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PROCLAMATION 3479-JUNE 20, 1962

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E. Determinations Respecting Ad ValoTein Equivalents Of Speci-fw Rates of Duty. I n addition, I have made the determination regarding the ad valorem equivalent of the specific rate of duty (or combination of rates including a specific rate), and regarding the representative period, under the authority of section 350(a)(3)(D) and 350(a)(4) (A) of the Tariff Act of 1980, as amended, by reference to section 350(a)(2)(D) (ii) of the Act, in the case of each modification of an existing duty proclaimed in this proclamation for which such a determination was relevant, using, to the maximum extent practicable, the standards of valuation contained in section 402 or 402a of the Tariff Act, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1401a or 1402.

19 USC 1351.

F. Proclamation Of Modifications And Continuance Of Existing United States Duties And Other Import Restrictions^ The Addition Of Import Restrictions., The Accession Of Israel And Portugal To The GATT., Rectifications Of Schedules To Prior Agreements.^ And The Modification And Termination Of Superseded Parts Of Prior Proclamations. NOW,THEKEFOEE, I, John F. Kennedy, under the authority vested in me, as President, by the Constitution and statutes, in particular section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, having found that it is required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade agreements, particularly the agreements identified in Paragraph A of this Part and the GATT, do proclaim that: (1) Effectuating Modifications And Other Purposes Of The Agreements. Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (2) below, there are hereby made effective, as to articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after the dates specified below, the modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States, the addition of import restrictions, and the continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States specified or provided for in the general provisions of, and schedules of United States concessions to, the agreements identified in Paragraph A of this Part, as follows: (a) Each rate of duty or import tax specified in column A at the right of the respective description of products in a schedule of the United States annexed to an agreement identified in Paragraph A of this Part or, in any case in which there are two such rates in column A, the first such rate: July 1, 1962, except that in the case of the agreement with Israel the date shall be July 5, 1962. (b) Each rate of duty or import tax specified in column B at the right of the respective description of products in a schedule of the United States to an agreement identified in Paragraph A of this Part and, in any case in which there are two rates specified in column A at the right of the description, the second such rate: on and after the appropriate date determined in accordance with the provisions of the General Notes at the end of that schedule.

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