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12 2 STA T .54 21 PROCL A M AT I O N83 34 —DE C. 31 , 2 0 08 NOW,THER E F ORE, I , G EORGE W .BUS H, Presid e ntof t h e United St a tes of Am eri c a, actin gu nder the authorit yv ested in me b y the C on - stitution and the l a w s of the United States of America, including sec- tion 4 of the USIFTA Act, section 201( b ) of the USCFTA Act, section 20 3 (o) of the USAFTA Act, section 6 04ofthe1 97 4 Act, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, do p roclaim that

(1) In order to implement U.S. tariff commitments under the 2004 Agreement through D ecember 31, 2009, the HTS is modified as pro- vided in Anne x I to this proclamation. (2)(a) The modifications to the HTS made by Annex I to this proclama- tion shall be effective with respect to goods that are the product of Israel and are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after J anuary 1, 2009. (b) The provisions of subchapter V III of chapter 99 of the HTS, as modified by Annex I to this proclamation, shall continue in effect through December 31, 2009. (3) In order to provide for an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for specific originating goods of Chile, the tariff treatment set forth in the HTS is modified as provided in Annex II to this proclamation. (4) The modifications made to the HTS by Annex II to this proclama- tion shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2009. ( 5 ) In order to implement the agreement with Australia to change the USAFTA rules of origin for certain yarns of viscose rayon fiber, the HTS is modified as provided in Annex III to this proclamation. (6) The modifications made to the HTS by Annex III to this proclama- tion shall enter into effect on the date that the United States Trade Representative announces in a notice published in the Fed e ralR e gist er that Australia has completed its applicable domestic procedures to give effect to the agreement to change the USAFTA rules of origin for cer- tain yarns of viscose rayon fiber and shall be effective with respect to originating goods of Australia entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date indicated in the notice. (7) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions ta k en in this proclamation are su- perseded to the extent of such inconsistency. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of December, in the year of our L ord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third. GEORGE W. BUSH