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 114 STAT. 280 PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 "(dd) a period of 60 calendar days, beginning with the first day on which the President has met the requirements of division (cc), has expired; and "(ee) the President has consulted with such committees regarding the proposed action during the period referred to in division (cc). "(vi) HANDLOOMED, HANDMADE, AND FOLKLORE ARTICLES.—^A handloomed, handmade, or folklore article of a CBTPA beneficiary country identified under subparagraph (C) that is certified as such by the competent authority of such beneficiary country, "(vii) SPECIAL RULES. — "(I) EXCEPTION FOR FINDINGS AND TRIM- MINGS. — (aa) An article otherwise eligible for pref- erential treatment under this paragraph shall not be ineligible for such treatment because the article contains findings or trimmings of foreign origin, if such findings and trimmings do not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components of the assembled product. Examples of findings and trimmings are sewing thread, hooks and eyes, snaps, buttons, TDOW buds', decorative lace, trim, elastic strips, zippers, including zipper tapes and labels, and other similar products. Elastic strips are considered findings or trimmings only if they are each less than 1 inch in width and are used in the production of brassieres. "(bb) In the case of an article described in clause (ii) of this subparagraph, sewing thread shall not be treated as findings or trimmings under this subclause. "(II) CERTAIN INTERLINING. —(aa) An article otherwise eligible for preferential treatment under this paragraph shall not be ineligible for such treatment because the article contains certain interlinings of foreign origin, if the value of such interlinings (and any findings and trimmings) does not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components of the assembled article. "(bb) Interlinings eligible for the treatment described in division (aa) include only a chest type plate, 'hjmtio' piece, or 'sleeve header', of woven or weft-inserted warp knit construction and of coarse animal hair or man-made filaments. "(cc) The treatment described in this subclause shall terminate if the President makes a determination that United States manufacturers are producing such interlinings in the United States in commercial quantities. "(Ill) DE MINIMIS RULE. —An article that would otherwise be ineligible for preferential treatment under this paragraph because the article contains fibers or yarns not wholly formed in the United States or in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries shall not be ineligible for such treatment if the total weight of all such fibers or yams is

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