Proc. 7987 Title 3--The President Proclamation 7987 of February 28, 2006 To Implement the Dominican Republic-Central America- United States Free Trade Agreement By the President of the United States o/America A Proc]amation 1. On August 5, 2004, the United States entered into the Dominican Repub- lic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (the "Agreement") with Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, E1 Salvador, Guatemala, Hon- duras, and Nicaragua (the "Agreement countries"). The Agreement was ap- proved by the Congress in section 10\177(a) of the Dominican Republic-Cen- tral America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the "Act")(Public Law ]09-53, ]]9 Stat. 462)(19 U.S.C. 400] note). 2. Section \17705(a) of the Act authorizes the President to establish or des- ignate within the Department of Commerce an office that shall be respon- sible for providing administrative assistance to panels established under Chapter Twenty of the Agreement. 3. Section 20\177 of the Act authorizes the President to proclaim such modi- fications or continuation of any duty, such continuation of duty-free or ex- cise treatment, or such additional duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply Articles 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.2% 3.26, 3.27, and 3.28, and Annexes 3.3 (including the schedule of United States duty reductions with respect to originating goods), 3.27, and 3.28 of the Agreement. 4. Consistent with section 201(a)(2) of the Act, each Agreement country is to be removed from the enumeration of designated beneficiary developing countries eligible for the benefits of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) on the date the Agreement enters into force with respect to that country. 5. Consistent with section 20\177(a)(3) of the Act, each Agreement country is to be removed from the enumeration of designated beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)(]9 U.S.C. 270] et seq.) on the date the Agreement enters into force with respect to that country, subiect to the exceptions set out in section 20\177(a)(3)(B) of the Act. 6. Consistent with section 213(b)(5)(D) of the CBERA, as amended by the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)(Public Law ]06-200), each Agreement country is to be removed from the enumeration of designated CBTPA beneficiary countries on the date the Agreement en- ters into force with respect to that country. 7. Section 203 of the Act provides certain rules for determining whether a good is an originating good for the purpose of implementing preferential tariff treatment under the Agreement. I have decided that it is necessary to include these rules of origin, together with particular rules applicable to certain other goods, in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). 8. Section 203(0) of the Act authorizes the President to determine that a fabric, yarn, or fiber is not available in commercial quantities in a timely 18
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