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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 1140

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988 (D) Item 737.52 is amended by inserting "(whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media)" after "Toy books". (E) Item 830.00 is amended by inserting "; official government publications in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media" after "not developed". (F) Item 840.00 is amended by inserting ", whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media" after "documents". (d) VISUAL AND AUDITORY MATERIAL.—

(1) Headnote 1 to part 7 of schedule 8 is amended to read as follows: " 1. (a) No article shall be exempted from duty under item 870,30 unless either— "(i) a Federal agency (or agencies) designated by the President determines that such article is visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character within the meaning of the Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory M a t e r i a l of an Educational, Scientific, or Cultural Character (17 UST (pt. 2) 1578; Beirut Agreement), or "(ii) such article— "(A) is imported by, or certified by the importer to be for the use of, any public or private institution or association approved as educational, scientific, or cultural by a Federal agency or agencies designated by the President for the purpose of duty-free admission pursuant to the Nairobi Protocol to the Florence Agreement, and "(B) is certified by the importer to be visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character or to have been produced by the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies. For purposes of subparagraph (i), whenever the President determines that there is, or may be, profitmaking exhibition or use of articles described in item 870.30 which interferes significantly (or threatens to interfere significantly) with domestic production of similar articles, he may prescribe r ^ u l a t i o n s imposing restrictions on the entry under that item of such foreign articles to insure that they will be exhibited or used only for nonprofitmaking purposes. "0)) For purposes of items 870.32 through 870.35, inclusive, no article shall be exempted from duty unless it meets the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) and (B) of this headnote.". (2) Item 870.30 is amended— (A) by inserting "(except toy models)" after "models", and (B) by striking out "headnote 1" and inserting in lieu thereof "headnote 1(a)". (3) Part 7 of schedule 8 is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new items with a superior heading at the same degree of indentation as item 870.30: Articles determined to be visual or auditory materials in accordance with headnote 1 of this part: