                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
               CHAPTER 22--URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, URUGUAY 
                            ROUND AGREEMENTS
 
          Part A--Approval of Agreements and Related Provisions
 
Sec. 3511. Approval and entry into force of Uruguay Round 
        Agreements
        

(a) Approval of agreements and statement of administrative action

    Pursuant to section 2903 of this title and section 2191 of this 
title, the Congress approves--
        (1) the trade agreements described in subsection (d) of this 
    section resulting from the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade 
    negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs 
    and Trade, entered into on April 15, 1994, and submitted to the 
    Congress on September 27, 1994; and
        (2) the statement of administrative action proposed to implement 
    the agreements that was submitted to the Congress on September 27, 
    1994.

(b) Entry into force

    At such time as the President determines that a sufficient number of 
foreign countries are accepting the obligations of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements, in accordance with article XIV of the WTO Agreement, to 
ensure the effective operation of, and adequate benefits for the United 
States under, those Agreements, the President may accept the Uruguay 
Round Agreements and implement article VIII of the WTO Agreement.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as may be 
necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the 
expenses of the WTO.

(d) Trade agreements to which this Act applies

    Subsection (a) of this section applies to the WTO Agreement and to 
the following agreements annexed to that Agreement:
        (1) The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.
        (2) The Agreement on Agriculture.
        (3) The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 
    Phytosanitary Measures.
        (4) The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
        (5) The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.
        (6) The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures.
        (7) The Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General 
    Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.
        (8) The Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the 
    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.
        (9) The Agreement on Preshipment Inspection.
        (10) The Agreement on Rules of Origin.
        (11) The Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
        (12) The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.
        (13) The Agreement on Safeguards.
        (14) The General Agreement on Trade in Services.
        (15) The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual 
    Property Rights.
        (16) The Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the 
    Settlement of Disputes.
        (17) The Agreement on Government Procurement.
        (18) The International Bovine Meat Agreement.

(Pub. L. 103-465, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4814.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 103-465, Dec. 8, 
1994, 108 Stat. 4809, known as the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 3501 of this title and Tables.


               Uruguay Round Agreements: Entry Into Force

    Executive Documents set out below, provide generally for the 
implementation of the trade agreements resulting from the Uruguay Round 
of multilateral trade negotiations, effective Jan. 1, 1995.

  Proc. No. 6763. To Implement Trade Agreements Resulting From Uruguay 
    Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and for Other Purposes

