RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/73
29 November 2001
(01-6092)
Committee on Rules of Origin
DRAFT
SEVENTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN
Note by the Secretariat
Article 6:1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin provides that "the Committee shall review
annually the implementation and operation of Part II and Part III of this Agreement having regard to
its objectives".  This background document is circulated by the Secretariat in preparation for theseventh annual review of the implementation and ope ration of the Agreement on Rules of Origin, to
be conducted at the meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin on 10 December 2001.G/RO/W/73
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Table of contents
1. Members and Observer status.................................................................................................3
(a) WTO Memb ers (142)........................................................................................................... .......3
(b) Observer Gove rnments (39)................................................................................................... .....3
(c) Observer Internationa l Organizati ons (9) ...................................................................................4
2. Officers of the Committ ee on Rules of  Origin........................................................................4
3. Meetings of the Committe e on Rules of Origin ......................................................................4
4. Annual Report to the Council for Trade in Goods ................................................................4G/RO/W/73
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1. Members and Observer status
(a) WTO Members (142)
Albania Dominican Republic Kyrgyz Republic Qatar
Angola Ecuador Latvia Romania
Antigua and Barbuda Egypt Lesotho Rwanda
Argentina El Salvador Liechtenstein Saint Kitts and NevisAustralia Estonia Lithuania Saint LuciaAustria European Community Luxembourg Saint Vincent and theBahrain Republic of the Fiji Macao, China    Grenadines
Bangladesh    Islands Madagascar Senegal
Barbados Finland Malawi Sierra LeoneBelgium France Malaysia SingaporeBelize Gabon Maldives Slovak RepublicBenin The Gambia Mali SloveniaBolivia Georgia Malta Solomon Islands
Botswana Germany Mauritania South Africa
Brazil Ghana Mauritius SpainBrunei Darussalam Greece Mexico Sri LankaBulgaria Grenada Moldova SurinameBurkina Faso Guatemala Mongolia SwazilandBurundi Guinea, Republic of Morocco Sweden
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Switzerland
Canada Guyana Myanmar TanzaniaCentral African Republic Haiti Namibia ThailandChad Honduras Netherlands TogoChile Hong Kong, China New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia Hungary Nicaragua Tunisia
Congo Iceland Niger TurkeyCosta Rica India Nigeria UgandaCôte d'Ivoire Indonesia Norway United Arab EmiratesCroatia Ireland Oman United KingdomCuba Israel Pakistan United States
Cyprus Italy Panama Uruguay
Czech Republic Jamaica Papua New Guinea VenezuelaDemocratic Republic of Japan Paraguay Zambia   the Congo Jordan Peru ZimbabweDenmark Kenya PhilippinesDjibouti Korea Poland
Dominica Kuwait Portugal
(b) Observer Governments (39)
Algeria Eritrea Sao Tome and Principe
Andorra Ethiopia Saudi ArabiaArmenia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia SeychellesAzerbaijan Holy See Sudan
Bahamas Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei
Belarus Lao, People's Democratic Republic of TajikistanBhutan Lebanon TongaBosnia and Herzegovina Liberia UkraineCambodia Libya Uzbekistan
Cape Verde Nepal Vanuatu
China, People's Republic of Russian Federation Viet NamComoros Samoa YemenEquatorial Guinea San Marino Yugoslavia, Federal Republic ofG/RO/W/73
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(c) Observer International Organizations (9)
ACP
EFTA
IADB
IMFITCB
OECD
UNCTAD
WCO
World Bank
2. Officers of the Committee on Rules of Origin
Chairman: Mr. Ho Young Ahn (Korea)
Vice-Chairman: Mr. Stefan Moser (Switzerland)
3. Meetings of the Committee on Rules of Origin
3.1 The Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) has held four formal meetings on
16 March/4 April, 18 May, 23 July, 8 October [and 10 December 2001].  The minutes of these
meetings are contained in documents G/RO/M/35-[38].
3.2 With regard to the work under Part II  of the Agreement on Rules of Origin (the Agreement),
the CRO, at its meeting in May 2000, discussed an issue "United States information on aspects ofGermany's policy pertaining to certificates of origin.  The Members concerned informed the CRO that
informal consultations were ongoing.  The Chairman stated that for purposes of transparency the CRO
would benefit from the report by the related part ies to the CRO on the outcome of the consultations
(G/RO/M/36, paragraphs 5.1-5.3).
