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 PROCLAMATION 4665—JUNE 12, 1979

93 STAT. 1519

the results of its investigation under section 203(i) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(i)]. The USITC advised that it was evenly divided on the question of the probable economic effect on the domestic industry concerned of the termination of the import relief provided for in items 923.20 through 923.26, inclusive, of the TSUS. 3. Section 203[h)(3) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(h)(3)) provides that any import relief provided pursuant to section 203 may be extended by the President, at a level of relief no greater than the level in effect immediately before such extension, if the President determines, after taking into account the advice received from the USITC under section 203(i)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(i)(2)) and after taking into account the considerations described in section 202(c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(c)), that such extension is in the national interest. 4. In accordance with section 203(h)(3) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(h)(3)), having taken into account the advice received from the USITC under section 203(i)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(i)(2)), and the considerations described in section 202(c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(c)), I have determined that the extension of the import relief provided for in items 923.20 through 923.26, inclusive, of the TSUS is in the national inter- 19 USC 1202. est. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, including section 203 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253), and in accordance with Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A58; 8 UST (pt. 2) 1786), do proclaim that— (1) Items 608.52, 608.76, 608.78, 608.85, 608.88, 609.06, 609.07 and 609.08 in Part I of Schedule XX to the GATT are modified to conform with the Quantitative restrictions set forth in the Annex to this proclamation. (2) Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation. (3) The authority to make changes in the quantitative restrictions provided for in this proclamation, as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation, is hereby delegated to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. (4) This proclamation shall be effective as to those articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 14, 1979, and before the close of February 13, 1980, unless the period of its effectiveness is earlier expressly modified or terminated. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. JIMMY CARTER ANNEX Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is modified— (a) by deleting paragraph (i] of headnote 2(a) and inserting the following new paragraph (i): "(i) The term "restraint period" refers to the 2-month period beginning June 14, 1979, and ending August 13, 1979, and thereafter to the three subsequent 2-month periods ending at the close of February 13, 1980;"; (b) by deleting headnotes 2(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f); (c) by inserting the following new headnote 2(b): "(b) Carryover.—Whenever the quota quantity for item 923.22 or 923.26 has not been entered during any restraint period, the shortfall may be entered under the same item during the following restraint periods and not be counted against the quota quantity therefor. Whenever any quota quantity for a country or instrumentality under item 923.20, 923.21, or 923.23 has not been entered

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