Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 4.djvu/904

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116 STAT. 3332 PROCLAMATION 7616-OCT. 31, 2002 D. U.S. note 7 to subchapter II of chapter 98 is modified by inserting the following new subdivision in sequence: "( c) For purposes of heading 9802.00.80, duty-free treatment shall be accorded only to textile luggage assembled ina designated Andean Trade PromotitHi and Drug Eradication Act beneficiary country enumerated in U.S. note 1 tosubchapter XXI of this chapter from fabric wholly formed and cut in the United States, from yams wholly formed in the United States. " E. Chapter 98 of the HTS is further modified by adding at the end thereof the following new subchapter XXI, as set forth below: "SUBCHAPTER XXI GOODS ELIGIBLE FOR SPECIAL TARIFF BENEFITS UNDER THE ANDEAN TRADE PROMOTION AND DRUG ERADICATION ACT The taiifTtreatment provided in thisubchapter shall be accorded only to goods that are described in the subheadings of this subchapter and imported directly into the customs territory of the United States from a designated Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) beneficiary country that satisfies the customs requirements of the ATPDEA and is enumerated below. The following countries have been designated by the President as ATPDEA beneficiary countries that satisfy the customs requirements of the ATPDEA and, therefore, are to be afforded the tarifT treatment provided for in this subchapter; Bolivia Colombia Ecu ado r Pe ru (a) For purposes of eligibility for duty-free treatment under subheading 9821.01.01, such tuna- (i) must be harvested by United States vessels or by ATPDEA beneficiary country vessels,and (ii) must have been prepared or preserved in any manner in an ATPDEA beneficiary country enumerated in note I to this subchapter. Such tuna shall enter the United States free of any quantitative restrictions. (b) The term "United States vessels" includes any vessel having a certificate of documentation with a fishery endorsement under chapter 121of title 46, United StatesCode; and the term "ATPDEA beneficiary country vessels" includes any vessel- (i) which isregistered or recorded in an ATPDEA beneficiary country enumerated in note 1 tothis subchapter, (ii) which sails under the fiag of such an ATPDEA beneficiary country, (iil) which isat least 75 percent owned by nationals of such an ATPDEA beneficiary country or by a company having itsprincipal place of business in such an ATPDEA beneficiary country, of which the manager or managers, chairman of the board of directors or of the supervisory board and the majority of the members of such boards are nationals of such an ATPDEA beneficiary country and of which, in the case ofa company, at least 50percent of the capital isowned by such an ATPDEA beneficiary country or by public bodies or nationals of an ATPDEA beneficiary country; (iv) of which the master and officers are nationals of such an ATPDEA beneficiary country; and