Renewal of Treatment on Government Procurement of Products From Countries Designated Under the Caribbean Basin Economy Recovery Act

摘要

Under the authority delegated to me by the President in section 1-201 of Executive Order 12260 of December 31, 1980, I hereby direct that products of countries and territories, listed below, designated by the President as beneficiaries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), shall continue to be treated as eligible products for purposes of section 1-101 of Executive Order 12260 until September 30, 1996. Such treatment shall not apply to products originating in these countries that are excluded from duty free treatment under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b). Eligibility for preferential treatment shall continue to be conditioned on the beneficiary retaining its status as such under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Subsequent renewal of this treatment beyond September 30, 1996, will be subject to progress made by individual beneficiaries in initiating and pursuing negotiations to accede to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.