WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/N/33
2 May 2001
(01-2244)
Committee on Rules of Origin
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE
 AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN
A. NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN
1. Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin envisages that each Member shall provide to
the Secretariat, within 90 days after the date of en try into force of the WTO Agreement for it, its rules
of origin, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of origin
in effect on that date.  If by inadvertence a rule of origin has not been provided, the Memberconcerned shall provide it immediately after this fact becomes known.  Lists of information received
and available within the Secretariat shall be circulated to the Members by the Secretariat.
2. Article 5.2 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin provides that during the period referred to in
Article 2, Members introducing modifications, other than de minimis  modifications, to their rules of
origin or introducing new rules of origin, which, for the purpose of this Article, shall include any ruleof origin referred to in paragraph 1 and not provided to the Secretariat, shall publish a notice to that
effect at least 60 days before the entry into force of the modified or new rule in such a manner as to
enable interested parties to become acquainted with  the intention to modify a rule of origin or to
introduce a new rule of origin, unless exceptional circumstances arise or threaten to arise for a
Member.  In these exceptional cases, the Member shall publish the modified or new rule as soon aspossible.
3. Previous notifications received are listed in th e G/RO/N/- series.  Further notifications have
been received as follows
1:
BURUNDI
(Notification in French)
Burundi does not have any non-preferential rules of origin.
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1 The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).