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118 STAT. 2588 PUBLIC LAW 108–429—DEC. 3, 2004 (5) Total United States Armenia bilateral trade for 2002 amounted to more than $134,200,000. (b) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTENSIONS OF NON DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may— (1) determine that such title should no longer apply to Armenia; and (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with respect to Armenia, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of that country. (c) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV.—On and after the effective date of the extension under subsection (b)(2) of non discriminatory treatment to the products of Armenia, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to that country. SEC. 2002. MODIFICATION TO CELLAR TREATMENT OF NATURAL WINE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 5382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to cellar treatment of natural wine) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(a) PROPER CELLAR TREATMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Proper cellar treatment of natural wine constitutes— ‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (2), those practices and proce dures in the United States, whether historical or newly developed, of using various methods and materials to sta bilize the wine, or the fruit juice from which it is made, so as to produce a finished product acceptable in good commercial practice in accordance with regulations pre scribed by the Secretary; and ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (3), in the case of wine pro duced and imported subject to an international agreement or treaty, those practices and procedures acceptable to the United States under such agreement or treaty. ‘‘(2) RECOGNITION OF CONTINUING TREATMENT.—For pur poses of paragraph (1)(A), where a particular treatment has been used in customary commercial practice in the United States, it shall continue to be recognized as a proper cellar treatment in the absence of regulations prescribed by the Sec retary finding such treatment not to be proper cellar treatment within the meaning of this subsection. ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION OF PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES FOR IMPORTED WINE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of imported wine pro duced after December 31, 2004, the Secretary shall accept the practices and procedures used to produce such wine, if, at the time of importation— ‘‘(i) the Secretary has on file or is provided with a certification from the government of the producing country, accompanied by an affirmed laboratory anal ysis, that the practices and procedures used to produce the wine constitute proper cellar treatment under para graph (1)(A), ‘‘(ii) the Secretary has on file or is provided with such certification, if any, as may be required by an 26 USC 5382.