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PROCLAMATION 3468~APR. 30, 1962

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eral Agreement, including the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Belgium, Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Finland, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Italy, Japan, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Nprway, Pakistan, Peru, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of Israel, of Portugal, and of the Swiss Confederation are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States, that the effect of the common external tariff of the European Economic Community (an instrumentality of the Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Italy, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands) is to unduly burden and restrict the foreign trade of the United States, and (b) that the purposes declared in section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, will be promoted by one or more trade agreements between the Government of the United States and the Governments of some or all of the other countries, or the instrumentality of governments, referred to in this recital;

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5. WHEREAS the United States has completed renegotiations under Article X X VIII of the General Agreement for the modificas UST 1790. tion or withdrawal of the following concessions: (a) The concessions on waterproof cloth provided for in the second item 907 in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva—1947), in the second 51 stat, (Pt. s) item 907 in U.S. Schedule (Benelux Supp.—1957), and in the second AI25S. item 907 in U.S. Schedule (U.K. Supp.—1957) in order to conform s UST 937. such concessions to the provisions of section 2 of Public Law 86-795 ^74 Stat. 1052), 19 USC 1001. (b) The concessions on woolen and worsted fabrics provided for ^"' ^°^ "°*^' in items 1108 and 1109(a) in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva—1947), ei Stat. (pt. s) and in item 1109(a) in Part I of Schedule X X (Torquay—1951), AI274.^ ^^^^ whose modification was proclaimed by Proclamation No. 3387, of December 28, 1960 (25 F.R. 13945), 75 Stat. 1007. (c) The concessions on rubber-soled footwear provided for in second item 1530(e) in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva—1947), and ei Stat. (Pt.s) in item 1530(e) in Part I of Schedule X X (Japan—1955) in order ""^g^usV 589o. to conform such concessions to the provisions of section 1 of Public Law 85-454 (72 Stat. 185), and 19 USC 1001, ^

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(d) The concessions on spring clothespins provided for in the first item 412 in Part 1 of Schedule X X (Annecy—1949);

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6. WHEREAS Article X X VIII of the General Agreement pro- s UST I79O. vides that a contracting party may, pursuant to procedures provided for therein, modifj or withdraw concessions in its Schedule to that Agreement, while at the same time endeavoring to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions; 7. WHEREAS, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in him by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 USC 1351, by section 7(c) of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1364(c)), and in accordance with Article es Stat. 74. X IX of the General Agreement, the President proclaimed the fol- ei Stat. (pt. 5) lowing action: ^ss. (a) By Proclamation No. 3212, of November 29, 1957 (72 Stat. (pt. 2) C16), the modification of the concessions on safety pins provided for in item 350 in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva—1947), ei Stat. (Pt. s) A1205.

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