    Proc. No. 6763, Dec. 23, 1994, 60 F.R. 1007, as amended by Proc. No. 
6780, Mar. 23, 1995, 60 F.R. 15849; Proc. No. 6857, Dec. 11, 1995, 60 
F.R. 64817; Proc. No. 6948, Oct. 29, 1996, 61 F.R. 56387, provided:
    1. On April 15, 1994, the President entered into trade agreements 
resulting from the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations 
(``the Uruguay Round Agreements''). In section 101(a) of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (``the URAA'') (Public Law 103-465; 108 Stat. 4809) 
[19 U.S.C. 3511(a)], the Congress approved the Uruguay Round Agreements 
listed in section 101(d) of that Act.
    2. (a) Sections 1102(a) and (e) of the Omnibus Trade and 
Competitiveness Act of 1988, as amended (``the 1988 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 
2902(a) and (e)), authorize the President to proclaim such modification 
or continuance of any existing duty, such continuance of existing duty-
free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as he determines to 
be required or appropriate to carry out any trade agreements entered 
into under those sections.
    (b) Accordingly, I have determined that it is required or 
appropriate in order to carry out the Uruguay Round Agreements, which 
were entered into under sections 1102(a) and (e) of the 1988 Act (19 
U.S.C. 2902(a) and (e)), that I proclaim the modifications and 
continuances of existing duties, duty-free treatments, excise 
treatments, and additional duties set forth in the Annex to this 
proclamation.
    3. (a) Section 111(a) of the URAA [19 U.S.C. 3521(a)] authorizes the 
President to proclaim such other modification of any duty, such other 
staged rate reduction, or such other additional duties beyond those 
authorized by section 1102 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902) as the 
President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out 
Schedule XX--United States of America, annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol 
to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (``Schedule XX'').
    (b) Accordingly, I have determined that it is necessary or 
appropriate to carry out Schedule XX to proclaim such other 
modifications of duties, such other staged rate reductions, and such 
other additional duties, beyond those authorized by section 1102 of the 
1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902), as are set forth in the Annex to this 
proclamation.
    4. Section 111(d) of the URAA [19 U.S.C. 3521(d)] requires the 
President to proclaim the rate of duty set forth in Column B of the 
table set forth in that section as the column 2 rate of duty for the 
subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTS'') [see 19 U.S.C. 1202] that corresponds to the subheading in 
Schedule XX listed in Column A.
    5. (a) Section 22(f) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (``the 
Adjustment Act'') (7 U.S.C. 624(f)), as amended by section 401(a)(1) of 
the URAA, provides that, as of the date of entry into force of the 
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (``the WTO 
Agreement''), no quantitative limitation or fee shall be imposed under 
that section with respect to any article that is the product of a World 
Trade Organization member, as defined in section 2(10) of the URAA [19 
U.S.C. 3501(10)].
    (b) Section 401(a)(2) of the URAA [7 U.S.C. 624 note] further 
provides that, with respect to wheat, amended section 22(f) of the 
Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624(f)) shall be effective on the later of the 
date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement or September 12, 1995.
    (c) Accordingly, I have decided that it is necessary to provide for 
the termination of all quantitative limitations and fees previously 
proclaimed under section 22 of the Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624), other 
than those for wheat, as provided in the Annex to this proclamation.
    6. (a) Section 404(a) of the URAA [19 U.S.C. 3601(a)] directs the 
President to take such action as may be necessary in implementing the 
tariff-rate quotas set out in Schedule XX to ensure that imports of 
agricultural products do not disrupt the orderly marketing of 
commodities in the United States.
    (b) Section 404(d)(3) of the URAA authorizes the President to 
allocate the in-quota quantity of a tariff-rate quota for any 
agricultural product among supplying countries or customs areas and to 
modify any allocation, as he determines appropriate.
    (c) Section 404(d)(5) of the URAA authorizes the President to 
proclaim additional U.S. note 3 to chapter 17 of the HTS, dealing with 
imports of sugar, together with appropriate modifications thereto, to 
reflect Schedule XX.
    (d) Section 405 of the URAA [19 U.S.C. 3602] directs the President 
to cause to be published in the Federal Register the list of special 
safeguard agricultural goods and, if appropriate, to impose price-based 
or volume-based safeguards with respect to such goods consistent with 
Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture annexed to the WTO Agreement, 
and authorizes the President to exempt from any safeguard duty any goods 
originating in a country that is a party to the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (``the NAFTA'').
