Proc. 8098 Title 3--The President (6) East Timor is designated as a least-devdoped beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP. (7) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note 4(b)(i) is modified by adding in alphabetical order "East Timor," effective with re- spect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the sixty-fifth day after the date of this proclamation. (8) Bulgaria and Romania shall no longer be designated as beneficiary de- veloping countries for purposes of the GSP upon the date that each country becomes a European Union Member State. The United States Trade Rep- resentative shall announce each such date in a notice published in the Fed- eral Register. (9) In order to reflect these changes in the HTS, general note 4(a) to the HTS is modified by deleting "Bulgaria" and "Romania" from the list enti- tled, "Independent Countries," effective for each of these countries with re- spect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the day on which that country becomes a European Union Mem- ber State. (10) Afghanistan is designated as a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for purposes of the GSP on the date that it becomes a SAARC member. The United States Trade Representative shall announce such date in a notice published in the Federal Register. (ll) In order to reflect this determination in the HTS, general note 4(a) to the HTS is modified by adding in alphabetical order "Afghanistan" to the list entitled, "Member Countries of the South Asian Association for Re- gional Cooperation (SAARC)," effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the day on which Afghanistan becomes a SAARC member. (\1772) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Inde- pendence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. GEORGE W. BUSH 2O8
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