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U STAT.] ('ENEI{AI. A(;IE.FIEK.ENT ()N TARIFFS AND TRAI)E- CT. 30,947

A 64 1 SCHEDULE IX - CUB, General Notes (concluded) II - The rate of the Public Works surtax established by Decree 2296, of August 30, 1934, shall not exceed 3% in respect of products described In Part II of this Schedule, which are classified under Tariff Items Nos. 34 -B, 143-B, 143 -C , 207-H, 207-1, 211 -D , 302 -B , 302-C and 323. II1 - The customs tariff tare system es- tablished under Provision Third of the Arancel de Aduanss di la Republics de Cuba, in its Rules First to Fourteenth, applicable to the Items included in this Schedule, shall remain in force as set forth in said Provision, except as expressly modified in Part I and Part II of this Schedule. IV - iixcept as otherwise provided in Part II of this Schedule, the "notes" relating to the products therein described (except for the "not negotiated" items) which now appear in the Arancel de Aduanas de la Republica de Cuba, shall be con- sidered an integral part of Part 11 of this Schedule. V - ghenevor the term "not negotiated" appears in the "rate of duty" column of Part 1 or of Part II of this Schedule, it is to be understood that the Item or Sub-item in question has been inserted only because of the necessity of making certain changes in its structure or nomenclature, as a result of tariff negotiations. Therefore, in regard to such Items or Sub-items, the Government of the Republic of Cuba reserves its right to change the text, as wall as to maintain or modify the present rates of duty sat forth in the Cuban Customs Tariff for the products comprised in such "not negotiated" Items and Sub-items.