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WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/8
5March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0782)
Committee onRules ofOrigin
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5AND PARAGRAPH 4OFANNEX IIOF
THE AGREEMENT ONRULES OFORIGIN
A. Non-preferential rules oforigin
1. Article 5.1oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin envisages thateachMember shallprovide
totheSecretariat, within 90daysafterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forit,its
rules oforigin, judicial decisions andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application relating torules
oforigin ineffect onthatdate. Ifbyinadvertence aruleoforigin hasnotbeenprovided, theMember
concerned shallprovide itimmediately afterthisfactbecomes known. Listsofinformation received
andavailable within theSecretariat shallbecirculated totheMembers bytheSecretariat.
2. Article 5.2oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin provides thatduring theperiod referred to
inArticle 2,Members introducing modifications, other thandeminimis modifications, totheirrules
oforigin orintroducing newrulesoforigin, which, forthepurpose ofthisArticle, shallinclude any
ruleoforigin referred toinparagraph 1andnotprovided totheSecretariat, shallpublish anotice to
thateffect atleast60daysbefore theentry intoforce ofthemodified ornewruleinsuchamanner
astoenable interested parties tobecome acquainted withtheintention tomodify aruleoforigin or
tointroduce anewruleoforigin, unless exceptional circumstances arise orthreaten toarise fora
Member. Inthese exceptional cases, theMember shallpublish themodified ornewruleassoonas
possible.
3. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
beenreceived asfollows:1
NORWAY
(Notification inNorwegian)
- Norwegianregulationontheimplementationofimportregulationsof1November1983pursuant
toActNo.29of13December 1946.
POLAND
(Notification inEnglish)
Article 2.14oftheCustoms Law.
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).G/RO/N/8
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TURKEY2
(Notification inEnglish)
- Article 67ofTurkish Customs Law.
- Articles 261-270oftheCustoms Regulation .
B. Preferential rules oforigin
1. Paragraph 4ofAnnex IIoftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin envisages thatMembers shall
provide totheSecretariat promptly theirpreferential rulesoforigin, including alisting ofthepreferential
arrangements towhich theyapply, judicial decisions, andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application
relating totheir preferential rules oforigin ineffect onthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement fortheMember concerned. Members shallprovide anymodifications totheirpreferential
rules oforigin ornewpreferential rules oforigin assoon aspossible totheSecretariat. Lists of
information received andavailable within theSecretariat shall becirculated toMembers bythe
Secretariat.
2. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
beenreceived asfollows:3
CANADA
(Notification inFrench andEnglish)
Technical Rectifications and1996Amendments totheRules ofOrigin oftheNorth American
FreeTrade Agreement (NAFTA).4These changes affect Annex 401,Table 308.1.1 ofAnnex 308.1
andAnnex 403.1 oftheNAFTA.
JAPAN
(Notification inJapanese withprovisional translation intoEnglish)
Modifications toArticle numbers:
Cabinet Order forEnforcement oftheTemporary Tariff Measures Law.5Articles 22-7, 22-8, 22-9,
22-10, 22-11, 22-12, 22-15 and22-17 oftheabove Cabinet Order havebecome Articles 50,51,52,
53,54,55,58and60respectively since theentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forJapan.
NORWAY
(Notification inEnglish)
Preferentialrulesoforiginareappliedforthearrangementslistedbelow(therelevantProposition
totheStorting6(No.andyear) anddateofentry intoforce aregiven inparentheses):
2Turkish rules oforigin willbeharmonized bytaking intoaccount theEUrules oforigin inthecontext of
theCustoms Union between Turkey andtheEU.
3Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).
4Canada 'snotification ofrules oforigin oftheNAFTA iscontained indocument G/RO/N/1/Add.1.
5Japan 'snotification ofthisCabinet Order iscontained indocument G/RO/N/6.
6TheNorwegian Parliament.G/RO/N/8
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- TheEuropean Economic Area Agreement (No.100of1991/92; 1.1.94)
- TheEFTA Convention (No.75of1959/60; 1.7.73)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EC-Norway (No.126of1972/73; 1.7.73)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Turkey (No.62of1991/92; 15.4.92)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Czech Republic (No.85of1991/92; 1.7.92)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Slovak Republic (No.85of1991/92; 1.7.92)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Israel (No.6of1992/93; 1.1.93) -covering also
Gaza andtheWest Bank
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Romania (No.59of1992/93; 1.7.93)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Bulgaria (No.98of1992/93; 1.7.93)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Hungary (No.75of1992/93; 1.10.93)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Poland (No.41of1992/93; 15.11.93)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement EFTA-Slovenia (No.57of1994/95; 1.7.95)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement Norway-Estonia (No.85of1992/93; 1.7.92)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement Norway-Latvia (No.85of1992/93; 1.7.92)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement Norway-Lithuania (No.85of1992/93; 1.7.92)
- TheFreeTrade Agreement Norway-The Faroe Islands (No.49of1992/93; 1.9.92)
- TheGeneralized System ofPreferences (Royal Decree of3September 1971)
Goods originating inGreenland canbeimported freeofduty. Therulesoforigin areidentical
tothose oftheEFTA Convention (Agreement of21December 1984).
POLAND
(Notification inEnglish)
Preferential rules oforigin relating tothefreetrade agreements concluded bytheRepublic
ofPoland havebeennotified asfollows:
- EC/RP Agreement, Protocol 4onrules oforigin: L/6992/Add.1 (Polish Journal ofLaws
No.11/94, item38).
- EFTA/RP Agreement, Protocol B:L/7372/Add.1 (Polish Journal ofLaws No.129/94,
item638).
- Central European FreeTrade Agreement (CEFTA) concluded bytheCzech Republic, the
Republic ofHungary, theRepublic ofPoland andtheSlovak Republic; theRepublic ofSlovenia
hasjoined theAgreement, onaprovisional basis, asof1January 1996: L/7495/Add.1 (Polish
Journal ofLaws No.129/94, item637).
TURKEY7
(Notification inEnglish)
- Articles 67and67/aofTurkish Customs Law.
- Articles 261-270 oftheCustoms Regulation.
7Turkish rules oforigin willbeharmonized bytaking intoaccount theEUrules oforigin inthecontext of
theCustoms Union between Turkey andtheEU.G/RO/N/8
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- Agreementsinwhichpreferentialtariffmeasuresandrulesoforiginarecontainedareasfollows:
• Agreement between theEFTA States andTurkey, doneatGeneva on10December
1991; Protocol BoftheAgreement, concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of
"Originating Products" andmethods ofadministrative cooperation.
• Protocol onPreferential Tariffs, andAdditional Protocol ofPreferential Tariffs, among
Turkey, Pakistan andIran, members ofEconomic Cooperation Organization, done
atTehran on23May1991andon17February 1992respectively; origin requirements
andcustoms house procedure onimportation ofgoods claiming preferential tariff
treatment among ECO countries.