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 Proc. 7314 Title 3--The President retary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor, to reduce, modify, or termi- nate an action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act when the President determines that changed economic circumstances so warrant. 4. After taking into account the information provided in the USITC's report, and after receiving advice from the Secretary of Commerce and the Sec- retary of Labor, I have determined, on the basis that increased imports of wheat gluten the product of Poland have impaired the effectiveness of the action I proclaimed in 1998 under section 203 of the Trade Act, that changed economic circumstances warrant a modification in the action. Ac- cordingly, I have decided to include in the action imports of wheat gluten the product of Poland, beginning }une l, 2000. 5. Pursuant to section 203(g) of the Trade Act (\1779 U.S.C. 2253(g)), I have further determined to provide for the efficient and fair administration of the quantitative limitation on imports of wheat gluten by allocating on a quarterly basis the quantitative limitations applicable during the third year of the action. 6. Pursuant to section 503(b)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(b)(2)), no article shall be eligible for duty-free treatment provided under section 50\177 of the Trade Act if that article is subiect to an action proclaimed under sec- tion 203. 7. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, and of other acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, in- cluding the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM }. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitu- tion and the laws of the United States of America, including but not lim- ited to sections 204, 503, and 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim that: (1) In order to modify the scope of the quantitative limitations applicable to imports of wheat gluten under HTS heading \17709, and to allocate the quota quantities for the third quota year on a quarterly basis, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation. (2) Such imported wheat gluten that is the product of Poland shall be included within the scope of the quantitative limitations during the third quota year, as provided in the Annex. (3) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. (4) Effective at the close of }une \177, 2002, or such other date that is \177 year from the close of the action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act, as modified by this proclamation, HTS subheadings 9903A%08 through 9903A%11 and the superior text thereto shall be deleted from the HTS. (5) Pursuant to section 503(b)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(b)(2)), duty-free treatment for certain wheat gluten that is the product of bene- ficiary countries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (Title V of the Trade Act, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 246\177-2467)), is suspended. 88

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