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 108 STAT. 5134 PROCLAMATION 6641—DEC. 15, 1993 Proclamation 6641 of December 15, 1993 To Implement the North American Free Trade Agreement, and for Other Purposes By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. On December 17, 1992, the President entered into the North American Free Trade Agreement ("the NAFTA"). The NAFTA was approved by the Congress in section 101(a) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ("the NAFTA Implementation Act") (Public Law 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057). 2. Section 201 of the NAFTA Implementation Act authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications or continuation of any duty, such continuation of duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out Articles 302 (including the schedule of United States duty reductions with respect to originating goods set forth or incorporated in Annex 302.2 to the NAFTA), 305, 307, 308, and 703 of the NAFTA and enumerated Annexes thereto, and to accord the preferential tariff and other customs treatment provided in the NAFTA for certain other goods. 3. Sections 202 and 321 of the NAFTA Implementation Act provide certain rules for determining whether goods originate in the territory of a NAFTA party and thus are eligible for the tariff and certain other treatment contemplated under the NAFTA. I have decided that it is necessary to include these rules of origin, together with particular rules applicable to certain other goods, in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("the HTS"). 4. Pursuant to section 466 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1466), the rate of duty imposed on equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, purchased for, or the repair parts or the materials to be used, or the expenses of repairs made in a foreign country upon a U.S. -documented vessel at its first arrival in any port of the United States is 50 percent ad valorem. Such duty does not apply to the cost of repair parts, materials, or expenses of repairs in a foreign country upon U.S. civil aircraft, as defined in general note 6 to the HTS (as redesignated by Annex I to this proclamation). I have determined that it is necessary or appropriate to continue the duty treatment previously proclaimed for such equipments, or any part thereof, originating in the territory of Canada and the expenses of repairs made in the territory of Canada upon U.S.-documented vessels (other than civil aircraft), as set forth in Annex 307.1 to the NAFTA. I have further determined that it is necessary or appropriate to provide for staged reductions in the rate of duty on such equipments, or any part thereof, originating in the territory of Mexico and the expenses of repairs made in the territory of Mexico upon U.S. -documented vessels (other than civil aircraft), as set forth in Annex 307.1 to the NAFTA. 5. Pursuant to section 201(a)(2) of the NAFTA Implementation Act, Mexico is to be removed ft-om the enumeration of designated beneficiary developing countries eligible for the benefits of the Generalized System of Preferences ("GSP"). This action must be reflected in the HTS. Further, pursuant to section 504(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 ("the 1974 Act") (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)), I have determined that certain pref-

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