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terminated whenever the Board determines that the operation of the Agreement is no longer the primary factor in causing separations from the firm or appropriate subdivision thereof. Whenever the Board has reason to believe that such certification should be terminated, it shall promptly make an investigation and promptly inform the group of workers and firm concerned of that fact.

(b) Within ten (10) days of being so informed interested persons may make written submissions to show why termination of certification should not be effected. At its discretion the Board may afford interested persons an opportunity to present their views orally if so requested within the ten-day period. § 501.16

Notices.

(a) The Board shall cause to be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

(1) a notice of the establishment of subsidiary bodies and delegations of functions (where appropriate for the guidance of prospective petitioners and other interested persons);

(2) a summary of each final determination made by the Board with respect to a certification of eligibility or termination of such certification;

(3) a notice of each certification of eligibility issued by the Board;

(4) a notice that an investigation has been initiated by the Board with respect to termination of a certification of eligibility;

(5) a notice of each termination by the Board of a certifiication of eligibility;

(b) Following a certification, a refusal to certify, or a termination of a certification, the Board shall promptly transmit notice to such effect, with the basis for the action, to the petitioner concerned.

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TRADE EXPANSION ACT OF 1962, AS AMENDED

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This Act may be cited as the "Trade Expansion Act of 1962".

§ 102 Statement of purposes.

The purposes of this Act are, through trade agreements affording mutual trade benefits

(1) to stimulate the economic growth of the United States and maintain and enlarge foreign markets for the products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce;

(2) to strengthen economic relations with foreign countries through the development of open and nondiscriminatory trading in the free world; and

(3) to prevent Communist economic penetration.

TITLE II-TRADE AGREEMENTS CHAPTER 1-GENERAL AUTHORITY § 201 Basic authority for trade agree

ments.

(a) Whenever the President determines that any existing duties or other import restrictions of any foreign coun

try or the United States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that any of the purposes stated in section 102 will be promoted thereby, the President may

(1) after June 30, 1962, and before July 1, 1967, enter into trade agreements with foreign countries or instrumentalities thereof; and

(2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty or other import restriction, such continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional import restrictions, as he determines to be required or appropriate to carry out any such trade agreement.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this title, no proclamation pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made

(1) decreasing any rate of duty to a rate below 50 percent of the rate existing on July 1, 1962; or

(2) increasing any rate of duty to (or imposing) a rate more than 50 percent above the rate existing on July 1, 1934. § 202

Low-rate articles.

Section 201(b) (1) shall not apply in the case of any article for which the rate of duty existing on July 1, 1962, is not more than 5 percent ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent). In the case of an article subject to more than one rate of duty, the preceding sentence shall be applied by taking into account the aggregate of such rates.

CHAPTER 2-SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

§ 211 In general.

(a) In the case of any trade agreement with the European Economic Community, section 201(b) (1) shall not apply to articles in any category if, be

fore entering into such trade agreement, the President determines with respect to such category that the United States and all countries of the European Economic Community together accounted for 80 percent or more of the aggregated world export value of all the articles in such category.

(b) For purposes of subsection (a) — (1) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall

(A) after taking into account the availability of trade statistics, select a system of comprehensive classification of articles by category, and

(B) make public his selection of such system.

(2) As soon as practicable after the President has selected a system pursuant to paragraph (1), the Tariff Commission shall

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(A) determine the articles within each category of such system, and (B) make public its determinations. The determination of the Tariff Commission as to the articles included in any category may be modified only by the Tariff Commission. Such modification by the Tariff Commission may be made only for the purpose of correction, and may be made only before the date on which the first list of articles specifying this section is furnished by the President to the Tariff Commission pursuant to section 221.

(c) For the purpose of making a determination under subsection (a) with respect to any category

(1) The determination of the countries of the European Economic Community shall be made as of the date of the request under subsection (d).

(2) The President shall determine "aggregated world export value" with respect to any category of articles—

(A) on the basis of a period which he determines to be representative for such category, which period shall be included in the most recent 5-year period before the date of the request under subsection (d) for which statistics are available and shall contain at least 2 one-year periods,

(B) on the basis of the dollar value of exports as shown by trade statistics in use by the Department of Commerce, and

(C) by excluding exports

(1) from any country of the European Economic Community to another such country, and

(ii) to or from any country or area which, at any time during the representative period, was denied trade agreement benefits under section 231, or under section 5 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, or under section 401(a) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962.

(d) Before the President makes a determination under subsection (a) with respect to any category, the Tariff Commission shall (upon request of the President) make findings as to

(1) the representative period for such category,

(2) the aggregated world export value of the articles falling within such category, and

(3) the percentage of the aggregated world export value of such articles accounted for by the United States and the countries of the European Economic Community,

and shall advise the President of such findings.

(e) The exception to section 201(b) (1) provided by subsection (a) shall not apply to any article referred to in Agricultural Handbook No. 143, United States Department of Agriculture, as issued in September 1959.

§ 212 Agricultural commodities.

In the case of any trade agreement with the European Economic Community, section 201(b) (1) shall not apply to any article referred to in Agricultural Handbook No. 143, United States Department of Agriculture, as issued in September 1959, if before entering into such agreement the President determines that such agreement will tend to assure the maintenance or expansion of United States exports of the like article.

§ 213 Tropical agricultural and forestry commodities.

(a) Section 201(b)(1) shall not apply to any article if, before entering into the trade agreement covering such articles, the President determines that

(1) such article is a tropical agricultural or forestry commodity;

(2) the like article is not produced in significant quantities in the United States; and

(3) the European Economic Community has made a commitment with respect to duties or other import restrictions which is likely to assure access for such article to the markets of the European Economic Community which—

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