3.3 With regard to the work under Part III  of the Agreement, the CRO, at each meeting, took
note of the notifications under Article 5 and paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement.  To date
77 Members have made notifications of non-preferential rules of origin and 81 Members have made
notifications of preferential rules of origin (see Annex).  The Chairman expressed concern that a
number of Members had not yet complied with the notification requirements.  He urged Members
who had not yet notified to do so as early as possible (G/RO/M/34-37);
3.4 Apart from the above-summarized implementation and operation under Parts II and III  of
the Agreement, most of the CRO’s formal and informal sessions were devoted to its work under
Part IV,  namely the Harmonization Work Programme (HWP).  The Chairman of the Committee made
a report to the General Council on the progress of the HWP at every regular sessions of the General
Council, as well as the General Council’s Special Session on Implementation held on 3 October 2001.The CTG may wish to refer to the record of those reports contained in the minutes of the General
Council (WT/GC/M/63, paragraphs 152-155;  WT/GC/M/65, paragraphs 152-157 and Annex 1;
WT/GC/M/66, paragraphs 155-182 and Anne x 1; and G/RO/48 and G/RO/48/Add.1).
4. Annual Report to the Council for Trade in Goods
The CRO adopted its report to the CTG at its meeting on 8 October 2001 (G/L/490/Rev.1).G/RO/W/73
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ANNEX
1. Members that have notified Non- Preferential Rules of Origin (36)
Argentina (G/RO/N/2, 10 & 16) Israel (G/RO/N/13) Poland (G/RO/N/8)
Australia (G/RO/N/1) Japan (G/RO/N/1) Qatar (G/RO/N/25)
Burkina Faso (G/RON/19) Korea (G/RO/N/1) Romania (G/RO/N/1)Bulgaria (G/RO/N/17 & 27) Jordan (G/RO/N/30) Senegal (G/RO/N/10)Canada (G/RO/N/1) Latvia (G/RO/N/25) Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/1)Colombia (G/RO/N/1) Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) Slovenia (G/RO/N/5, 7, 29 & 29/Rev.1)
Cuba (G/ RO/N/3) Mexico (G/RO/N/12) South Africa (G/RO/N/3)
Czech Rep. (G/RO/N/2) Morocco (G/RO/N/2) Switzerland (G/RO/N/4)EC (G/RO/N/1) New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) Tunisia (G/RO/N/7)Estonia (G/RO/N/34) Niger (G/RON/19) Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28)Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1, 24 & 30) Norway (G/RO/N/8) US (G/RO/N/1 & 6)Hungary (G/RO/N/2) Peru (G/RO/N/4 & 5) Venezuela  (G/RO/N/1 & 10)
2. Members that have notified that they do not have Non-Preferential Rules of Origin (41)
Bolivia (G/RO/N/9) Honduras (G/RO/N/3) Oman (G/RO/N/32)
Brazil (G/RO/N/14) Iceland (G/RO/N/5) Pakistan (G/RO/N/16)
Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/5) India (G/RO/N/1) Panama (G/RO/N/23)Burundi (G/RO/N/33) Indonesia (G/RO/N/16) Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32)Chad (G/RO/N22) Jamaica (G/RO/N/4) Paraguay (G/RO/N/21)Chile (G/RO/N/6) Kenya (G/RO/N/9) Philippines (G/RO/N/6)Costa Rica (G/RO/N/1) Macao, China (G/RO/N/21) Singapore (G/RO/N/3)
Cyprus ((G/RON/19) Malaysia (G/RO/N/6) Suriname (G/RO/N/24)
Dominica (G/RO/N/24) Maldives (G/RO/N/22) Thailand (G/RO/N/1)Dominican Rep. (G/RO/N/9) Malta (G/RO/N/4) Trinidad & Tob. (G/RO/N/7)El Salvador (G/RO/N/10) Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) Uganda (G/RO/N/12)Fiji (G/RO/N/17) Mongolia (G/RO/N/20) United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17)Guatemala (G/RO/N/21) Namibia (G/RO/N/26) Uruguay (G/RO/N/12)
Haiti (G/RO/N/20) Nicaragua (G/RO/N/10)
