the HTS needs to be made to reflect this amendment. 20. On April 22, \177985, the United States entered into the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel (the "Israel FTA"), which the Congress approved in the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Imple- mentation Act of \177985 (the "Israel FTA Act")(19 U.S.C. 2\1772 note). In order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous con- cessions with respect to agricultural trade with Israel, on July 27, 2004, the United States entered into an agreement with Israel concerning certain as- pects of trade in agricultural products during the period January \177, 2004, through December 3% 2008 (the "2004 Agreement"). 21. Presidential Proclamation 7826 of October 4, 2004, implemented the 2004 Agreement. Technical corrections to the HTS are necessary to reflect the tariff treatment intended under the 2004 Agreement for the years 2007 and 2008. 22. Section 604 of the \177974 Act, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provi- sions of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposi- tion of any rate of duty or other import restriction. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including but not limited to title V and section 604 of the \177974 Act, section 4 of the Israel FTA Act, section \177206 of the 1988 Act, and section \17704 of the AGOA, do hereby proclaim: (\177) In order to provide that one or more countries that have not been treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or more eligible arti- cles should be redesignated as beneficiary developing countries with re- spect to such article or articles for purposes of the GSP, and, in order to provide that one or more countries should no longer be treated as bene- ficiary developing countries with respect to one or more eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, general note 4(d) to the HTS is modified as set forth in section A of Annex I to this proclamation. (2) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for purposes of the GSP when imported from any beneficiary developing country, the Rates 73
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