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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

ar-^^'-mim'^'-'"-^' PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1143

(4) Any action in effect or any proceeding in progress under section 166 of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982 on the day that Act is repealed shall be considered as an action or proceeding under this section and shall be continued or resumed under this section, (h) AUTHORITY TO EXPAND CERTAIN DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ACCORDED B REASON OF SUBSECTION (d).— Y

(1) If the President determines such action to be in the interest of the United States, the President may proclaim changes to the Tariff Schedules of the United States in order to remove or modify any condition or restriction imposed under headnote 1 to part 7 of schedule 8 (as amended by subsection (d) of this section) of such Schedules, on the importation of articles provided for in items 870.30 through 870.35, inclusive (except as to articles entered under the terms of headnote l(a)(i) to part 7 of schedule 8) of such Schedules, in order to implement the provisions of annex O l of the Nairobi Protocol. (2) Any change to the Tariff Schedules of the United States Effective date. proclaimed under paragraph (1) shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date that is 15 days after the date on which the President proclaims such change, (i) STATISTICAL INFORMATION.—In order to implement effectively the provisions of subsection (g), the Secretary of the Treasury, in conjunction with the Secretary of (Commerce, shall take such actions as are necessary to obtain adequate statistical information with respect to articles to which amendments made by subsection (c) apply, in such detail and for such period as the Secretaries consider necessary, (j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

(1) The provisions of this section, and the repeal and amendments made by this section, shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the later of— (A) October 1, 1988, or (B) the date that is 15 days after the deposit of the United States ratification of the Nairobi Protocol. (2) Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, upon request filed with the appropriate customs officer on or before the date that is 180 days after the later of the dates described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, of any article— (A) which was made on or after August 12, 1985, and before such later date, and (B) with respect to which there would have been no duty if the provisions of this section, or any amendments made by this section, applied to such entry or withdrawal, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal had been made on or after such later date. SEC. 1122. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED STATES-EC AGREEMENT ON CITRUS AND PASTA.

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to provide for the implementation of tariff reductions agreed to by the United States in the Agreement between the European (Dommunities and the