94 STAT. 3766
PROCLAMATION 4768—JUNE 28, 1980
effective operation of the Agreement, (3) that a significant portion of United States trade will benefit from the Agreement, notwithstanding such nonacceptance, and (4) that it is in the national interest of the United States to accept the Agreement (and have so reported to the Congress); (b) Pursuant to Section 204(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 203), I determine that the European Communities (including the European Economic Community) h a v e accepted the obligations of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade with respect to the United States and each of the member states of the European Communities has implemented the Agreement under its laws (effective July 1, 1980);
45 FR 45139.
(c) Pursuant to Section 503(a)(1) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 251), I determine, after interested parties w e r e provided an opportunity to comment, that the articles classifiable in the following n e w items of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), a d d e d thereto by A n n e x II to this proclamation, w e r e not imported into the United States before January 1, 1978, and were not produced in the United States before May 1, 1978:
402.54 402.82 403.14 403.59 403.66 404.30 404.38 404.47 404.90 405.09 405.34 405.62
45 FR 45229.
405.70 405.82 406.09 406.42 406.58 406.63 407.07 408.23 408.29 408.38 409.28 409.68
409.76 409.84 409.92 410.02 410.10 410.18 410.22 410.34 411.10 411.42 411.50 411.58
411.74 411.86 411.96 412.04 412.12 412.36 412.40 412.50 412.66 412.70 413.30;
(d) Pursuant to Section 503(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 251), I determine, after providing interested parties an opportunity to comment, that each article identified in A n n e x IV to this proclamation is not import sensitive. 6. Each modification of existing duty proclaimed herein which provides with respect to an article for a decrease in duty below the limitation specified in Sections 101(b)(1) or 109(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2111(b)(1) or 2119(a)), and each modification of any other import restriction or tariff provision so proclaimed is authorized by one or more of the following provisons or statutes: (a) Section 101(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2111(b)(2)), by virtue of the fact that the rate of duty existing on January 1, 1975, applicable to the article w a s not more than 5 percent a d valorem (or a d valorem equivalent); (b) Section 109(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2119(b)), by virtue of the fact that I have determined, pursuant to that section, that the decrease authorized by that section will simplify the computation of the amount of duty imposed with respect to the article; and fc) The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 144 et seq.) including, but not limited to, Sections 503(a)(1), (2)(A) and (6) (93 Stat. 251 and 252) by virtue of the fact that they permit departures from the staging provisions of Section 109(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2119(a)).
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