C40
PROCLAMATIONS — J U N E 13, 1950
[70 STAT.
Part I
1 USC 1351. 9
To the end that the trade agreement specified in the seventh recital of this proclamation may be carried out: (a) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of this Part, such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States as are specified or provided for in paragraphs 1 to 6, inclusive, of the Protocol of Supplementary Concessions specified in the said seventh recital of this proclamation and in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956) contained in the Annex thereto shall be effective as follows: (1) The rates of duty and import tax specified in column A at the right of the respective descriptions of products in Part I of the said Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956), on and after June 30, 1956; (2) The rates of duty and import tax specified in columns B and C, respectively, at the right of the respective descriptions of products in Part I of said Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956), on and after the appropriate dates determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of the "General Notes" at the end of the said Schedule X X (Geneva- 1956): Provided, That in the case of a product which is described in both Part I and Part II of the said Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956), the rate in Part I, when lower, shall be applied to the product of the Republic of Cuba. (b) The application of the provisions of subdivision (a) of this Part and of subdivision (a) of Part II of this proclamation shall be subject to the right of withdrawal of concessions and to the other applicable terms, conditions, and qualifications set forth in paragraphs 1 to 6, inclusive, of the said Protocol of Supplementary Concessions, in Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956), including the General Notes, contained in the Annex thereto, in Parts I, II, and III of the General Agreement, including any applicable amendments and rectifications thereof, and in the Protocol of Provisional Application specified in the first recital of this proclamation, and the application of the provisions of subdivision (a) of this Part and of subdivision (a) of Part II of this proclamation shall also be subject to the exception that no rate of duty or import tax shall be applied to a particular article by virtue of this proclamation if, when the article is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption more favorable customs treatment is prescribed for the article by any of the following then in effect: (1) A proclamation pursuant to section 850 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, but the application of such more favorable treatment shall be subject to the qualifications set forth in the third paragraph of the general notes in Schedule X X (Geneva - 1956); (2) any other proclamation, a statute, or an executive order, which proclamation, statute, or order either provides for an exemption from duty or import tax or became effective subsequent to May 23, 1956. Part II To the end that the exclusive trade agreement specified in the twelfth recital of this proclamation may be carried out: (a) Subject to the qualifications and exceptions provided for in subdivision (b) of Part 1 of this proclamation and to the qualifications set forth in the exclusive trade agreement with the Republic of Cuba specified in the twelfth recital of this proclamation, such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America in respect of products of the Republic of Cuba and such
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