    7. Presidential Proclamation No. 6641 of December 15, 1993 [108 
Stat. 5134], implemented the NAFTA with respect to the United States 
and, pursuant to sections 201 and 202 of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act (``the NAFTA Act'') (19 U.S.C. 3331 and 
3332), incorporated in the HTS the tariff modifications and rules of 
origin necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply the NAFTA. Certain 
technical errors were made in the Annexes to that proclamation. I have 
determined that, in order to reflect accurately the intended tariff 
treatment and rules of origin provided for in the NAFTA, it is necessary 
to modify certain provisions of the HTS, as set forth in the Annex to 
this proclamation.
    8. Presidential Proclamation No. 6455 of July 2, 1992 [19 U.S.C. 
3202 note], implementing the Andean Trade Preference Act (``the ATPA'') 
(19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.), provided duty-free entry for all eligible 
articles, and duty reductions for certain other articles that are the 
product of any designated beneficiary country under that Act. Through 
technical error, the tariff treatment of ethyl alcohol, ethyl tertiary-
butyl ether, and mixtures containing these products was incompletely 
stated. Accordingly, I have decided that it is appropriate to modify the 
provisions of subchapter I of chapter 99 of the HTS to provide fully for 
the tariff treatment of such products under the ATPA.
    9. Section 242 of the Compact of Free Association (``the Compact'') 
between the United States and Palau provides that, upon implementation 
of the Compact, the President shall proclaim duty-free entry for most 
products of designated freely associated states. Such duty-free 
treatment, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association Approval Act 
(``the Compact Act'') (Public Law 99-658; 100 Stat. 3672, 48 U.S.C. 1681 
note [48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.]), is subject to the limitations of section 
201 of the Compact Act [48 U.S.C. 1931 note] and sections 503(b) and 
504(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (``the 1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2463(b) 
and 2464(c)). In Presidential Proclamation No. 6726 of September 27, 
1994 [48 U.S.C. 1931 note], I proclaimed that the Compact would enter 
into force on October 1, 1994. In order to accord such duty-free 
treatment to products of Palau, I have decided that it is necessary and 
appropriate to modify general note 10 to the HTS to designate the 
Republic of Palau as a freely associated state. Further, I have decided 
that it is appropriate to modify general note 4(a) to the HTS, which 
enumerates designated beneficiary countries for purposes of the 
Generalized System of Preferences, to delete Palau from the list of non-
independent countries and territories.
    10. Presidential Proclamation No. 5759 of December 24, 1987 [102 
Stat. 4942], imposed increased rates of duty on certain products of the 
European Community (``EC''), in response to the EC's implementation of 
the Council Directive Prohibiting the Use in Livestock Farming of 
Certain Substances Having a Hormonal Action. Austria, Finland, and 
Sweden have indicated that they will become member states of the EC on 
January 1, 1995. Accordingly, to clarify that the increased rates of 
duty imposed by Proclamation No. 5759 continue to apply to the EC in its 
capacity as a foreign instrumentality, it is necessary to amend the HTS 
to indicate that the duties are to be imposed on products of the EC, 
including products of all new and future member states, and not just on 
products of countries that were members of the EC in 1987 and that were 
listed in the HTS for illustrative purposes.
    11. Additional U.S. note 24 to chapter 4 of Schedule XX provides for 
a delay in the effective date, or prorating, of the expansion of tariff-
rate quotas for cheeses above the existing quota quantities provided for 
in subchapter IV of chapter 99 of the HTS that will result from the 
implementation of United States commitments under the Uruguay Round 
Agreements, in the case of countries or areas that implement their 
market access commitments on a date later than the effective date of 
Schedule XX. The current members of the European Community (Belgium, 
Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Ireland, 
Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United 
Kingdom), Austria, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland all have indicated 
their intention not to implement their market access commitments until 
July 1, 1995. Accordingly, I have determined, pursuant to my authority 
under sections 111(a) and (b) of the URAA [19 U.S.C. 3521(a), (b)] and 
section 1102 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902), that it is appropriate 
not to make available the amounts specified in section K of the Annex to 
this proclamation until July 1, 1995.
    12. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the 
President to embody in the HTS the 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, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), section 
