| Title: | WEST BANK AND GAZA |
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| Date: | 1995-03-28 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : LISA CROSBY
SUBJECT : GSP-WEST BANK AND GAZA
DATE : 03/27/95
5086071
MARCH 27, 1995
CATEGORY: GSP CO:TP LAC
TO : DISTRICT DIRECTORS
FROM : DIRECTOR
TRADE PROGRAMS DIVISION
RE : PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6788, DESIGNATING WEST
BANK AND GAZA STRIP AS A BENEFICIARY OF THE
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
PASS TO: IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS AND IMPORTERS
ON MARCH 17, 1995, PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 6788 (60 FEDERAL REGISTER 15455), DESIGNATING THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP AS A BENEFICIARY OF THE GENERALIZED
SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP).
ACTION:
1. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER APRIL 7, 1995, GENERAL
NOTE 4(A) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING "WEST BANK AND
GAZA STRIP" IN ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE IN THE ENUMERATION OF
NON-INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES. NOTE THAT THE
WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP ARE TREATED AS ONE ENTITY FOR
PURPOSES OF THE GSP.
2. THE EXTENSION OF THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
PROGRAM TO THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP PURSUANT TO THIS
PROCLAMATION APPLIES ONLY TO GOODS PRODUCED IN THE AREAS FOR
WHICH ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING ESTABLISHED FOR PALESTINIAN
INTERIM SELF-GOVERNMENT, AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLES I, III,
AND IV OF THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES ON INTERIM SELF-
GOVERNMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
ARTICLE I
AIM OF THE NEGOTIATIONS
THE AIM OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
NEGOTIATIONS WITHIN THE CURRENT MIDDLE EAST
PEACE PROCESS IS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO
ESTABLISH A PALESTINIAN INTERIM SELF-
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY, THE ELECTED COUNCIL
(THE "COUNCIL"), FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
IN THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP, FOR A
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS,
LEADING TO A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT BASED ON
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS 242 AND 338.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE INTERIM
ARRANGEMENTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
WHOLE PEACE PROCESS AND THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS
ON THE PERMANENT STATUS WILL LEAD TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS 242 AND 338.
ARTICLE III
ELECTIONS
1. IN ORDER THAT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP MAY GOVERN
THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATIC
PRINCIPLES, DIRECT, FREE AND GENERAL
POLITICAL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD FOR THE
COUNCIL UNDER AGREED SUPERVISION AND
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION, WHILE THE
PALESTINIAN POLICE WILL ENSURE PUBLIC ORDER.
2. AN AGREEMENT WILL BE CONCLUDED ON
THE EXACT MODE AND CONDITIONS OF THE
ELECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTOCOL
ATTACHED AS ANNEX I,WITH THE GOAL OF HOLDING
THE ELECTIONS NOT LATER THAN NINE MONTHS
AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE DECLARATION
OF PRINCIPLES.
3. THESE ELECTIONS WILL CONSTITUTE A
SIGNIFICANT INTERIM PREPARATORY STEP TOWARD
THE REALIZATION OF THE LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OF
THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND THEIR JUST
REQUIREMENTS.
ARTICLE IV
JURISDICTION
JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL WILL COVER
WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP TERRITORY, EXCEPT
FOR ISSUES THAT WILL BE NEGOTIATED IN THE
PERMANENT STATUS NEGOTIATIONS. THE TWO SIDES
VIEW THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP AS A
SINGLE TERRITORIAL UNIT, WHOSE INTEGRITY WILL
BE PRESERVED DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD.
AGREED MINUTES TO THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES ON
INTERIM SELF-GOVERNMENT ARRANGEMENTS
B. SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS
ARTICLE IV
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT:
1. JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL WILL COVER
WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP TERRITORY,
EXCEPT FOR ISSUES THAT WILL BE
NEGOTIATED IN THE PERMANENT STATUS
NEGOTIATIONS: JERUSALEM, SETTLEMENTS,
MILITARY LOCATIONS, AND ISRAELIS.
PERSONS WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING CUSTOMS-RELATED ASPECTS OF
THIS NOTICE MAY CONTACT LISA CROSBY, TRADE PROGRAMS DIVISION, AT
(202) 927-0163.
JOYCE METGZER