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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAR. 8, 1949 61 Stat. , Pts. 5, 6. 61 Stat. 1103. 62 Stat. 1479. 62 Stat. 1500 62 Stat. 105 . 62 Stat. 1515 . 62 Stat. 1553 . 62 Stat. 1519. 62 Stat. 1520 . 62 Stat. 1528 48 Stat. 943. 19U. .C.. 1351; Supp. II, § 1351 notes. Ante, p. 698. 61 Stat., Pt. 4, p. 399. 62 Stat. 1465 . 62 Stat. 1479, 1500, 1606, 1515, 1520, 1528 . 61 Stat., Pt. 5, p. A7. 61 Stat., Pt. 5, p. A8. Ante, p. 1261. 61 Stat. , Pt. 5,p. A75. 61 Stat., Pt. 5, p. A7. Republic of Chile a contracting party. the related Protocol of Provisional Application thereof, together with the Final Act Adopted at the Conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment which authenticated the texts of said general agree- ment and said protocol; WHEREAS (2) on December 16, 1947 by Proclamation 2761A the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continu- ance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out said trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948 (3 C. F . R., 1947 Supp., Proc. 2761A), which proclamation has been supplemented by Proclamation 2769 of January 30, 1948 (13 F. R. 467), Proclamation 2782 of April 22, 1948 (13 F. R. 2211), Proclamation 2784 of May 4, 1948 (13 F. R. 2439), Proclamation 2790 of June 11, 1948 (13 F. R. 3269) (supplemented by Proclamation 2809 of September 7, 1948 (13 F. R. 5249)), Proclamation 2791 of June 12, 1948 (13 F. R . 3272), Proclamation 2792 of June 25, 1948 (13 F. R . 3597), and Proclamation 2798 of July 15, 1948 (13 F. R. 4057); WHEREAS (3), pursuant to the authority vested in the President by the Constitution and statutes, including said section 350, the period for the exercise of said authority under section 350 having been so extended, on October 30, 1947 the President entered into an exclusive trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba (Treaties and Int. Acts Ser. 1703), which exclusive trade agreement includes certain portions of other documents made a part thereof and provides for the customs treatment in respect of ordinary customs duties of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America; WHEREAS (4) on January 1, 1948 by Proclamation 2764 the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America in respect of products of the Republic of Cuba and such continuance of existing customs and excise treatment of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948 (13 F. R . 21), which proclamation has been supplemented by said proclamations of January 30, 1948, April 22, 1948, May 4, 1948, June 11, 1948, June 25, 1948, and July 15, 1948; WHEREAS (5), said Protocol of Provisional Application not having been signed by all the signatories of said Final Act within the period during which it was open for signature pursuant to paragraph 4 thereof, said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this procla- mation was, pursuant to article XXXIII, as amended, of said general agreement, supplemented on September 14, 1948 by a Protocol for the Accession of Signatories of the Final Act of October 30, 1947, a copy of which, in the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation; [1] WHEREAS (6) said protocol for accession having been signed by the government of the Republic of Chile on February 14, 1949, and having then been signed by two-thirds of the governments then con- tracting parties to said general agreement, the government of the ' [The text of the Protocol for Accession of Signatories of the Final Act of 30 October, 1947, signed September 14, 1948, in the English and French languages, is contained in the United Nations publication of January 1949, entitled General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Protocols signed at Geneva on 14 September 1948] 1262 [63 STAT.

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