3. Members that have not notified N on-Preferential Rules of Origin (50)
Albania Egypt Mozambique
Angola Gabon MyanmarAntigua & Barbuda The Gambia NigeriaBahrain Georgia RwandaBangladesh Ghana Saint Kitts & NevisBarbados Grenada Saint Lucia
Belize Guinea Bissau Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Benin Guinea, Rep. of Sierra LeoneBotswana Guyana Solomon IslandsCameroon Kuwait Sri LankaCentral African Rep Kyrgyz Rep. Swaziland
Congo Lesotho Tanzania
Côte d'Ivoire Liechtenstein TogoCroatia Lithuania ZambiaD.R. of Congo Malawi ZimbabweDjibouti MaliEcuador MauritaniaG/RO/W/73
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4. Members that have notified Preferential Rules of Origin  (78)
Argentina (G/RO/N/16) Iceland (G/RO/N/15, 22 & 23) Panama (G/RO/N/23)
Australia (G/RO/N/1) India (G/RO/N/1) Paraguay (G/RO/N/12)
Bolivia (G/RO/N/1, 22&23) Indonesia (G/RO/N/4) Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32)
Brazil (G/RO/N/12) Israel (G/RO/N/13) Peru (G/RO/N/1)Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/4) Jamaica (G/RO/N/4) Philippines (G/RO/N/4)Bulgaria (G/RO/N/15, 22, 23 & 27) Japan (G/RO/N/6) Poland (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23)Burkina Faso (G/RO/N/19) Jordan (G/RON/30) Qatar (G/RO/N/25)
Canada (G/RO/N/1, 6 & 8) Kenya (G/RO/N/9) Romania (G/RO/N/14, 22 & 23, 29 &
Chad (G/RO/N/22) Korea (G/RO/N/7)      29/Rev.9)Chile (G/RO/N/6) Latvia (G/RO/N/25) Senegal (G/RO/N/10)Colombia (G/RO/N/1) Liechtenstein (G/RO/N/22) Singapore (G/RO/N/3 & 4)Costa Rica (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/1, 22 & 23)Côte d'Ivoire (G/RO/N/11) Malaysia (G/RO/N/4) Slovenia (G/RO/N/5, 7, 22 & 23)
Cuba (G/RO/N/3) Maldives (G/RO/N/22) Suriname (G/RO/N/24)
Cyprus (G/RO/N/19) Mali (G/RON/35) Switzerland (G/RO/N/6, 22, 23, 29 & 30)Czech Rep. (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) Malta (G/RO/ N/4) Thailand (G/RO/N/1 & 4)Dominica(G/RO/N/24) Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) Trinidad &Tob. (G/RO/N/7 & 24)Dominican Rep. (G/RO/N/5) Mexico (G/RO/N/12) Tunisia (G/RO/N/7)EC (G/RO/N/1) Mongolia (G/RO/N/20) Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28)
Ecuador (G/RO/N/12) Morocco (G/RO/N/2) Uganda (G/RO/N/12)
El Salvador (G/RO/N/10, 11&30) Namibia (G/RO/N/26) United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17)Estonia (G/RON/31) New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) US (G/RO/N/1 , 6 & 18)Fiji (G/RO/N/17) Nicaragua (G/RO/N/10) Uruguay (G/RO/N/5)Guatemala (G/RO/N/21) Niger (G/RO/N/19) Venezuela (G/RO/N/1)
Haiti (G/RO/N/20) Norway (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23) Zambia (G/RO/N/15)
Honduras (G/RO/N/3 & 10) Oman (G/RO/N/32)Hungary (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) Pakistan (G/RO/N/16)
5. Members that have notified that they do not  have Preferential Rules of Origin (3)
Burundi (G/RO/N/34)
Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1)
Macao, China (G/RO/N/21)G/RO/W/73
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6. Members that have not notified Preferential Rules of Origin (46)
Albania Gabon Myanmar
Angola Gambia Nigeria
Antigua & Barbuda Georgia Rwanda
Bahrain Ghana St. Kitts & NevisBangladesh Grenada Saint LuciaBarbados Guinea Bissau Saint Vincent & GrenadinesBelize Guinea, Rep. of Sierra Leone
Benin Guyana Solomon Islands
Botswana Lesotho South AfricaCameroon Lithuania Sri LankaCent. African Rep. Kuwait SwazilandCongo Kyrgyz Rep. TanzaniaCroatia Malawi Togo
D.R. of Congo Mali Zimbabwe
Djibouti MauritaniaEgypt Mozambique
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