RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/RO/W/1
21April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0974)
Committee onRules ofOrigin
WORKING LANGUAGES OFTHE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
ONRULES OFORIGIN
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Atitsmeeting on4April 1995, theCommittee onRules ofOrigin mandated itsChairman
torequest theWorld Customs Organization toensure thatwork intheTechnical Committee onRules
ofOrigin becarried outinEnglish, French andSpanish.
2. ThefollowingcommunicationwassentbytheChairmanon6April1995totheSecretary-General
oftheWorld Customs Organization, withacopytotheChairman oftheTechnical Committee onRules
ofOrigin.
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Sir,
Atitsmeeting on20February 1995, theWTO Council forTrade inGoods "recommended to
theCommittee onRules ofOrigin torequest theWorld Customs Organization toensure thatwork
intheTechnical Committee onRules ofOrigin becarried outinEnglish, French andSpanish".
TheWTO Committee onRules ofOrigin helditsfirstmeeting on4April 1995. Ithascharged
mewithtransmitting therequest toyou,which Iamhereby pleased todo.Ifeelsurethatyoushare
ourconviction thatthismatter deserves urgent andpriority attention, sothatworkintheWCO Technical
Committee onRules ofOrigin canproceed inaccordance withtherequirements oftheWTO Agreement
andtheAgreement onRules ofOrigin.
Please accept, Sir,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration,
Yours faithfully,
C.Osakwe
Chairman,
Committee onRules ofOrigin