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 PROCLAMATIONS-JUNE 11, 1948 1517 agreement the amendment contained therein shall become effective, in respect of those contracting parties which accept it, upon acceptance by two-thirds of the contracting parties to said general agreement, and a copy of which, in the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation; WHEREAS (6) said special protocol modifying article XIV had Post, p. 2006. been signed by all the governments which were contracting parties to said general agreement on April 19, 1948, and the instrument of accept- 61 Stat., Pts. 5and6. ance by the Government of the United States of America of the amendment contained in said special protocol relating to article XXIV Post, p. 2013. was deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations on May 27, 1948; WHEREAS (7) said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation and said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd recital of this proclamation were supplemented on March 24, 1948 by a Protocol of Rectifications to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, numbered paragraph 3 of which protocol provides that the P t, p. 1962. rectifications included therein shall be applied as if they had formed a part of said general agreement on October 30, 1947, and a copy of 61Stat. ,Pts.Sand6. which, in the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation; WHEREAS (8) I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation that part I of schedule XX of said general agreement be 61 Stat., Pt. 5, rectified in the manner provided for in said protocol specified in the P A1157 7th recital of this proclamation; WHEREAS (9) I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd recital of this proclamation that part II of schedule XX of said general agree- 61 Stat., Pt. 5, ment be rectified in the manner provided for in said protocol specified p A1350. in the 7th recital of this proclamation; WHEREAS (10) I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation that (a) exception (III) of subdivision (a) of said procla- mation of December 16, 1947 (including said exception as applicable pP61,,t" P t2. by reference to said proclamations of April 22, 1948 and May 4, Ante, pp. 1500, 55 1948) be changed to "(III) more favorable customs treatment is prescribed for the article by any of the following then in effect: (i) a proclamation pursuant to said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 4s sat- 913. as amended, or (ii) any other proclamation, a statute, or an executive 1U 1351 order, which proclamation, statute, or order either provides for an exemption from duty or import tax, or became effective subsequent to October 30, 1947;", and (b) subdivision (d) of part I of said procla- mation of January 30, 1948 be changed to "(d) That the provisions Ante p. I87. of the foregoing subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to a particular article by virtue of this proclamation if, when the article is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, more favorable customs treatment is prescribed therefor by any of the following then in effect: (i) a proclamation pursuant to said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or (ii) any other proclamation, a statute, or an executive order, which proclamation, statute, or order either provides for an exemption from duty or import tax, or became effective subsequent to October 30, 1947;"; and WHEREAS (11) I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd recital of this proclamation that (a) subdivision (d) of said proclamation of Jan- Ant, P. 147 uary 1, 1948 be changed to "(d) The provisions of subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall not apply to a particular article by virtue of this procla- mation if, when the article is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, more favorable customs treatment is prescribed 68708 -51 -PT. i- -15 62 STAT.]

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