1102 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902), sections 201 and 202 of the NAFTA 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3331 and 3332), and title I [19 U.S.C. 3511 et seq.] and 
title IV [see Tables for classification] of the URAA, do hereby 
proclaim:
    (1) In order to provide generally for the tariff treatment being 
accorded under the Uruguay Round Agreements, including the modification 
or continuance of existing duties or other import restrictions and the 
continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment provided for in 
Schedule XX, the URAA, and the other authorities cited in this 
proclamation, including the termination of quantitative limitations and 
fees previously imposed under section 22 of the Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
624), the HTS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this 
proclamation.
    (2)(a) The modifications to the HTS made by sections A (except with 
respect to paragraphs thereof specifying other effective dates), C, E, 
and IJ of the Annex to this proclamation shall be effective with respect 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on and 
after January 1, 1995;
    (b) The modifications to the HTS made by sections B, D(1)-(5), F, G, 
H, and L of the Annex to this proclamation, and by those paragraphs of 
section A specifying effective dates other than January 1, 1995, shall 
be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption, on and after the dates set forth in such sections of 
the Annex;
    (c) The modifications to the HTS made by section D(6) of the Annex 
to this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on and after the dates set 
forth in such section, unless the United States Trade Representative 
(USTR) announces that the scheduled staged duty reductions set forth in 
such Annex section are being withheld because other major countries have 
not afforded adequate entity coverage under the Agreement on Government 
Procurement annexed to the WTO Agreement, and so advises the Secretary 
of the Treasury and publishes this information in a notice in the 
Federal Register;
    (d) The modifications to the HTS made by section D(7) of the Annex 
to this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on and after the date 
announced by the USTR in a notice published in the Federal Register as 
the date on which other major countries have afforded adequate entity 
coverage under the Agreement on Government Procurement annexed to the 
WTO Agreement; and
    (e) Section K of the Annex to this proclamation, providing for a 
delay in implementation of the expansion of tariff-rate quotas of 
cheeses, applies during the period January 1, 1995, through June 30, 
1995, unless the USTR determines that it is in the interest of the 
United States for any such delays to apply to a different period and 
publishes notice of the determination and applicable period in the 
Federal Register. The USTR also is authorized to prorate over the 
applicable period any of the quantities that may be imported.
    (3) The USTR is authorized to exercise my authority under section 
404(d)(3) [19 U.S.C. 3601(d)(3)] of the URAA to allocate the in-quota 
quantity of a tariff-rate quota for any agricultural product among 
supplying countries or customs areas and to modify any allocation as the 
USTR determines appropriate.
    (4) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to exercise my 
authority to make determinations under section 405(a) of the URAA [19 
U.S.C. 3602(a)] and to publish those determinations in the Federal 
Register.
    (5) Effective January 1, 1995, in order to clarify that the 
additional duty provided for in subheadings 9903.23.00 through 
9903.23.35, inclusive, of the HTS shall apply to new member states of 
the European Community, the superior text to those subheadings is 
modified as provided in the Annex to this proclamation. The USTR is 
authorized to alter the application of the increased duties imposed by 
Presidential Proclamation No. 5759 [102 Stat. 4942], as modified herein, 
by further modifying the superior text to those subheadings so that it 
reflects accurately all member states of the European Community or any 
successor organization. Notice of any such modification shall be 
published in the Federal Register.
    (6) Whenever the rate of duty in the general subcolumn of rates of 
duty column 1 of the HTS is reduced to ``Free'', all rates of duty set 
forth in the special subcolumn of column 1 shall be deleted from the 
HTS.
    (7) The USTR, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury are authorized to exercise my authority under the statutes 
cited in this proclamation to perform certain functions to implement 
this proclamation, as assigned to them in the Annex to this 
proclamation.
    (8) Paragraphs (1)-(4), (6), and (7) shall be effective on January 
1, 1995, unless the USTR announces prior to that date that the WTO 
Agreement will not enter into force on that date.
    (9) All 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-third 
day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-
four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two 
hundred and nineteenth.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

