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WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/4
7August 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2314)
Committee onRules ofOrigin
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5.1AND PARAGRAPH 4OFANNEX IIOF
THE AGREEMENT ONRULES OFORIGIN
A. Non-preferential rules oforigin
1. Article 5.1oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin provides thateachMember shallprovide to
theSecretariat, within 90daysafterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forit,itsrules
oforigin, judicial decisions, andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application relating torulesoforigin
ineffect onthatdate. Ifbyinadvertence aruleoforigin hasnotbeenprovided, theMember concerned
shallprovide itimmediately afterthisfactbecomes known. Listsofinformation received andavailable
withtheSecretariat shallbecirculated totheMembers bytheSecretariat.
2. Previous notifications received arelisted intheearlier documents intheG/RO/N/- series.
Asof27July1995, further notifications havebeenreceived asfollows1:
JAMAICA
(Notification inEnglish)
Jamaica doesnotmaintain non-preferential rules oforigin, andhasnotmade anyjudicial decisions
oradministrative rulings ofgeneral application.
PERU
(Notification inSpanish)
Peruhasnonon-preferential rules oforigin.
SWITZERLAND
(Notification inFrench)
- Federal Council Ordinance of4July1984containing provisions relating toautonomous non-
preferential rules oforigin.
Switzerland does nothave judicial oradministrative decisions ofgeneral application concerning
autonomous non-preferential rules oforigin.
MALTA
(Notification inEnglish)
Note oncriteria determining origin.
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheWTO, Centre William Rappard (Office 2016).G/RO/N/4
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B. Preferential rules oforigin
3. Paragraph 4ofAnnex IIoftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin provides 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 withtheSecretariat shall becirculated totheMembers bythe
Secretariat.
4. Previous notifications received arelisted intheearlier documents intheG/RO/N/- series.
Asof27July1995, further notifications havebeenreceived asfollows1.
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
(Notification inEnglish)
SeeASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement.
INDONESIA
(Notification inEnglish)
SeeASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement.
JAMAICA
(Notification inEnglish)
Preferential rulesoforigin forgoods fromtheCaribbean Community (CARICOM) -relevant extract
from theTreaty ofChaguaramas:
- Schedule II:Listofconditions tobecomplied withasprovided under Article 14oftheAnnex
totheTreaty andtherules regarding Common Market origin.
MALAYSIA
(Notification inEnglish)
SeeASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement.
MALTA
(Notification inEnglish)
Noteonrulesoforigin applicable toimports fromEU,andonorigin determination relating toexports
toEUandGSPdonor countries.
PHILIPPINES
(Notification inEnglish)
SeeASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement.
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheWTO, Centre William Rappard (Office 2016).G/RO/N/4
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SINGAPORE
(Notification inEnglish)
SeeASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement.
THAILAND
(Notification inEnglish)
SeeASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement.
ASEAN PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENT1
(Notification inEnglish)
- Rules oforigin fortheASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme;
- Operational certification procedures forrules oforigin oftheCEPT Scheme;
- Protocol onimprovements ontheextension oftariffpreferences under theASEAN Preferential
Trading Arrangement;
- Agreement onASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement.
1Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.