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(a) of this paragraph with respect to certain rates in the schedule of United States concessions annexed to that agreement.

(2) Condition to which Proclamation is Subject. The provisions of paragraph (1) of this part are subject to the following:

(a) The applicable terms, conditions, and qualifications set forth in the agreement to which paragraph (1) of this part relates, in parts I, II, and III of GATT, in annexes D, H, and I and schedules XX to GATT, and in the Protocol of Provisional Application of GATT (61 Stat. (pt. 6) 2051), of October 30, 1947.

(b) The exception that no rate of duty or import tax shall be applied to a particular article by virtue of this proclamation if, when the article is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, more favorable customs treatment is prescribed for the article by (i) a proclamation pursuant to section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or to section 201 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794, 76 Stat. 872), or (ii) any other proclamation, a statute, or an executive order, which proclamation, statute, or order either provides for an exemption from duty or import tax or became effective subsequent to the date of this proclamation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 28th day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh.

By the President:

JOHN F. KENNEDY

DEAN RUSK,

Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3513

PROCLAMATION OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND TERMINATION
OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENT PROCLAMATIONS

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

PART I-PURPOSES

PART II-IDENTIFICATION AND JUSTIFICATION

(A) Agreements Supplementary to GATT

(1) Identification of Agreements

(2) Determination that Required or Appropriate that GATT be Supplemented

(B) Termination of Prior Trade Agreement Proclamations

PART III-PROCLAIMING PART

(A) Agreements Supplementary to GATT

(B) Termination of Prior Trade Agreement Proclamations

PART I-PURPOSES

The purposes of this proclamation are:

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(a) To proclaim certain agreements supplementary to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,' of October 30, 1947 (61 Stat. (pt. 5) All; which agreement is hereinafter referred to as "GATT"), including a protocol embodying the results of the 1960-61 Tariff Conference, which supplementary agreements do not contain new tariff concessions by the United States.

(b) To terminate certain prior trade agreement proclamations or parts of such proclamations.

PART II-IDENTIFICATION AND JUSTIFICATION

(A) Agreements supplementary to GATT.

(1) Identification of Agreements. The following agreements," which neither contain new tariff concessions by the United States nor have been proclaimed, supplement provisions of GATT, or of agreements supplementary thereto, which have been proclaimed:

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(a) First Protocol, of October 27, 1951, of Rectifications and Modifications of the Texts of the Schedules to GATT (4 UST (pt. 2) 2316). This protocol includes a rectification or modification of the text of the schedule to GATT of United States concessions annexed to the Torquay Protocol, of April 21, 1951, to GATT 2 (3 UST (pt. 1) 615; which schedule is hereinafter referred to as "Schedule XX (Torquay1951)"), to reflect in such schedule the supplementation of the proclamation of June 2, 1951 (identified in footnote 2 of this proclamation), contained in Proclamation 2949 of October 19, 1951 (65 Stat. C44). Such rectification or modification has already become an integral part of GATT.

(b) Fourth Protocol, of March 7, 1955, of Rectifications and Modifications to the Annexes and to the Texts of the Schedules to GATT (10 UST (pt. 1) 215). This protocol includes a rectification or modification of the text of the schedule of United States concessions annexed to GATT (hereinafter referred to as "Schedule XX (Geneva1947)") to reflect therein the supplementation of the proclamation of December 16, 1947 (identified in footnote 1 of this proclamation), contained in Proclamation 3007 of March 2, 1953 (67 Stat. C35).

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This agreement has been proclaimed by Proclamation 2761A of December 16, 1947 (61 Stat. (pt. 2) 1103), which proclamation has been supplemented by subsequent proclamations.

1a All the agreements which are annexed to this proclamation have been published by the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the United States sales agency for the publications of which is the Columbia University Press. The English text of the provisions of these agreements which supplement provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or of the agreements supplementary thereto, which have been proclaimed will be published in Treasury Decisions (Customs) with this proclamation. These agreements will be published by the Department of State in Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS), and eventually in United States Treaties (UST), after they have entered into force for the United States.

