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Digitized from Box 30 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1. : ugust 31, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
EXECUTIVE ORDER
AMENDING THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and statutes of the United States of America,
including Title V and Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974
(88 Stat. 2066, 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq. 88 Stat. 2073,
19 U.S.C. 2483), and as President of the United States of
America, in order to modify, as provided by Section 504(c)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2070, 19 U.S.C. 2464 (c)),
the limitations on preferential treatment for eligible
articles from countries designated as beneficiary developing
countries, adjust the original designation of eligible articles,
and modify the designations of beneficiary developing countries
in accord with my notifications to the Congress of February 26,
1976, and August 14, 1976, and in accord with technical changes
in the identification of certain beneficiary countries, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. In order to subdivide existing items for
purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences, the Tariff
Schedules of the United States (TSUS) are modified as pro
vided in Annex I, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 2. Annex II of Executive Order No. 11888 of
November 24, 1975, as amended by Annex II of Executive Order
No. 11906 of February 26, 1976, is amended as provided in
Annex II, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 3. Annex III of Executive Order No. 11888, as
amended by Annex III of Executive Order No. 11906, is
amended as provided in Annex III attached hereto and made
a part hereof.
Sec. 4. General Headnote 3(c) (iii) of the TSUS is
modified as provided in Annex IV, attached hereto and made
a part hereof.
Sec. 5. (a) General Headnote 3(c) (1) of the TSUS
is modified
(1) by deleting from the list therein of countries
designated as beneficiary developing countries for purposes
of the Generalized System of Preferences "Laos", in order
to withdraw from Laos the status of a beneficiary of the GSP,
(11) by adding, in alphabetical order, to that list
of designated beneficiary developing countries Portugal",
in order to designate Portugal as a beneficiary of the
Generalized System of Preferences, and
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(iii) (A) by deleting from the list of designated
beneficiary developing countries Taiwan" and Dahomey ,
and by substituting therefor, in alphabetical order;
Republic of China and "Benin", respectively, and
(B) by deleting from the list of designated beneficiary
nonindependent countries and territories Gilbert and Ellice
Island and by substituting therefor, in alphabetical order,
the entries Gilbert Islands", and Tuvalu".
(b) General Headnote 3(c) (iii) of the TSUS is modified
by deleting from the list therein (Taiwan) wherever that
entry appears beside the entry "Republic of China".
Sec. 5. (a) The amendments made by Section 5 of this
Order shall be effective on the date of publication of this
Order in the Federal Register.
(b) The amendments made by Annex IV, paragraph (b) of
this Order, made part hereof by Section 4 above, shall be
effective with respect to articles both: imported on or
after January 1, 1976, and entered for consumption, or with
drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after March 1, 1976.
(c) The other amendments made by this Order shall be
effective with respect to articles both: imported on or
after January 1, 1976 and entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after
October 1, 1976.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 30, 1976.
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