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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1153

interested parties concerning articles produced in and exported from the United States; and (C) where appropriate, establish procedures for— (i) ensuring that the dispute settlement provisions and other relevant procedures available under the Convention are utilized to promote United States export interests, and (ii) submitting classification questions to the Harmonized System Committee of the Customs Cooperation Council, (c) AVAILABILITY OF CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL PUBLICA-

TIONS.—As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, and periodically thereafter as appropriate, the Commission shall see to the publication of— (1) summary records of the Harmonized System Committee of Records. the Customs Cooperation Council; and (2) subject to applicable copyright laws, the Explanatory Notes, Classification Opinions, and other instruments of the Customs Cooperation Council relating to the Convention. SEC. 1211. TRANSITION TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE. (a) EXISTING EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.—

(1) The appropriate officers of the United States Government shall take whatever actions are nec^sary to conform, to the fullest extent practicable, with the tariff classification system of the ELarmonized Tariff Schedule all proclamations, r^ulations, rulings, notices, findings, determinations, orders, recommendations, and other written actions that— (A) are in effect on the day before the effective date of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule; and (B) contain references to the tariff classification of articles under the old Schedules. (2) Neither the repeal of the old Schedules, nor the failure of any officer of the United States Government to make the conforming changes required under paragraph (1), shall affect to any extent the validity or effect of the proclamation, r^ulation, ruling, notice, finding, determination, order, recommendation, or other action referred to in paragraph (1). (b) GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES CONVERSION.—

(1) The review of the proposed conversion of the Generalized S^tem of Preferences program to the Convention tariff nomenclature, initiated by the Office of the United States Trade Representative by notice published in the Federal Roister on December 8, 1986 (at page 44,163 of volume 51 thereof), shall be treated as satisfying the requirements of sections 503(a) and 504(c)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(a), 2464(c)(3)). (2) In applying section 504(c)(l) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)(l)) for calendar year 1989, the reference in such section to July 1 shall be treated as a reference to September 1. (c) IMPORT RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT.—

(1) Whenever the President determines that the conversion of an import restriction proclaimed under section 22 of the Agricultural AcUustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624) from part 3 of the Appendix to the old Schedules to subchapter IV of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule results in—

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