96-25010. Renewal of Treatment on Government Procurement of Products From Countries Designated Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 190 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51134-51135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25010]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


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

    Under the authority delegated to me by the President in section 1-
201 of Executive Order 12269 of December 31, 1980, I hearby direct that 
products of countries 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, 1997. That the products of Panama shall continue to be 
treated as eligible products for purposes of section 1-101 of Executive 
order 12260 until September 30, 1998. 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). Subsequent renewal of this 
treatment beyond September 30, 1997, will be subject to beneficiaries' 
support for the United States' WTO Singapore Ministerial initiative on 
an interim agreement on government procurement and efforts they make to 
accede to the GPA or to support continuing multilateral negotiations in 
the WTO in the future. Panama will be granted a two-year renewal in 
recognition of its commitment to accede to the GPA in its WTO protocol 
of accession. Countries making significant efforts to comply with these 
conditions will considered for future multiple-year renewals of 
preferential procurement status.
Charlene Barshefsky,
Acting United States Trade Representative.

List of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries for Purposes of 
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)

Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba

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Bahamas, The
Barbados
Belize
Costa Rica
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Montserrat
Netherland Antilles
Saint Kitts-Nevis
Virgin Islands, British

[FR Doc. 96-25010 Filed 9-27-96; 8:45 am]
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