                                  Annex

    The Annex of Proclamation 6763, which amended the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States, is not set out under this section because 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is not set out in the Code. See 
Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 
1202 of this title.

  Proc. No. 6780. To Implement Certain Provisions of Trade Agreements 
Resulting From Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and for 
                             Other Purposes

    Proc. No. 6780, Mar. 23, 1995, 60 F.R. 15845, provided:
    1. On April 15, 1994, I entered into trade agreements resulting from 
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (``the Uruguay 
Round Agreements''). In section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (``the URAA'') (Public Law 103-465; 108 Stat. 4814) (19 U.S.C. 
3511(a)), the Congress approved the Uruguay Round Trade Agreements 
listed in section 101(d) of that Act.
    2. Pursuant to section 101(b) of the URAA [19 U.S.C. 3511(b)], I 
decided to accept the Agreement Establishing the World Trade 
Organization (``the WTO Agreement'') on behalf of the United States, and 
I determined that the WTO Agreement entered into force for the United 
States on January 1, 1995.
    3. (a) Sections 1102(a) and (e) of the Omnibus Trade and 
Competitiveness Act of 1988, as amended (``the 1988 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 
2902(a) and (e)), authorize the President to proclaim such modification 
or continuance of any existing duty, such continuance of existing duty-
free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as he determines to 
be required or appropriate to carry out any trade agreement entered into 
under these sections.
    (b) Section 111(a) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3521(a)) authorizes the 
President to proclaim such other modification of any duty, such other 
staged rate reduction, or such other additional duties beyond those 
authorized by section 1102 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902) as the 
President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out 
Schedule XX--United States of America, annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol 
to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (``Schedule XX'').
    (c) Section 103(a) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3513(a)) authorizes the 
President to proclaim such actions as may be necessary to ensure that 
any provision or amendment made by the URAA that takes effect on the 
date that any of the Uruguay Round Agreements enters into force with 
respect to the United States is appropriately implemented on such date.
    4. Proclamation 6763 of December 23, 1994 [set out above], 
implemented the Uruguay Round Agreements, including Schedule XX, with 
respect to the United States; and incorporated in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (``the HTS'') [see 19 U.S.C. 1202] tariff 
modifications necessary and appropriate to carry out the Uruguay Round 
Agreements and certain conforming changes in rules of origin for the 
North American Free Trade Agreement (``NAFTA''). Certain technical 
errors, including inadvertent omissions, were made in that proclamation. 
I have determined that it is necessary, to reflect accurately the 
intended tariff treatment provided for in the Uruguay Round Agreements 
and to ensure the continuation of the agreed NAFTA rules of origin, to 
modify certain provisions of the HTS, as set forth in the Annex to this 
proclamation.
    5. (a) One of the Uruguay Round Agreements approved by the Congress 
in sections 101(a) and 101(d) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3511(a) and (d)) is 
the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 
(``the TRIPs Agreement'').
    (b) Section 104A of title 17, United States Code, as amended by 
section 514 of the URAA, provides for copyright protection in restored 
works. Section 104A(h), as amended, provides that the date of 
restoration of a restored copyright shall be the date on which the TRIPs 
Agreement enters into forcewith [sic] respect to the United States, if 
the source country is a nation adhering to the Berne Convention or a 
World Trade Organization (WTO) member on such date.
    (c) Article 65, paragraph 1, of the TRIPs Agreement provides that no 
WTO member shall be obliged to apply the provisions of this Agreement 
until one year after the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement. 
The date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the 
United States was January 1, 1995.
    (d) The statement of administrative action, approved by the Congress 
in section 101(a)(2) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3511(a)(2)), provides that, 
``in general, copyright will be restored on the date when the TRIPs 
Agreement's obligations take effect for the United States.''
    (e) Accordingly, I have decided that it is necessary and 
appropriate, in order to implement the TRIPs Agreement and to ensure 
that section 514 of the URAA [amending sections 104A and 109 of Title 
17, Copyrights] is appropriately implemented, to proclaim that the date 
on which the obligations of the TRIPs Agreement will take effect for the 
United States is January 1, 1996.
    6. (a) Section 902(a)(2) of title 17, United States Code, authorizes 
the President to extend protection under chapter 9 of title 17, United 
States Code, to mask works of owners who are nationals, domiciliaries, 
or sovereign authorities of, and to mask works, which are first 
commercially exploited in, a foreign nation that grants United States 
mask work owners substantially the same protection that it grants its 
