[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 121, 110th Congress, 1st Session] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] PROCLAMATION 8095--DEC. 29, 2006 Proclamation 8095 of December 29, 2006 To Eliminate Tariffs on Certain Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Intermediates By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. During the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (the ``Uruguay Round'';), a group of major trading countries agreed to reciprocal elimination of tariffs on certain pharmaceuticals and chemical intermediates, and that participants in this agreement would revise periodically the list of products subject to duty-free treatment. On December 13, 1996, at the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States and 16 other major trading countries agreed to eliminate tariffs on additional pharmaceuticals and chemical intermediates. On April 1, 1997, the United States implemented this [[Page 2655]] 121 STAT. 2655 agreement in Proclamation 6982. The second revision to the list of products was negotiated under the auspices of the WTO in 1998. The United States implemented this revision on July 1, 1999, in Proclamation 7207. In 2006, the United States and 30 other WTO members concluded negotiations, under the auspices of the WTO, on a further revision to the list of pharmaceuticals and chemical intermediates to receive duty- free treatment. 2. Section 111(b) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA)(19 U.S.C. 3521(b)) authorizes the President under specified circumstances to proclaim the modification of any duty or staged rate reduction of any duty set forth in Schedule XX-United States of America, annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994 (Schedule XX) for products that were the subject of reciprocal duty elimination negotiations during the Uruguay Round, if the United States agrees to such action in a multilateral negotiation under the auspices of the WTO. Section 111(b) also authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications as are necessary to correct technical errors in, or make other rectifications to, Schedule XX. 3. On October 3, 2006, consistent with section 115 of the URAA, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) submitted a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate (the ``Committees'';) that set forth the proposed further revision to the list of products subject to tariff eliminations. 4. Section 604 of the Trade Act, as amended (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. 5. Pursuant to section 111(b) of the URAA, I have determined that Schedule XX should be modified to reflect the implementation by the United States of the multilateral agreement on certain pharmaceuticals and chemical intermediates negotiated under the auspices of the WTO. In addition, I have determined that the pharmaceuticals appendix to the HTS should be modified to reflect the duty eliminations provided for in that agreement and to make certain technical corrections in the manner in which Schedule XX identifies particular products in order to ensure that they are accorded the intended duty treatment. 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 of America, including but not limited to section 111(b) of the URAA and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that: (1) In order to implement the multilateral agreement negotiated under the auspices of the WTO to eliminate tariffs on certain pharmaceutical products and chemical intermediates, and to make technical corrections in the tariff treatment accorded to such products, the HTS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation. (2) Such modifications to the HTS shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date set forth in the Annex for the respective actions taken. [[Page 2656]] 121 STAT. 2656 (3) 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 Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty- first. GEORGE W. BUSH [[Page 2657]] 121 STAT. 2657 GRAPHIC TIFF TD04JA07.005 [[Page 2658]] 121 STAT. 2658 GRAPHIC TIF1 TD04JA07.006 [[Page 2659]] 121 STAT. 2659 GRAPHIC TIF2 TD04JA07.007 [[Page 2660]] 121 STAT. 2660 GRAPHIC TIF3 TD04JA07.008 [[Page 2661]] 121 STAT. 2661 GRAPHIC TIF4 TD04JA07.009 [[Page 2662]] 121 STAT. 2662 GRAPHIC TIF5 TD04JA07.010 [[Page 2663]] 121 STAT. 2663 GRAPHIC TIF6 TD04JA07.011 [[Page 2664]] 121 STAT. 2664 GRAPHIC TIF7 TD04JA07.012 [[Page 2665]] 121 STAT. 2665 GRAPHIC TIF8 TD04JA07.013 [[Page 2666]] 121 STAT. 2666 GRAPHIC TIF9 TD04JA07.014 [[Page 2667]] 121 STAT. 2667 GRAPHIC TIF10 TD04JA07.015 [[Page 2668]] 121 STAT. 2668 GRAPHIC TIF11 TD04JA07.016 [[Page 2669]] 121 STAT. 2669 GRAPHIC TIF12 TD04JA07.017 [[Page 2670]] 121 STAT. 2670 GRAPHIC TIF13 TD04JA07.018 [[Page 2671]] 121 STAT. 2671 GRAPHIC TIF14 TD04JA07.019 [[Page 2672]] 121 STAT. 2672 GRAPHIC TIF15 TD04JA07.020 [[Page 2673]] 121 STAT. 2673 GRAPHIC TIF16 TD04JA07.021 [[Page 2674]] 121 STAT. 2674 GRAPHIC TIF17 TD04JA07.022 [[Page 2675]] 121 STAT. 2675 GRAPHIC TIF18 TD04JA07.023 [[Page 2676]] 121 STAT. 2676 GRAPHIC TIF19 TD04JA07.024