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PROCLAMATIONS—JULY 22, 1955

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"SEC. 2 (a) Paragraph 720 of title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U.S.C. 1952 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 720), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subparagraph: ' " (d) Fish sticks and similar products of any size or shape, fillets, or other portions of fish, if breaded, coated with batter, or similarly prepared, but not packed in oil or in oil and other substances, whether in bulk or in containers of any size or kind, and whether or not described or provided for elsewhere in this Act, if uncooked, 20 per centum ad valorem; cooked in any degree, 30 per centum ad valorem.' "(b) The foregoing amendment shall enter into effect as soon as practicable on a date to be specified by the President in a notice to the Secretary of the Treasury following such negotiations as may be necessary to effect a modification or a termination of the international obligations of the United States with which the amendment would be in conflict.";

4. W H E R P L I S I have found as a fact that certain existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America, of other contracting parties to the said General Agreement, and of Japan are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States of America and that the purposes declared in the said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, will be promoted by a trade 19 USC 1351. agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Governments of some or all of the other countries referred to in this recital; 5. WHEREAS I have found as a fact that the provisions of the amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 set forth in the second and 19 USC 1351. third recitals of this proclamation are such as to conflict with obligations of the United States of America to other contracting parties to the said General Agreement and to result in existing duties or other import restrictions of the United States of America or of other such contracting parties unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States of America; 6. WHP^REAS, pursuant to section 3(a) of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 (65 Stat. ^), I transmitted to the United igusciaeo. States Tariff Commission for investigation and report lists of all articles imported into the United States of America to be considered for possible modification of duties and other import restrictions, imposition of additional import restrictions, or continuance of existing customs or excise treatment in the trade agreement negotiations with the governments of the foreign countries referred to in the third recital of this proclamation, and the Tariff Commission made an investigation in accordance with section 3 of said Trade Agreements Extension Act and thereafter reported to the President; 7. WHEREAS reasonable public notice of the intention to conduct trade agreement negotiations was given, the views presented by persons interested in such negotiations were received and considered, and information and advice with respect to such negotiations were sought and obtained from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce and Defense and from other sources; 8. WHEREAS, the period for the exercise of the authority of the Japan. President to enter into foreign trade agreements under section 350 having been extended by section 1 of Public Law 464, 83d Congress (68 Stat. (pt. 1) 360), until the expiration of one year from June 12, 19 USC 1352 (c), 1954, on June 8, 1955, as a result of the finding specified in the fourth ^^^' ^^• recital of this proclamation, I entered, through my duly empowered plenipotentiary, into a trade agreement providing for the accession to the said General Agreement of the Government of Japan, which trade agreement consists of the Protocol of Terms of Accession of Japan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated June 7, 1955, including the Annexes thereto, authentic in the English and French languages as indicated therein, copies of paragraphs 1 to 11

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