own nationals and domiciliaries, or that grants protection to such works 
on substantially the same basis as does chapter 9 of title 17, United 
States Code.
    (b) Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and the Member States of 
the European Community provide adequate and effective protection for 
mask works within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 902(a)(2), and have been 
subject to interim protection under 17 U.S.C. 914. Consequently, I find 
that these countries satisfy the requirements of 17 U.S.C. 902(a)(2), 
and are to be extended full protection under chapter 9 of title 17, 
United States Code, effective on July 1, 1995.
    (c) In addition, 17 U.S.C. 902(a)(1)(A)(ii) provides that mask work 
owners who are nationals, domiciliaries, or sovereign authorities of a 
foreign nation that is a party to a treaty affording protection to mask 
works to which the United States is also a party are eligible for 
protection under chapter 9 of title 17, United States Code. The TRIPs 
Agreement, which requires all WTO members to provide protection 
equivalent to that provided under chapter 9 of title 17 on the basis of 
national treatment, is such an agreement. Because the United States is a 
member of the WTO and thus of the TRIPs Agreement, and because the TRIPs 
Agreement will be effective for the United States on January 1, 1996, 
all other WTO members will become eligible for full protection under 
chapter 9 of title 17, United States Code, on January 1, 1996.
    7. Section 491 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as amended 
(``the 1979 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2578), requires the President to designate 
an agency to be responsible for informing the public of the sanitary and 
phytosanitary standard-setting activities of each international 
standard-setting organization. I have decided to designate the 
Department of Agriculture as the agency responsible for providing the 
public with this information.
    8. (a) The March 24, 1994, Memorandum of Understanding on the 
Results of the Uruguay Round Market Access Negotiations on Agriculture 
Between the United States of America and Argentina (``the MOU''), 
submitted to the Congress along with the Uruguay Round Agreements, 
provides for ``an appropriate certificate of origin'' for imports of 
peanuts and peanut butter and peanut paste from Argentina.
    (b) Proclamation 6763 [set out above] proclaimed the Schedule XX 
tariff rate quotas for peanuts and peanut butter and peanut paste. 
However, that proclamation did not specify which agency should implement 
the MOU.
    (c) Section 404 of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3601) requires the President 
to take such action as may be necessary to ensure that imports of 
agricultural products do not disrupt the orderly marketing of 
commodities in the United States.
    (d) Accordingly, I have decided to delegate to the United States 
Trade Representative (``the USTR'') my authority under section 404 of 
the URAA to implement the MOU, through such regulations as the USTR, or, 
at the direction of the USTR, other appropriate agencies, may issue.
    9. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483) 
(``the 1974 Act''), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the 
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, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 but not 
limited to section 301 of title 3, United States Code, section 902(a)(1) 
and (2) of title 17, United States Code, section 604 of the 1974 Act, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), section 491 of the 1979 Act, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 2578), section 1102 of the 1988 Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2902), 
title I of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3511-3551), and section 404 of the URAA 
(19 U.S.C. 3601), do hereby proclaim that:
    (1) To more completely implement the tariff treatment accorded under 
the Uruguay Round Agreements, the HTS is modified as set forth in the 
Annex to this proclamation.
    (2) The obligations of the TRIPs Agreement shall enter into force 
for the United States on January 1, 1996.
    (3) Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and the Member States of 
the European Community shall be extended full protection under chapter 9 
of title 17, United States Code, effective on July 1, 1995. In addition, 
as of January 1, 1996, full protection under chapter 9 of title 17, 
United States Code, shall be extended to all WTO Members.
    (4) The Secretary of Agriculture is designated, under section 491 of 
the 1979 Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2578), as the official responsible 
for informing the public of the sanitary and phytosanitary standard-
setting activities of each international standard-setting organization.
    (5) The USTR is authorized to exercise my authority under section 
404 of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3601) to implement the MOU with Argentina, 
through such regulations as the USTR, or, at the direction of the USTR, 
other appropriate agencies, may issue.
    (6) In order to make conforming changes and technical corrections to 
certain HTS provisions, pursuant to actions taken in Proclamation 6763 
[set out above], the HTS and Proclamation 6763 are modified as set forth 
in the Annex to this proclamation.
    (7) All 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.
    (8) This proclamation shall be effective upon publication in the 
Federal Register.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third 
day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five, 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and nineteenth.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

