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 103 STAT. 2970 PROCLAMATION 5924—DEC. 21, 1988 Proclamation 5924 of December 21, 1988 To Complete Implementation of the United States- European Commmiity Agreement on Citrus and Pasta, and for Other Purposes By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. On February 24, 1987, the United States and the European Communi- ty (EC) signed an agreement resolving the long-standing dispute con- cerning access to the EC market for U.S. citrus products. The EC agreed to reduce certain duties on specified imported products, in certain cases subject to a tariff rate quota. The United States agreed to reduce duties on particular products and further agreed to eliminate the in- creased rates of duty on EC pasta established by Proclamation 5354 of June 21, 1985 (50 FR 26143). 2. Section 1122(b)(1) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (the 1988 Act) (Pub. L. 100-418,102 Stat. 1144) authorizes the Presi- dent to proclaim an effective date after September 30, 1988, for the duty reductions set out in section 1122(c) of the 1988 Act that is appropriate to carry out the Agreement. Fiirther, section 1122(b)(2) of the 1988 Act authorizes the President at any time to modify or terminate by procla- mation any provision of law enacted by the amendments made by sec- tion 1122(c) of the 1988 Act. 3. Sections 9001 and 9004 of the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 (the TMRA) (Pub. L. 100-647, 102 Stat. 3342) make various amendments, including the extension of certain existing suspensions of duty and duty reductions, to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202). Certain amendments to the TSUS made by the TMRA, which became effective on November 10, 1988, extend through December 31, 1992, and must therefore be incorporated into the Harmo- nized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) in order to continue such duty treatment after January 1, 1989. Further, certain technical cor- rections to particular HTS provisions are necessary to correctly state the tariff treatment of the covered articles. 4. Pursuant to section 4(a) of the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 (the 1985 Act) (19 U.S.C. 2112 note; Pub. L. 99-47, 99 Stat. 82), the President is authorized to proclaim such modifi- cations or continuance of any existing duty, such continuance of exist- ing duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties as he deter- mines to be required or appropriate to carry out the schedule of duty reductions with respect to Israel set forth in Annex I of the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel, entered into on April 22, 1985, and approved on June 11, 1985. Section 4(b) of the 1985 Act authorizes the President, whenever he determines it neces- sary to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advanta- geous concessions provided with respect to Israel provided for by the Agreement, to proclaim such additional tariff modifications, including the withdrawal, suspension, modification, or continuance of any duty, as he determines to be required or appropriate to carry out the Agree- ment.

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