2 This protocol of April 21, 1951, has been proclaimed by Part I of Proclamation 2929 of June 2, 1951 (65 Stat. C12), which proclamation has been supplemented by subsequent proclamations.

Proc. 3513 Such rectification or modification has already become an integral part of GATT.

(c) Protocol of March 10, 1955, Amending Part I and Articles XXIX and XXX of GATT. This protocol has been supplemented by Proces-Verbal of December 3, 1955, of Rectifications concerning the Protocol Amending Part I and Articles XXIX and XXX of GATT, the Protocol Amending the Preamble and Parts II and III of GATT and the Protocol of Organizational Amendments to GATT. The amendments in the protocol of March 10, 1955, together with any rectifications thereof included in the proces-verbal of December 3, 1955, will become effective severally upon acceptance of the protocol of March 10, 1955, by all contracting parties to GATT, except that as provided in paragraph 7 of the protocol of March 10, 1955, parts of some amendments contained in this protocol will not become operative until other amendments contained therein have become effective. Copies of this protocol and this proces-verbal are annexed to this proclamation as annexes A and B, respectively.

(d) Protocol of March 10, 1955, Amending the Preamble and Parts II and III of GATT (8 UST (pt. 2) 1768). This protocol has been supplemented by the proces-verbal of December 3, 1955 (identified in subpar. (c) of this par.). The amendments included in the protocol of March 10, 1955, together with any such rectifications thereof included in the proces-verbal of December 3, 1955, have already become effective for the United States, except that the amendments specified in paragraph 8 (a) and (b) of the protocol of March 10, 1955, will become operative as provided in that paragraph.

(e) Protocol of June 15, 1955, of Rectification to the French Text of GATT (7 UST (pt. 3) 2944). The rectifications of parts II and III of GATT and related provisions in annex I have already entered into force for the United States, and the rectifications of part I thereof and related provisions in annexes D and I will enter into force when this protocol has been signed by all contracting parties to GATT.

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(f) Fifth Protocol, of December 3, 1955, of Rectifications and Modifications to the Texts of the Schedules to GATT. This protocol includes rectifications or modifications of the text of Schedule XX (Geneva-1947) to reflect therein the compensatory concessions provided for in the agreement between the United States and Canada of June 8, 1955 (6 UST (pt. 5) 6231), and some of the compensatory concessions provided for in the agreement between the United States and the Netherlands and the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union of June 8, 1955 (6 UST (pt. 5) 6229). Such rectifications or modifications will become an integral part of GATT when the protocol of December 3, 1955, has been signed by all contracting parties to GATT. A copy of the protocol of December 3, 1955, is annexed to this proclamation as annex C.

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(g) Sixth Protocol, of April 11, 1957, of Rectifications and Modifications to the Texts of the Schedules to GATT. This protocol in

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This agreement has been proclaimed by part II of Proclamation 3105 of July 22, 1955 (69 Stat. C44).

cludes rectifications or modifications of the texts (i) of Schedule XX (Geneva-1947) to reflect therein the compensatory concessions provided for in the agreement of June 8, 1955 between the United States and the Netherlands and the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union (identified in subpar. (f) of this par.) which were not reflected in such schedule by the protocol of December 3, 1955 (identified in subpar. (f) of this par.), (ii) of the same schedule to reflect therein the modifications provided for in part III (b) of Proclamation 3140 of June 13, 1956 (70 Stat. C33), (iii) of the schedule to GATT of United States concessions annexed to the Annecy Protocol, of October 10, 1949, of Terms of Accession to GATT (64 Stat. (pt. 3) B141), (iv) of Schedule XX (Torquay-1951), (v) of the schedule to GATT of United States concessions annexed to the Protocol of June 7, 1955, of Terms of Accession of Japan to GATT (6 UST (pt. 5) 583), and (vi) of the schedule to GATT of United States concessions annexed to the Sixth Protocol, of May 23, 1956, of Supplementary Concessions to GATT (7 UST (pt. 2) 1086). All such rectifications or modifications will become an integral part of GATT when the protocol of April 11, 1957 has been signed by all contracting parties to GATT. A copy of the protocol of April 11, 1957, is annexed to this proclamation as annex D.

