[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] PROCLAMATION 7870--FEB. 9, 2005 Proclamation 7870 of February 9, 2005 To Modify Rules of Origin Under the North American Free Trade Agreement By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. Presidential Proclamation 6641 of December 15, 1993, implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement (the ``NAFTA'';) with respect to the United States and, pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``NAFTA Implementation Act'';), incorporated in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (the ``HTS'';) the tariff modifications and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the NAFTA. 2. Section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act provides rules for determining whether goods imported into the United States originate in the territory of a NAFTA party and thus are eligible for the tariff and other treatment contemplated under the NAFTA. Section 202(q) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3332(q)) authorizes the President to proclaim, as a part of the HTS, the rules of origin set out in the NAFTA and to proclaim modifications to such previously proclaimed rules of origin, subject to the consultation and layover requirements of section 103(a) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3313(a)). 3. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS set out in the Annex to this proclamation are appropriate. For goods of Mexico, I have decided that the effective date of the modifications shall be determined by the United States Trade Representative (USTR). 4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``1974 Act'';) (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the [[Page 3703]] 119 STAT. 3703 substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, 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 section 604 of the 1974 Act, section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, do hereby proclaim: (1) In order to modify the rules of origin under the NAFTA, general note 12 to the HTS is modified as provided in the Annex to this proclamation. (2) 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. (3) The modifications made by the Annex to this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods of Canada that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2005. The modifications made by such Annex shall be effective with respect to goods of Mexico that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after a date that the USTR announces in the Federal Register. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty- ninth. GEORGE W. BUSH [[Page 3704]] 119 STAT. 3704 GRAPHIC TIFF TD14FE05.001 [[Page 3705]] 119 STAT. 3705 GRAPHIC TIF1 TD14FE05.002 [[Page 3706]] 119 STAT. 3706 GRAPHIC TIF2 TD14FE05.003 [[Page 3707]] 119 STAT. 3707 GRAPHIC TIF3 TD14FE05.004 [[Page 3708]] 119 STAT. 3708 GRAPHIC TIF4 TD14FE05.005 [[Page 3709]] 119 STAT. 3709 GRAPHIC TIF5 TD14FE05.006 [[Page 3710]] 119 STAT. 3710 GRAPHIC TIF6 TD14FE05.007 [[Page 3711]] 119 STAT. 3711 GRAPHIC TIF7 TD14FE05.008 [[Page 3712]] 119 STAT. 3712 GRAPHIC TIF8 TD14FE05.009 [[Page 3713]] 119 STAT. 3713 GRAPHIC TIF9 TD14FE05.010 [[Page 3714]] 119 STAT. 3714 GRAPHIC TIF10 TD14FE05.011 [[Page 3715]] 119 STAT. 3715 GRAPHIC TIF11 TD14FE05.012 [[Page 3716]] 119 STAT. 3716 GRAPHIC TIF12 TD14FE05.013 [[Page 3717]] 119 STAT. 3717 GRAPHIC TIF13 TD14FE05.014 [[Page 3718]] 119 STAT. 3718 GRAPHIC TIF14 TD14FE05.015 [[Page 3719]] 119 STAT. 3719 GRAPHIC TIF15 TD14FE05.016 [[Page 3720]] 119 STAT. 3720 GRAPHIC TIF16 TD14FE05.017 [[Page 3721]] 119 STAT. 3721 GRAPHIC TIF17 TD14FE05.018