118 STAT. 4090 PROCLAMATION 7746—DEC. 30, 2003 of the United States International Trade Commission, entitled Modi- fications of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Im- plementing the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (Publication 3652), which is incorporated by reference into this proclamation. (2) In order to implement the initial stage of duty elimination pro- vided for in the USCFTA, and to provide for future staged reductions in duties for products of Chile for purposes of the USCFTA, the HTS is modified as provided in Annex II of Publication 3652, effective on the dates specified in the relevant sections of such publication and on any subsequent dates set forth for such duty reductions in that publica- tion. (3) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to exercise the author- ity of the President under section 105(a) of the USCFTA Act to estab- lish or designate an office within the Department of Commerce to carry out the functions set forth in that section. (4) The CITA is authorized to exercise the authority of the President under section 208 of the USCFTA Act with respect to verifications con- ducted in a manner consistent with article 3.21 of the USCFTA. (5) The CITA is authorized to exercise the authority of the President under subtitle B of title III of the USCFTA Act to review requests and to determine whether to commence consideration of such requests; to cause to be published in the Federal Register a notice of commence- ment of consideration of a request and notice seeking public comment; to determine whether a Chilean textile or apparel article is being im- ported into the United States in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause serious damage, or actual threat thereof, to a domestic industry producing an article that is like, or directly com- petitive with, the imported article; and to provide relief from imports of an article that is the subject of such a determination. (6)(a) The amendments to the HTS made by paragraph (2) of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or with- drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the relevant dates indicated in Annex II to Publication 3652. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (6)(a) of this proclamation, this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2004. (7) All provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are su- perseded to the extent of such inconsistency. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth. GEORGE W. BUSH VerDate 11-MAY-2000 15:04 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 8087 Sfmt 8087 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.004 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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