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 Proclamations Proc. 7350 Republic of Djibouti State of Eritrea Ethiopia Republic of Ghana Republic of Guinea Republic of Guinea-Bissau Republic of Kenya Kingdom of Lesotho Republic of Madagascar Republic of Malawi Republic of Mall Islamic Republic of Mauritania Republic of Mozambique Republic of Niger Federal Republic of Nigeria Republic of Rwanda Democratic Republic of Sao Tom6 and Principe Republic of Senegal Republic of Sierra Leone United Republic of Tanzania Republic of Uganda Republic of Zambia (4) The USTR is authorized to determine whether each designated bene- ficiary sub-Saharan African country has satisfied the requirements of sec- tion ll3(a) of the AGOA relating to the establishment of procedures to pro- tect against unlawful transshipments and section l\1773(b)(\177)(B) of the AGOA relating to the implementation of procedures and requirements similar in all material respects to the relevant procedures and requirements under chapter 5 of the NAFTA. The determination or determinations of the USTR under this paragraph shall be set forth in a notice or notices that the USTR shall cause to be published in the Federal Register. Such notice or notices shall modify the HTS by listing the countries that satisfy the requirements of sections ll3(a) and ll3(b)(1)(B) of the AGOA. To implement such deter- mination or determinations, the USTR is authorized to exercise the author- ity provided to the President under section 604 of the 1974 Act to embody modifications and technical or conforming changes in the HTS. (5) The USTR is authorized to determine whether Kenya and Mauritius have satisfied the requirements of section \17712(c) of the AGOA. The deter- mination or determinations of the USTR under this paragraph shall be set forth in a notice or notices that the USTR shall cause to be published in the Federal Register. Within 30 days after any such determination by the USTR, the USTR shall cause the existing quotas on textile and apparel arti- 155

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