RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/53
28 March 2000
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Committee on Rules of Origin
ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS ON HARMONIZED RULES OF ORIGIN
The following proposals on harmonized rules of origin are forwarded for endorsement to the
formal meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin scheduled for 14 April 2000.  Consensus wasreached on these proposals at the plurilateral meetings in October 1999 and February 2000.
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- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 9:  to endorse option A (origin rule of subheading 4808.10 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 72-73 – Issue No. 1 (c):  to endorse option B (origin rule of split heading ex72.22(a)
should read "CTH, except from heading 72.21";  origin rule of split heading ex72.28(a)should read "CTH, except from heading 72.27").
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