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PROCLAMATION 3468~APR. 30, 1962

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(b) By Proclamation No. 3235, of April 21, 1958 (72 Stat. (pt. 2) C35), the withdrawal of the concessions on clinical thermometers provided for in item 218(a) in Part I of Schedule X X (Torquay— 3 UST 1144.

1951),

(c) By Proclamation No. 3323, of October 20, 1959 (74 Stat. C15), the modification of the concessions on stainless-steel table flatware provided for in item 339 and item 355 in Part I of Schedule X X 61 Stat. (Pt. s) (Geneva—1947), in item 355 in Part I of Schedule X X (Annecy— ^^64 sJat"!%t. 3) 1^^^)' i^ i*^^ ^^^ in ^^^^ I of Schedule X X (Torquay—1951), and B317; 3usTii60. iu item 339 in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva—1956), and 7 UST 1362. ^^^ g_^ Proclamation No. 3365, of August 23, 1960 (74 Stat. C85), the modification of the concessions on typewriter ribbon cloth provided for in the first and second items 904(a), item 904(b), and item 61 Stat, (pt.5) 904(c) in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva—1947) and in the first and ^254. second items 904(a), item 904(b), and item 904(c) in Part I of Sched6 UST 5875, ule X X (Japan—1955); 5876. 61 Stat. (Pt. 5) 8. WHEREAS Article X IX of the General Agreement provides ^^^for consultation with other contracting parties thereto having a substantial interest as exporters of the articles with respect to which action is being taken with a view to agreement being reached among all interested contracting parties; 9. WHEREAS judicial or administrative authorities of the United States have taken tariff classification action of the kind envisaged by 61 Stat. (Pt.5) paragraph 5 of Article II of the General Agreement which provides ^^^' that, if as a result of judicial or administrative interpretation an imported article cannot be accorded the treatment which it had been contemplated such article would receive under the General Agreement, negotiations shall be conducted for compensatory adjustment; 10. WHEREAS reasonable public notice was given of the intention to conduct trade agreement negotiations under the General Agreement with foreign Governments which were contracting parties to that agreement and with other specified Governments, which contracting parties and other Governments include the Governments of all the countries referred to in the fourth recital of this Proclamation, or with instrumentalities of any such foreign Governments, the views presented by persons interestea in such negotiations were received and considered, and information and advice with respect to such negotiations was sought and obtained from the Department of State, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, and from other sources;

19 USC 1351.

11. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 3 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1360), I transmitted to the United 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 trade-agreement negotiations with the Governments referred to in the tenth recital of this Proclamation, and the Tariff Commission made investigations in accordance with section 3 and thereafter reported to me its determinations made pursuant to that section within the time specified therein; 12. WHEREAS, the period for the exercise of the authority of the President to enter into foreign trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, having been extended by

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