12 2 STA T .54 12 PROCL A M AT I O N83 3 0—DE C.1 9, 2008 3.Section1 1 2( c ) o f t h e AGO A(1 9U .S. C .3 7 21(c)) ,as a d ded by section 60 02(a) of the Af r ica I n v est m ent Incentive Act of 2006 (division D , tit l e V Iof Pu blic L a w 109 –4 32), p rovides special rules for certain apparel articles imported from lesser developed beneficiary sub - Saharan Afri- can countries. 4. In Proclamation 8 1 5 7of J une 28, 2007, I desi g nated the Islamic R e- public of M auritania (Mauritania) as an eligible sub-Saharan African country and a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country pursuant to sec- tion 104 of the AGOA and section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act and pro- vided that it would be considered a lesser developed beneficiary sub- Saharan African country for purposes of section 112(c) of the AGOA. 5. Section 506A(a)(3) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)) authori z es the President to terminate the designation of a country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A if he deter- mines that the country is not ma k ing continual progress in meeting the re q uirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act. 6. Pursuant to section 506A(a)(3) of the 1974 Act, I have determined that Mauritania is not making continual progress in meeting the re- quirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act. Accord- ingly, I have decided to terminate the designation of Mauritania as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A of the 1974 Act, effective on January 1, 2009. 7. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502(a) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461, 2462(a)), the President is authorized to designate countries as bene- ficiary developing countries for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. 8. Pursuant to section 502(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having considered the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)), I have determined that the Republic of K osovo (Kosovo) should be des- ignated as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP program. 9. Pursuant to section 502 of the 1974 Act, and having considered the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c), I have determined that the Republic of Azerbai j an (Azerbaijan) should be designated as a bene- ficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP program. 10. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, author- izes the President to embody in the H armonized T ariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts affecting import treatment, and of actions taken there- under. N O W ,TH E RE F ORE, I, GEORGE W. B USH, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and the laws of the United States, including but not limited to section 104 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), and title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461–67, 2483), do proclaim that
(1) The designation of Mauritania as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A of the 1974 Act is terminated, ef- fective on January 1, 2009. (2) In order to reflect in the HTS that beginning on January 1, 2009, Mauritania shall no longer be designated as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, general note 16(a) to the HTS is modified by deleting
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