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(h) Seventh Protocol, of November 30, 1957, of Rectifications and Modifications to the Texts of the Schedules to GATT. This protocol includes rectifications or modifications of the texts (i) of Schedule XX (Geneva-1947) to reflect therein the modifications provided for in part I of Proclamation 3184 of May 16, 1957 (71 Stat. C34), (ii) of the same schedule to reflect therein the compensatory concessions provided for in the schedules of United States concessions annexed to the Agreement of June 27, 1957, between the United States and the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union and the Netherlands Supplementary to GATT' (8 UST (pt. 1) 934), and to the Agreement of June 27, 1957, between the United States and the United Kingdom Supplementary to GATT' (8 UST (pt. 1) 890), and (iii) of Schedule XX (Torquay-1951). All such rectifications or modifications will become an integral part of GATT when the protocol of November 30, 1957, has been signed by all contracting parties to GATT. A copy of the protocol of November 30, 1957, is annexed to this proclamation as annex E.

(i) Declaration of November 22, 1958, on the Provisional Accession of Switzerland to GATT (11 UST (pt. 1) 748). This declaration

This protocol of October 10, 1949, has been proclaimed by part I of Proclamation 2867 of December 22, 1949 (64 Stat. (pt. 2) A380), which proclamation has been supplemented by subsequent proclamations.

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This protocol of June 7, 1955, has been proclaimed in part I of the proclamation of July 22, 1955, identified in footnote 3 of this proclamation.

This agreement has been proclaimed by part I of the proclamation of June

13, 1956, identified in part II(A) (1) (g) of this proclamation.

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has been supplemented by subsequent agreements including ProcesVerbal of December 8, 1961, Extending the Declaration of November 22, 1958, on the Provisional Accession of Switzerland to GATT (TIAS 4957). These agreements have already become effective or entered into force, as the case may be, for the United States.

(j) Declaration of November 9, 1959, on Relations between Contracting Parties to GATT and Poland (11 UST (pt. 2) 2581). This declaration has already entered into force for the United States.

(k) Declaration of November 12, 1959, on the Provisional Accession of Tunisia to GATT (11 UST (pt. 2) 1539). This declaration has already become effective for the United States.

(1) Proces-Verbal of December 9, 1961, Extending the Declaration of November 12, 1959, on the Provisional Accession of Tunisia to GATT (TIAS 4958). This proces-verbal has already entered into force for the United States.

(m) Declaration of November 18, 1960, on the Provisional Accession of Argentina to GATT. This declaration has already become effective for the United States. A copy of this declaration is annexed to this proclamation as annex F.

(n) Declaration of November 19, 1960, Giving Effect to the Provisions of Article XVI:4 of GATT. This declaration has already entered into force for the United States. A copy of this declaration is annexed to this proclamation as annex G.

(0) Protocol of April 6, 1962, for the Accession of Cambodia to GATT. This protocol will enter into force on the thirtieth day following its acceptance by Cambodia. A copy of this protocol is annexed to this proclamation as annex H.

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(p) Protocol of July 16, 1962, to GATT Embodying the Results of the 1960-61 Tariff Conference. This protocol includes a schedule to GATT of United States concessions (herein referred to as "Schedule XX (Geneva-1962")) and a schedule of United States concessions to the declaration of November 22, 1958 (identified in subpar. (i) of this par.). The schedule to GATT included in this protocol July 16, 1962, comprises (i) the concessions provided for in the schedules of United States concessions annexed to the Agreement of September 15, 1961 between the United States and Sweden Supplementary to GATT (12 UST (pt. 2) 1271), to the agreement between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany providing compensatory concessions under GATT for certain tariff action taken by the United States, of January 29, 1962 (TIAS 5032, p. 13), to the agreement of January 29 and February 1, 1962, between the United States and Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands providing compensatory concessions under GATT for certain tariff action taken by the United States (TIAS 5032, p. 2), to the agreement of February 9, 1962, between the United States and Japan providing compensatory concessions under GATT for certain tariff action taken by the United States (TIAS 5032, p. 22), to the agreement of January 26 and February 12, 1962, between the United States and Denmark providing compensatory concessions under GATT for certain tariff

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