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PROCLAMATION 3479-JUNE 20, 1%2

July 1, 1962. A copy of the agreement is annexed to this proclamation as Annex G. (7) Agreement of June Y and 14, 1962, between the United States and Switzerland, rectifying the United States schedule to an agreement of March 5, 1962. This Agreement of June 7 and 14, 1962 will become effective July 1, 1962. A copy of the agreement is annexed to this proclamation as Annex H. B. Prior Findings. Prior to entering into the agreements specified in Paragraph A of this Part, the President found that certain existing duties or other import restrictions of the United States, and of the foreign countries which are contracting parties to the GATT, including Haiti, India, Japan, and Peru, and of Israel, Portugal, and Switzerland, were unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that the purposes declared in section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, would be promoted by entering into the trade agreements identified in Paragraph A of this Part. C. Compliance With Procedural Requirements. Before concluding these agreements, reasonable public notice was given of the intention to conduct trade agreement negotiations under the G A T T with the governments of the foreign countries referred to in Paragraph B of this Part, views presented by persons interested in such negotiations were received and considered, and information and advice with respect to such negotiations was sought and obtained from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, and from other sources. In addition, pursuant to section 3 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1360, the President 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 of the foreign countries referred to in Paragraph B of this Part. The Tariff Commission made investigations in accordance with section 3 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended, and thereafter reported to the President its determinations made pursuant to that section within the time specified therein. D. Determination That Decrease In Rate Will Simplify Computation. Certain modifications of existing rates of duties to be hereinafter proclaimed reflect decreases in rates of duties exceeding the limitations specified in section 350(a)(4)(A) or 350(a)(4)(B) of the Act but not exceeding the decreases permitted by section 3 5 0 (a)(3)(D) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Under the authority of section 350(a)(3)(D) of the Act, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, have determined that in each case the modified rate will simplify the computation of the amount of duty imposed with respect to the articles concerned.

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