[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 77603-77604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part VIII





The President





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Proclamation 7858--To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act



Executive Order 13367--United States-Mexico Border Health Commission



Presidential Determination No. 2005-15 of December 21, 2004--Provision 
of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in 
Domestic and International Operations


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 247 / Monday, December 27, 2004 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 7858 of December 21, 2004

                
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth 
                and Opportunity Act

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. In Proclamation 7561 of May 16, 2002, I designated 
                the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire as a beneficiary sub-
                Saharan African country pursuant to section 506A(a)(1) 
                of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, (the ``1974 
                Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), as added by section 
                111(a) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (title 
                I of Public Law 106-200) (AGOA)). I also provided that 
                Cote d'Ivoire would be considered a lesser developed 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of 
                section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 
                3721(b)(3)(B)).

                2. In Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, President 
                Clinton delegated to the United States Trade 
                Representative (USTR) the authority to perform the 
                function specified in section 113(b)(1)(B) of the AGOA 
                (19 U.S.C. 3722(b)(1)(B)). In a Federal Register notice 
                dated December 17, 2003, the USTR determined that Cote 
                d'Ivoire had adopted an effective visa system and 
                related procedures to prevent unlawful transshipment 
                and the use of counterfeit documents and that Cote 
                d'Ivoire had implemented and followed, or was making 
                substantial progress toward implementing and following, 
                certain customs procedures that assist the United 
                States Customs Service in verifying the origin of the 
                products.

                3. Section 506A(a)(3) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2466a(a)(3)) authorizes the President to terminate the 
                designation of a country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan 
                African country for purposes of section 506A if he 
                determines that the country is not making continual 
                progress in meeting the requirements described in 
                section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, effective on 
                January 1 of the year following the year in which such 
                determination is made.

                4. Pursuant to section 506A(a)(3) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that Cote d'Ivoire is not making 
                continual progress in meeting the requirements 
                described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act. 
                Accordingly, I have decided to terminate the 
                designation of Cote d'Ivoire as a beneficiary sub-
                Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A of 
                the 1974 Act, effective on January 1, 2005.

                5. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) 
                authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized 
                Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) the 
                substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, and 
                of other acts affecting import treatment, and actions 
                thereunder, including the removal, modification, 
                continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other 
                import restriction.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, acting under the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, including sections 506A and 604 of the 
                1974 Act and section 301 of title 3, United States 
                Code, do proclaim that:

                (1) The designation of Cote d'Ivoire as a beneficiary 
                sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 
                506A of the 1974 Act is terminated, effective on 
                January 1, 2005.

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                (2) In order to reflect in the HTS that beginning 
                January 1, 2005, Cote d'Ivoire shall no longer be 
                designated as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
                country, general note 16(a) to the HTS is modified by 
                deleting ``Republic of Cote d'Ivoire'' from the list of 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. Further, 
                U.S. note 2(d) to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 is 
                modified by removing ``Cote d'Ivoire'' from the list of 
                lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
                countries, and U.S. note 7(a) to subchapter II and U.S. 
                note 1 to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the HTS are 
                modified by deleting ``Cote d'Ivoire'' from the list of 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries eligible for 
                certain textile and apparel benefits.

                (3) The modification to the HTS made by this 
                proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption, on or after January 1, 2005.

                (4) Any provisions of previous proclamations and 
                executive orders that are inconsistent with this 
                proclamation are superseded to the extent of such 
                inconsistency.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
                ninth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

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