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 Proclamations Proc. 7351 (1) In order to provide for the preferential treatment provided for in sec- tion 213 of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703), as amended by the CBTPA, the HTS is modified as provided in the Annex to this proclamation. (2) The following countries are designated as CBTPA beneficiary coun- tries pursuant to section 213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA: Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic E1 Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras }amaica Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago British Virgin Islands (3) The USTR is authorized to determine whether each designated bene- ficiary country has satisfied the requirements of section 213(b)(4)(A)(ii) of the CBERA 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. To implement such determination or deter- minations, the USTR is authorized to exercise the authority provided to the President under section 604 of the 1974 Act to embody modifications and technical or conforming changes in the HTS. The determination or deter- minations 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 Reg- ister. Such notice or notices shall modify general note 17 of the HTS by listing the countries that satisfy the requirements of section 213(b)(4)(A)(ii) of the CBERA. 161

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