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VOLUME 20

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NUMBER 126

Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 1955

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 3099
C arrying O u t the S upplem entary A greement W it h S witzerland BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

1. WHEREAS, pursuant to the au thority vested in the President by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on January 9,1936, he entered into a trade agreement with the Swiss Federal Council, including two schedules and a declaration annexed thereto 49
Stat. pt. 2 3918, and by a proclama tion of January 9, 1936 49 Stat. pt. 2
3917, he proclaimed the said trade agreement, which proclamation has been supplemented by a proclamation of May 7, 1936 49 Stat. pt. 2 3959, and a proclamation of November 28, 1940 54
Stat. pt. 2 2461;
2. WHEREAS the said trade agree ment specified in the first recital was supplemented on October 13, 1950, by certain provisions set forth in the 13th recital of the Presidents proclamation of November 26, 1951 Proclamation No.
2954, 66 Stat. C6 ;
3. WHEREAS, by Proclamation No.
3062 of July 27, 1954 3 CFR, 1954 Supp., p. 29, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in the President by sec tion 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and by section 7 c of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, and in accordance with the said trade agreement specified in the first recital as supplemented on October 13, 1950, the President proclaimed modifications of duty concessions granted by the United States with respect to certain products described in item 367 a of Schedule H of the said trade agreement, effective at the close of business July 27, 1954;
4. WHEREAS the said trade agree ment specified in the first recital, as supplemented on October 13, 1950, pro vides for compensatory modifications thereof, whenever action is taken pur suant to Paragraph 1 of the supple mental provisions referred to in the sec ond recital of this proclamation, in order to maintain, to the extent practicable, the general level of reciprocal and mu
tually advantageous concessions in the said trade agreement;
5. WHEREAS I have found as a fact that under the circumstances recited above existing duties or other import restrictions of the United States of America or of Switzerland are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States of America;
6. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 3
a of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 65 Stat. 72, I transmitted to the United States Tariff Commission for investigation and report a list of all articles imported into the United States of America to be considered for possible modification of duties and other import restrictions, imposition of additional im port restrictions, or continuance of existing customs or excise treatment in trade-agreement negotiations with Switzerland looking towards possible restoration of the general level of re ciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions in the said trade agreement, and the said Tariff Commission has made an investigation in accordance with section 3 of said Trade Agreements Extension Act and thereafter reported to the President its findings based thereon;
7. WHEREAS reasonable public notice of the intention to negotiate a supple mentary trade agreement with Switzer land was given and the views presented by persons interested in the negotiation of such supplementary agreement were received and considered;
8. WHEREAS, after seeking and ob taining information and advice with respect thereto from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, and De fense, and from other sources, I entered into a trade agreement on June 8, 1955, with the Swiss Federal Council, further supplementing the said trade agreement specified in the first recital, a copy of which supplementary agreement of June 8, 1955, including the supplemental schedule annexed thereto, authentic in both the English and French languages, is annexed to this proclamation;
9. WHEREAS I find that the compen satory modifications provided for in the said supplementary trade agreement specified in the eighth recital constitute appropriate action toward maintaining the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions in the said trade agreement specified in the first recital, and that the purpose set Continued on p. 4563

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation Page C a r r y i n g out supplementary agreement with Switzerland 4561
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See Commodity Credit Corpora tion; Commodity Stabilization Service.
Civil Aeronautics Administra tion Rules and regulations:
Restricted areas; alterations 2
documents ________________
Standard instrument approach procedure; alterations______
Civil Aeronautics Board Proposed rule making:
Turbine-powered airplanes ; ap plicability of control of engine rotation and instrumentation requirements______________
Civil Service Commission Rules and regulations:
Competitive service, exceptions from:
Commerce Department_____
Defense Department and Ag riculture Department-------Health, Education, and Wel fare Department_________
Treasury Department and In terior Department_______
Group life insurance; effective dates of insurance coverage_
Commerce Department See Civil Aeronautics Administra tion; Foreign Commerce Bu reau.
Commodity Credit Corporation Rules and regulations:
Grains and related commodi ties; crop price support pro grams for 1955 crop------------Wheat and wheat flour export payment program IW A:
Termination of terms and conditions of 1954-55 pro gram______
Terms and conditions of 195556 program____ __________
Commodity Stabilization Service See also Commodity C r e d i t Corporation.
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