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PROCLAMATION 5924—DEC. 21, 1988 103 STAT. 2971 5. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the provisions of that Act, of other acts affecting import treatment, and of actions taken thereunder. Section 1204(b) of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3004(b)) directs the President to proclaim such modifications to the HTS as are neces- sary or appropriate to implement the applicable provisions of statutes enacted and Executive actions taken after January 1, 1988, and before the effective date of the HTS, and such technical rectifications as he considers necessary. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and statutes of the United States, including but not limited to sections 1122 and 1204 of the 1988 Act, sections 9001 and 9004 of the TMRA, section 4 of the 1985 Act, section 604 of the Trade Act, and sec- tions 301 and 302 of title 3 of the United States Code, do proclaim that: (1) In order to complete implementation of the United States-EC Agree- ment on Citrus and Pasta, the HTS is modified as provided in Aimex I to this Proclamation. (2) In order to incorporate in the HTS the changes in tariff treatment enacted in the TMRA and to make certain technical rectifications, the HTS is further modified as set forth in Annex II to this Proclamation. (3) The duty provided for in section 466 of the Tariff Act of 1930 shall not be imposed on equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, the foregoing which are the product of Israel, or on the expenses of repairs made in Israel upon U.S. -documented vessels (other than U.S. civil air- craft, as defined in general note 3(c)(iv) to the HTS). (4) Subject to paragraph (5), the modifications to the HTS made by this Proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or with- drawnfi-omwarehouse for consiunption, on or after January 1, 1989. (5) The United States Trade Representative (USTR) may delay the ef- fective date of any modification to the HTS set out in Annex I to this Proclamation, or may suspend any such modification that may have taken effect, if the USTR determines that the EC has not implemented provisions of the Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two him- dred and thirteenth. RONALD REAGAN ANNEXI MODIFICATIONS TO THE HTS TO IMPLEMENT THE U.S. -EC AGREEMENT ON CITRUS AND PASTA Notes: 1. Bracketed matter is included with particular subheadings to assist in the understanding of proclaimed modiflcations. 2. The following supersedes matter now in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). Except where specified rates of duty are being modified for particular sub- headings, the headings and subheadings are set forth in columnar form; and material in such columns is inserted in the columns of the HTS designated "Heading/Subheading", "Ar- ticle Description", "Rates of Duty 1 General", "Rates of Duty 1 Special", and "Rates of Duty 2". respectively.