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 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 108 STAT. 4949 care shall not include reliance solely on a source of information which is the named person. "(B) FAILURE TO EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE. —I f the Customs Service determines that merchandise is not from the country claimed on the documentation accompanying the merchandise, the failure to exercise reasonable care described in subparagraph (A) shall be considered when the Customs Service determines whether the importer of record is in violation of section 484(a). "(b) LIST OF HIGH RISK COUNTRIES.— "(1) LIST. —The President or his designee, upon the advice Federal of the Secretaries of Commerce and Treasury, and the heads pu^cation of other appropriate departments and agencies, is authorized to publish a Ust of countries in which illegal activities have occurred involving transshipped textile or apparel products or activities designed to evade quotas of the United States on textile or apparel products, if those countries fail to demonstrate a good faitn effort tx) cooperate with United States authorities in ceasing such activities. Such list shall be published in the Federal Register not later than March 31 of each year. Any country that is on the Ust and that subsequentiy demonstrates a good faith effort tx) cooperate with United States authorities in ceasing illegal activities described in the first sentence shall be removed from the Ust, and such removal shall be published in the Federal Register as soon as practicable. " (2) REASONABLE CARE REQUIRED FOR SUBSEQUENT IMPORTS.— " (A) RESPONSIBILITY OF IMPORTERS OF RECORD.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall require any importer of record entering, introducing, or attempting to introduce into the commerce of the United States textile or apparel f)roducts indicated, on the documentation, packaging, or abeUing accompanying such products, to be from any country on the list puolished under paragraph (1) to show, to the satisfaction of the Secretsiry, that such importer, consignee, or purchaser has exercised reasonable care to ascertain the true country of origin of the textile or apparel products. "(B) FAILURE TO EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE. —If the Customs Service determines that merchandise is not from the country claimed on the documentation accompanying the merchandise, the failure to exercise reasonable care described in subparagraph (A) shall be considered when the Customs Service determines whether the importer of record is in violation of section 484(a). "(3) DEFINITION.— For purposes of this subsection, the term 'country' means a foreign country or territory, including any overseas dependent territory or possession of a foreign country.". SEC. 334. RULES OF ORIGIN FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS. 19 USC 3592. (a) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Treasmy shall prescribe rules implementing the principles contained in subsection (b) for determining the origin of textiles and apparel products. Such rules shall be promulgated in final form not later than July 1, 1995. (b) PRINCIPLES. —

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