WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/36
29 April 1999
(99-1743)
Committee on Rules of Origin
HARMONIZATION OF RULES OF ORIGIN
The following communication was sent on 23 April 1999  by the Chairman of the Committee
on Rules of Origin to the Chairman of the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin, as agreed by the
Committee on Rules of Origin at its meeting on 23 April 1999.
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"The Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO), at its meeting held on 23 April 1999, has
discussed the report of the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin (TCRO) on progress made at itsSixteenth Session (document G/RO/35, dated 19 April 1999).  The CRO recognized the significant
amount of time and effort devoted by the TCRO  to the Harmonization Work Programme (HWP) and
welcomed the energetic participation of Members in the work under the HWP and the confirmation of
their commitment to achieving the objective of harmonization.
In the context of the forthcoming Seventeenth Session of the TCRO to be held from 17-28
May 1999 in Brussels, the CRO recalls that the TCRO shall submit the final result of its work on the
continuation of the HWP to the CRO by the end of May 1999 for final consideration by the CRO
(document G/RO/25, dated 7 July 1998).  The CRO looks forward to receiving the final result of the
TCRO's work as mandated.
Would you kindly bring the above to the attention of members of the Technical Committee on
Rules of Origin."
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