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[70 Stat. 41]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 41]

70 STAT.]

PROCLAMATIONS—JUNE 13, 1956

continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States as are specified or provided for in paragraphs 1 to 6, inclusive, of the Protocol of Supplementary Concessions specified in the seventh recital of this proclamation and in Part II of Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956) contained in the Annex thereto shall be effective as follows: (1) The rates of duty and import tax specified in column A at the right of the respective descriptions of products in Part II of the said Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956), on and after June 30, 1956; (2) The rates of duty and import tax specified in columns B and C, respectively, at the right of the respective descriptions of products in Part II of said Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956), on and after the appropriate dates determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of the "General Notes" at the end of the said Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956): Provided, That in the case of a product which is described in both Part I and Part II of the said Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956), the rate in Part I, when lower, shall be applied to the product of the Republic of Cuba. (b) The list set forth in the sixteenth recital of the proclamation of July 22, 1955, specified in the third recital of this proclamation shall be amended (i) as provided in the fifteenth recital of this proclamation, effective June 30, 1956, and (ii) as provided in the nineteenth recital of this proclamation, effective September 10, 1955. Part III To the end that the trade agreement specified in the first recital of this proclamation may be carried out, effective June 30, 1956: (a) The references to Article I of the General Agreement in the sixth and seventh recitals of the proclamation of January 30, 1948, specified in the third recital of this proclamation, and the list set forth in the seventh recital of the said proclamation of January 30, 1948, shall be amended as provided in the sixteenth recital of this proclamation. (b) The value-bracket subclassifications preceding the subclassification for articles valued at more than $30 per dozen in item 1526 (a) in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva - 1947) shall be applied as though the said subclassifications read as set forth in the said seventeenth recital of this proclamation. (c) Item 502 [firstj in Part II of Schedule X X (Geneva - 1947) shall be applied as though the said item read as set forth in the seventeenth recital of this proclamation: Provided, That pending further proclamation by the President, the rate of duty for products described in this item testing less than 74.6 per centum total sugars shall be 0.15 cents per gallon plus 0.165 cents additional for each 1 per centum of total sugars over 48 per centum and fractions of 1 per centum in proportion. (d) Item 502 in Part I of Schedule X X (Torquay - 1951) shall be applied as though the said item read as set forth in the seventeenth recital of this proclamation: Provided, That pending further proclamation by the President, the rate of duty for products described in this item testing less than 56.8 per centum total sugars shall be 0.375 cents per gallon plus 0.4125 cents additional for each 1 per centum of total sugars over 48 per centum and fractions of 1 per centum in proportion. Part IV So much of the proclamations of December 22, 1949, and May 13, 1950, specified in the third recital of this proclamation, and of any

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