RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.174
7June1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1508)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department oftheTreasury (14)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Textiles andapparel
products (HSChapters 62,63)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Rules ofOrigin forTextile and
Apparel Products (14pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisdocument proposes toamend theCustoms Regulations to
implement theprovisions ofSection 334oftheUruguay Round Agreements Act
("The Act") regarding thecountry oforigin oftextile andapparel products. Except for
thepurpose ofidentifying products ofIsrael, theproposed rules would govern the
determination ofthecountry oforigin ofimported textile andapparel products for
purposes oflawsenforced bytheCustoms Service. Theproposed rules alsoimplement
theprovisions ofSection 334oftheActregarding thetreatment ofcomponents thatare
cuttoshape intheUnited States from foreign fabric, exported forassembly, and
returned totheUnited States. Thedocument alsoimplements previously-enacted
provisions regarding thetreatment ofarticles assembled orproduced inaCaribbean
basin initiative beneficiary country wholly from United States produced components,
materials oringredients.
7. Objective andrationale: Toimplement legislative provisions.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR27378, 23May1995; 19CFRParts 10,12and102. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1July1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 22June1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: