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 123STA T . 3 758PROCL A M AT I O N 8 46 8 —DE C. 23 , 2 0 0 9Proclam a ti o n846 8o fDe cem b er 23, 2 0 0 9To T akeC e rt a inAc tion sU n d ert h eA f rican G ro w th and Op port u nit y Act BythePr e sid e n t of the U nited S t a tes of Am eri c a A Proc l amation 1.Section506A(a) (1) o f t h e Tr a d eActof1 974, a s a m ended (the ‘ ‘1974 Act ’ ’) (19 U .S. C . 2 466a(a)(1)), as added by section 111(a) of the African G ro w th and Op port u nity Act (tit l e I of P ublic L aw 106 – 200) (AGOA), authori z es the President to desi g nate a country listed in section 107 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3 706) as a ‘‘beneficiary sub - Saharan African country’’ if the President determines that the country meets the eligi- bility re q uirements set forth in section 104 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), as well as the eligibility criteria set forth in section 502 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462). 2. Section 104 of the AGOA authorizes the President to designate a country listed in section 107 of the AGOA as an ‘‘eligible sub-Saharan African country’’ if the President determines that the country meets certain eligibility requirements. 3. Section 112(c) of the AGOA, as added in section 6002 of the Africa In v estment Incentive Act of 2006 ( D ivision D, title V I of Public Law 109–432) (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)), provides special rules for certain apparel articles imported from ‘‘lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri- can countries.’’ 4. In Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, President Clinton des- ignated the R epublic of Guinea (Guinea), the Republic of M adagascar (Madagascar), and the Republic of N iger (Niger) as beneficiary sub-Sa- haran African countries pursuant to section 506A(a) of the 1974 Act and provided that they would be considered lesser developed bene- ficiary sub-Saharan African countries for purposes of section 112(b)(3)( B ) (subsequently redesignated as section 112(c)) of the AGOA. 5. Section 506A(a)(3) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)) authorizes the President to terminate the designation of a country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A if he deter- mines that the country is not ma k ing continual progress in meeting the requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act. 6. Pursuant to section 104 of the AGOA and section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, I have determined that the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Mauritania) meets the eligibility requirements set forth or referenced therein, and I have decided to designate Mauritania as an eligible sub- Saharan African country and as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. 7. Mauritania satisfies the criterion for treatment as a ‘‘lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country’’ under section 112(c) of the AGOA. 8 . Pursuant to section 506A(a)(3) of the 1974 Act, I have determined that Guinea, Madagascar, and Niger are not making continual progress in meeting the requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act. Accordingly, I have decided to terminate the designations of