WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/85
18 June 2002
(02-3380)
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 28 June 2002.  Consensus on the
basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meeting in April 2002.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 431:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 15.01 should
read "CTH", except from heading 02.09).
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 442:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 15.03 should
read "CTH", except from heading 15.01 or 15.02).
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 1013:  to endorse option B (the proposed rule "CTSH" for split
subheadings ex2204.21(b) and ex2204.29(b) should be deleted;  and the proposed rule "CTH"
for subheading 2204.30 should be deleted).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 164:  to endorse option B (the split headings ex51.11(a) to
ex51.13(a), ex52.08(a) to ex52.12(a), ex53.09(a) to ex53.11(a), ex54.07(a), ex54.08(a) and
ex55.12(a) to ex55.16(a) should be deleted).
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 445:  to endorse option D for split heading ex60.01(c) (the split
heading ex60.01(c) should be deleted).
- Chapters 74-81 – Issue No. 176:  to endorse the following primary rules:  "CTH" for
subheadings 7419.10, 7419.91, 7616.91 and split heading ex75.08(a);  "CTSH" forsubheadings 7419.99 and 7616.99;  and "CTHS" for split heading ex75.08(c)).
- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issue No. 55:  to delete this issue.- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issue No. 71:  to delete this issue.- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issue Nos. 72, 73 and 74A:  to delete these issues
7.
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1 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Japan and
Morocco.
2 Consensus on this issue is subject to Guatemala, Japan and New Zealand.
3 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia, Japan and Malaysia.
4 Consensus on this issue is subject to India, Pakistan and Singapore.
5 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia and Singapore.
6 Consensus on this issue is subject to Canada, Mexico, the Philippines and Venezuela.
7 Two options are to be kept in the relevant documents.