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 91 STAT. 1746

PROCLAMATION 4510—JUNE 22, 1977

(6) The Commissioner of Customs shall take such actions as the Special Representative shall determine are necessary to carry out the agreements described in paragraph (1) of this proclamation, and to implement any import relief implemented pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this proclamation, or any modification thereof, i; * X s v

with respect to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption into the United States of products covered by such agreements or by such other import relief. (7) This proclamation shall be effective as of June 28, 1977, and shall continue in force through June 30, 1981, unless the period of its eflfectiveness is earlier expressly modified or terminated. I N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day of June in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and first.

JIMMY CARTER

ANNEX Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TariflF Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is modified— (a) by adding the following new headnote: "3. Quantitative limitation on certain footwear.—The provisions of this headnote apply to items 923.90 through 923.94, inclusive, of this subpart. The quantitative import limitations imposed are in addition to the duties provided for the restrained articles in schedule 7, part lA. The import restrictions provided for in this subpart do not apply to footwear with an aggregate value not over $100 in any shipment, if imported for the personal use of the importer.

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(a) Definitions.—For the purposes of this subpart— (i) the term "footwear" means all the footwear provided for in schedule 7, part lA, except the following: footwear provided for in items 700.51 through 700.54, item 700.60, item 700.75, and disposable footwear, designed for one-time use, provided for in item 700.85; (ii) the term "athletic footwear" means footwear of special construction for baseball, football, soccer, track, skating, skiing, and other athletic games, or sports; and

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(iii) the term "restraint period" refers to the period beginning June 28, 1977, and ending June 30, 1978, and thereafter to the three subsequent 12-month periods beginning July 1 in one year and ending at the close of June 30 of the following year. (b) Export visa.—None of the footwear provided for herein exported on or after June 28, 1977, from the foreign countries involved may be entered unless such footwear is accompanied by an appropriate export visa issued by the government of the exporting country. (c) Footwear in bonded warehouse.—All footwear exported from the Republic of China that is in bonded warehouse as of May 14, 1977, and all footwear exported from the Republic of Korea that is in bonded warehouse as of May 16, 1977, may be withdrawn for consumption without an export visa on or before the 20th day following the date of publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER of the orderly marketing agreements concerning footwear negotiated with such countries. Thereafter such footwear may be withdrawn for consumption only if it is accompanied by an appropriate export visa issued by the government of the exporting country. (d) Footwear exported prior to June 28, 1977.—All footwear not covered by paragraph (c), which was exported from the foreign country involved prior to June 28, 1977, may be entered prior to September 1, 1977, without the requirement of export visas, provided that all such footwear entered on or after June 1, 1977, in excess of 33 million pairs from the Republic of China and 9 million pairs from the Republic of Korea shall be counted against the respective restraint levels for the first restraint period by pro-rating such imports among the respective

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