Proc. 8111 Title 3--The President to provide tariff-rate quotas with respect to certain goods, to reflect the re- moval of the Dominican Republic from the enumeration of designated ben- eficiary developing countries for purposes of the GSP, to reflect the re- moval of the Dominican Republic from the enumeration of designated ben- eficiary countries for purposes of the Ct\177ERA and the Ct\177TPA, and to make technical and conforming changes in the general notes to the HTS, the HTS is modified as set forth in Annexes I and II of Publication 3901 of the United States International Trade Commission, entitled Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to Implement the Do- minican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement With Respect to the Dominican Republic (Publication 3901), which is in- corporated by reference into this proclamation. (2) The CITA is authorized to exercise the function of the President under section 1634(c)(2) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 of determining whether Nicaragua has failed to comply with a commitment under an agreement between the United States and Nicaragua with regard to the ad- ministration of the tariff preference level for Nicaragua provided in Annex 3.28 of the Agreement and, on making such a determination, to reduce the overall limit in the tariff preference level for Nicaragua provided in Annex 3.28 of the Agreement. (3) In order to modify the rules of origin under the NAFTA, general note \1772 to the HTS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation. (4)(a) The amendments to the HTS made by paragraph (\177) of this proclama- tion shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the relevant dates indicated in Annex I or II of Publication 390% (b) The amendments to the HTS made by paragraph (3) of this proclama- tion shall enter into effect on the date that the United States Trade Rep- resentative announces in the Federal Register that Mexico has completed its applicable domestic procedures to give effect to corresponding modifica- tions to be applied to goods of the United States and shall, at that time, be effective with respect to goods of Mexico entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date indicated in the Annex to this proclamation. (c) Except as provided in paragraphs (4)(a) and (b) of this proclamation, this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or with- drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after March l, 2007. (5) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty- first. GEORGE W. BUSH 14
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