                                  Annex

    The Annex of Proclamation 6780, which amended the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States, is not set out under this section because 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is not set out in the Code. See 
Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 
1202 of this title.

   Ex. Ord. No. 13042. Implementing for United States Article VIII of 
    Agreement Establishing World Trade Organization Concerning Legal 
                 Capacity and Privileges and Immunities

    Ex. Ord. No. 13042, Apr. 9, 1997, 62 F.R. 18017, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 101(b) of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Public Law 103-465) [19 U.S.C. 
3511(b)] and section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act 
(22 U.S.C. 288), I hereby implement for the United States the provisions 
of Article VIII of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade 
Organization.
    Section 1. The provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and 
Immunities of the Specialized Agencies (U.N. General Assembly Resolution 
179 (II) of November 21, 1947, 33 U.N.T.S. 261) shall apply to the World 
Trade Organization, its officials, and the representatives of its 
members, provided: (1) sections 19(b) and 15, regarding immunity from 
taxation, and sections 13(d) and section 20, regarding immunity from 
national service obligations, shall not apply to U.S. nationals and 
aliens admitted for permanent residence; (2) with respect to section 
13(d) and section 19(c), regarding exemption from immigration 
restrictions and alien registration requirements, World Trade 
Organization officials and representatives of its members shall be 
entitled to the same, and no greater, privileges, exemptions, and 
immunities as are accorded under similar circumstances to officers and 
employees of foreign governments, and members of their families; (3) 
with respect to section 9(a) regarding exemption from taxation, such 
exemption shall not extend to taxes levied on real property, or that 
portion of real property, which is not used for the purposes of the 
World Trade Organization. The leasing or renting by the World Trade 
Organization of its property to another entity or person to generate 
revenue shall not be considered a use for the purposes of the World 
Trade Organization. Whether property or portions thereof are used for 
the purposes of the World Trade Organization shall be determined within 
the sole discretion of the Secretary of State or the Secretary's 
designee; (4) with respect to section 25(2)(II) regarding approval of 
orders to leave the United States, ``Foreign Minister'' shall mean the 
Secretary of State or the Secretary's designee.
    Sec. 2. In addition and without impairment to the protections 
extended above, having found that the World Trade Organization is a 
public international organization in which the United States 
participates within the meaning of the International Organizations 
Immunities Act [22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.], I hereby designate the World 
Trade Organization as a public international organization entitled to 
enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by that Act, 
except that section 6 of that Act [22 U.S.C. 288c], providing exemption 
from property tax imposed by, or under the authority of, any Act of 
Congress, shall not extend to taxes levied on property, or that portion 
of property, that is not used for the purposes of the World Trade 
Organization. The leasing or renting by the World Trade Organization of 
its property to another entity or person to generate revenue shall not 
be considered a use for the purposes of the World Trade Organization. 
Whether property or portions thereof are used for the purposes of the 
World Trade Organization shall be determined within the sole discretion 
of the Secretary of State or the Secretary's designee. This designation 
is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges, exemptions, or 
immunities that the World Trade Organization otherwise enjoys or may 
acquire by international agreements or by congressional action.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

                       Acceptance of WTO Agreement

    Memorandum of President of the United States, Dec. 23, 1994, 60 F.R. 
1003, provided:
    Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative
    Being advised that Canada, the European Community, Mexico, Japan, 
and other major trading countries have committed to acceptance of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements, I have determined that a sufficient number of 
foreign countries are accepting the obligations of those Agreements, in 
accordance with article XIV of the Agreement Establishing the World 
Trade Organization (WTO Agreement), to ensure the effective operation 
of, and adequate benefits for the United States under, those Agreements.
    Pursuant to section 101(b) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
(Public Law 103-465; 108 Stat. 4809) [19 U.S.C. 3511(b)] and section 301 
of title 3, United States Code, I hereby direct the United States Trade 
Representative, or his designee, to accept the Uruguay Round Agreements, 
as described in section 101(d) of that Act, on behalf of the United 
States in accordance with article XIV of the WTO Agreement.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1677, 2242, 2252, 2411, 
2414, 2416, 2518, 2571, 2703, 3501, 3512, 3513, 3531, 3535, 3552, 3555, 
3571, 3572, 3581, 3591, 3602 of this title; title 7 sections 1854, 7272; 
title 17 section 104A; title 22 sections 262n-2, 6903; title 30 section 
1903; title 33 section 891e; title 42 section 12403.
