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PROCLAMATIONS—DEC. 24, 1953

of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1949 until the expiration of three years from June 12, 1948, on October 10, 1949 he entered into a trade agreement providing for the accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pts. 5 and 6) A 7, All and A 2 0 5 1) of the Governments of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Greece, the Republic of Haiti, the Republic of Italy, the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, which trade agreement for accession consists of the Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated October 10, 1949, including the annexes thereto (64 Stat. (pt. 3) Bl39); 2. WHEREAS, by Proclamation 2867 of December 22, 1949 (64 Stat. (pt. 2) A 3 8 0), the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and the other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance 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 the said trade agreement for accession on and after January 1, 1950, which proclamation has been supplemented by Proclamation No. 2874 of March 1, 1950, Proclamation No. 2884 of April 27, 1950, and Proclamation No. 2888 of May 13, 1950 (64 Stat. (pt. 2) A 3 9 0, A 3 9 9, and A 4 0 5). 3. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in the President by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended by the acts specified in the first recital of this proclamation except the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1949, the period for the exercise of the authority under the said section 350 having been extended by section 1 of the said Act of July 5, 1945 (ch. 269, 59 Stat. 410), until the expiration of three years from June 12, 1945, on October 30, 1947 he entered into an exclusive trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba (61 Stat. (pt. 4) 3699), 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; 4. WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 2764 of January 1, 1948 (62 Stat. (pt. 2) 1465), 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 the said exclusive trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948, which proclamation has been supplemented by the proclamations referred to in the fourth recital of the said proclamation of December 22, 1949 specified in the second recital of this proclamation, and by the said proclamations of December 22, 1949, March 1, 1950, April 27, 1950 and May 13, 1950, specified in the second recital of this proclamation; 5. WHEREAS the trade agreement for accession specified in the first recital of this proclamation, the date for the signature of which by the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay was extended until December 31, 1953, has been signed by the said Government under such circumstances that it will enter into force for such Government, and such Government will become a contracting party to the said general agreement, on December 16, 1953; 6. WHEREAS I determine that the application of each of the concessions provided for in Part I of Schedule X X in Annex A of the said trade agreement for accession which were withheld from application in accordance with paragraph 4 of the said trade agreement for accession by the said proclamation of December 22, 1949, as are identified

19 USC 1351, 1352.

Cuba. Trade agreement. 48 Stat. 943. 19 USC 1351, notes. 63 Stat. 698. 19 USC 1351.

Modification of existing duties, etc.

Uruguay, a contracting party. Effective date.

Determination President.

of

64 Stat., Pt. 2, p, A381.

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