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WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/1
9May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1216)
Committee onRules ofOrigin
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5.1AND PARAGRAPH 4OFANNEX IIOF
THE AGREEMENT ONRULES OFORIGIN
A. Non-preferential rules oforigin
1. Article 5.1oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin provides thateachMember shallprovide to
theSecretariat, within 90daysafterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forit,itsrules
oforigin, judicial decisions, andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application relating torulesoforigin
ineffect onthatdate. Ifbyinadvertence aruleoforigin hasnotbeenprovided, theMember concerned
shallprovide itimmediately afterthisfactbecomes known. Listsofinformation received andavailable
withtheSecretariat shallbecirculated totheMembers bytheSecretariat.
2. Asof5May1995, notifications relating tonon-preferential rulesoforigin havebeenreceived
from thefollowing Members1:
Australia Korea, Republic of
Canada NewZealand
Colombia Romania
EC Slovak Republic
Hong Kong USA
Japan
3. Thefollowing Members havenotified thattheydonothavenon-preferential rulesoforigin:
Costa Rica Thailand
India Venezuela
Mauritius
B. Preferential rules oforigin
4. Paragraph 4ofAnnex IIoftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin provides thatMembers shall
provide totheSecretariat promptly theirpreferential rulesoforigin, including alisting ofthepreferential
arrangements towhich theyapply, judicial decisions, andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application
relating totheir preferential rules oforigin ineffect onthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement fortheMember concerned. Members shallprovide anymodifications totheirpreferential
rules oforigin ornewpreferential rules oforigin assoon aspossible totheSecretariat. Lists of
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheWTO, Centre William Rappard (Office 2016).
Atableofcontents ofthenotifications willbecirculated asanAddendum tothepresent document.
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information received andavailable withtheSecretariat shall becirculated totheMembers bythe
Secretariat.
5. Asof5May1995, notifications relating topreferential rules oforigin havebeenreceived
from thefollowing Members2:
Australia NewZealand
Canada Slovak Republic
EC Thailand
India USA
Mauritius Cartagena Agreement3
6. Hong Kong hasnotified thatitdoesnothavepreferential rules oforigin.
2Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheWTO, Centre William Rappard (Office 2016).
Atableofcontents ofthenotifications willbecirculated asanAddendum tothepresent document.
3Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.