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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 89 STAT. · April 24, 1975 · Proclamation 4369

Proclamation 4369.

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89 STAT. 1265 Proclamation 4369 · April 24, 1975 Agreement on Trade Relations Between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Romania By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the United States Constitution, I, as President of the United States of America, acting through duly [USC prec. title 1](/us/usc/t1).empowered representatives, entered into negotiation with duly empowered representatives of the Socialist Republic of Romania looking toward the conclusion of an agreement governing trade relations between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Romania;
The aforesaid negotiations were conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93–618, January 3, 1975; 88 Stat. 1978);[19 USC 2101](/us/usc/t19/s2101). An “Agreement on Trade Relations between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Romania,” including the annexes thereto, in the English and Romanian languages, was signed on April 2, 1975, by duly empowered representatives of the Governments of the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Romania, respectively, and is hereto annexed; 11Filed with the Office of the Federal Register as part of the original document.
The said Agreement is in conformity with the requirements relating to bilateral commercial agreements as specified in section 405(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1978, 2061);[19 USC 2435](/us/usc/t19/s2435). It is provided in Article XII of the said Agreement that it shall enter into force on the date of exchange of written notices of acceptance by the Governments of the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Romania; and It is provided in section 405(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1978, 2061) that a bilateral commercial agreement providing nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of countries heretofore denied such treatment, and a proclamation implementing such agreement, shall take effect only if approved by the Congress by the adoption of a concurrent 89 STAT. 1266resolution of approval, referred to in section 151 of the Trade Act of [19 USC 2191](/us/usc/t19/s2191).1974 (88 Stat. 1978, 2001), of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the country concerned;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by [USC prec. title 1](/us/usc/t1).[19 USC 2434](/us/usc/t19/s2434).the Constitution and the statutes, including section 404(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, do hereby proclaim as follows:
(1)This Proclamation shall become effective and said agreement shall enter into force according to its terms, and nondiscriminatory treatment shall be extended to the products of the Socialist Republic of Romania in accordance with the terms of the said Agreement, on the date of exchange of written notices of acceptance in accordance with Article XII of the said Agreement, all of the foregoing to follow the adoption by the House of Representatives and the Senate, in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 151 of the said Act, of a concurrent resolution of approval of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Socialist Republic of Romania, to the end that the same and every part of the said Agreement may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof as of the date of its entry into force; and
(2)General Headnote 3(e) of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended by deleting therefrom “Rumania” as of the effective date of this proclamation and a notice thereof shall be published in the Federal Register promptly thereafter. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-ninth. Gerald R. Ford **Editorial Note**: For the texts of the President’s message to Congress and letter to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, dated Apr. 24, 1975, concerning the U.S.-Romanian trade agreement, see the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 11, pp. 435, 437). 4370 April 30, 1975 Modifying Proclamation No. 3279, as Amended, Relating to Imports of Petroleum and Petroleum Products, and Providing for the Long-Term Control of Imports of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Through a System of License Fees Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
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