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PROCLAMATION 3517-JAN. 31, 1%3

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which are contracting parties to GATT, including Japan, with instrumentalities of such governments, including the European Economic Community, and with the Governments of Spain and Switzerland. Views presented by interested persons have been received and considered. Information and advice with respect to such negotiations have been sought from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, and from other sources. 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 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, and instrumentalities thereof, referred to in this subparagraph. The Tariff Commission made the investigations and reports of its determinations pursuant to section 3 within the time specified therein. (c) Determination that Certain Rate Decreases Will Simplify Gomputation. The President has made the determination provided for in section 350(a)(3)(D) of the Tariff Act of 1930 that certain modifications of existing duties hereinafter proclaimed in part III (A) of this proclamation, which reflect decreases in rates of duty exceeding the decreases specified in section 3 5 0 (a)(4)(A) or (B), will simplify the computation of the amount of duty imposed with respect to the articles concerned. (d) Determination Respecting Ad Valorem Equivalemi of Certain Specific Rates. The President has made the determination respecting the ad valorem equivalent of the specific rate of duty (or combination of rates including a specific rate), and respecting the representative period, under the authority of section 350(a)(3)(D) and (4)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, by reference to section 350(a)(2)(D) (ii) of that 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). (3) Determination that Proclamation is Required or Appropriate to Carry out Trade Agreements. As President, I have determined that the modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States, the additional import restrictions, and the continuance of existing customs and excise treatment of articles imported into the United States proclaimed in part III (A) of this proclamation will be required or appropriate to carry out the trade agreements identified in paragraph (1) of this part.

(B) OTHER AGEEEMENTS SUPPLEMENTAEY TO TRADE AGREEMENTS (1) Identification of Agreements. The following agreements, not containing new tariff concessions by the United States, supplement provisions of trade agreements, or of agreements supplementary thereto, which have been proclaimed: (a) Agreement of March 29, 1960, between the United States and Switzerland stating the relation between the trade agreement between the two countries of January 9, 1936 ^ (49 Stat. (pt. 2) 3918) and the Stat. (pt. 2) 3917). which proclamation has been supplemented by subsequent proclamations.
 * This agreement was proclaimed by the proclamation of January 9, 1936 (49

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