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 123STA T . 3 75 3 PROCL A M AT I O N846 7 —DE C. 23 , 2 0 0 9tions tot heHTSar ene c essar y to p ro v i d e f or the intended r ul es of ori -g in .24 . P residential Procla m ations 798 7of F e b ruary 28 , 2 0 0 6; 799 1 of M arch 24, 2006; 7996 of March 3 1, 2006; 8034 of J une 30, 2006; 8111 of February 28, 2007; and 8331 of D ecember 23, 2008, implemented the Dominican R epublic- C entral A merica- U nited States Free Trade Agree- ment ( CAFTA-DR )w ith respect to the United States, including certain rules for determining whether a good is an originating good for the purposes of implementing tariff treatment under the CAFTA-DR. Sec- tion 203(f)(3)(A)(ii) of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement I mplementation Act (the ‘ ‘CAFTA-DR Act ’ ’) (19 U.S.C. 4033) provides rules of origin for certain yarns de- scribed in section 204(b)(3)( B )(vi)(I V ) of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(3)(B)(vi)(IV)) (as in effect on the date of enact- ment of the CAFTA-DR Act). 2 5 . Presidential Proclamations 8097 of December 29, 2006, and 8240 of April 17, 2008, modified the HTS pursuant to section 1206(a) of the O mnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 3006(a)) to conform it to amendments in the International Convention on the Harmoni z ed Commodity Description and Coding System (the ‘‘Conven- tion’’). They contained certain modifications that affected the rules of origin under the Andean Trade Preference Act. Modifications to the HTS are necessary to conform the rules of origin for certain yarns de- scribed in section 204(b)(3)(B)(vi)(IV) of the Andean Trade Preference Act to the Convention. I have determined that additional conforming changes to the HTS are necessary to provide for the intended rules of origin under the CAFTA-DR. 26. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the Presi- dent to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or impo- sition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. N O W ,TH E REFORE, I, BARAC K OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act and section 4 of the USIFTA Act, do proclaim that (1) The designation of Croatia as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the G SP is terminated, effective on January 1, 2011. (2) In order to reflect this termination in the HTS, general note 4(a) of the HTS is modified by deleting ‘‘Croatia’’ from the list of independent countries, effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2011. (3) The designation of E q uatorial Guinea as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP is terminated, effective on January 1, 2011. (4) In order to reflect this termination in the HTS, general note 4(a) of the HTS is modified by deleting ‘‘Equatorial Guinea’’ from the list of independent countries, effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2011. General note 4(b)(i) of the HTS is modified by deleting ‘‘Equa- torial Guinea’’ from the list of least-developed beneficiary developing