RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/7
12February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0507)
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 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
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
SLOVENIA
(Notification inEnglish)
- Articles 12to14oftheCustoms Law.2
- Articles 3to15,andSupplements 1to3oftheDecree onthecriteria fordetermining and
themethod ofproving theorigin ofgoods.3
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).
2On1January 1996 thenewCustoms Law(Official Gazette oftheRepublic ofSlovenia No.1/95and28/95)
thathasentered intoforce on25January 1995 shall commence toapply.
3Byenforcing thisDecree (Official Gazette oftheRepublic ofSlovenia No.56/95) thefollowing regulations
shall berepealed:
- Decree onproving theorigin ofgoods (Official Gazette oftheSFRY No.41/79)
- Articles 3to8oftheDecree onissuing certificates andverification ofdocuments accompanying products
inexport orimport (Official Gazette oftheRepublic ofSlovenia No.18/93)G/RO/N/7
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
(Notification inEnglish)
Trinidad andTobago doesnotmaintain anynon-preferential rules oforigin.
TUNISIA
(Notification inFrench)
- Article 25oftheCustoms Law.
- Decree oftheMinistry ofFinance of29December 1955 relating tothetaxation ofgoods
obtained inathirdcountry, using materials originating inother countries.
B. Preferential rules oforigin
1. 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 within theSecretariat shall becirculated toMembers bythe
Secretariat.
2. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
beenreceived asfollows:4
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(Notification inEnglish)
- Bangkok Agreement.
- Global System ofTrade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP).
SLOVENIA
(Notification inEnglish)
- Articles 12to14oftheCustoms Law.2
- Articles 16to19oftheDecree onthecriteria fordetermining andthemethod ofproving the
origin ofgoods.
- Central European FreeTrade Agreement5:L/7495/Add.1.
4Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).
5Asfrom 1January 1996 theRepublic ofSlovenia shall, intrade withCEFTA State Parties, apply Protocol 7
oftheCEFTA Agreement. Preferential rules oforigin related tothefreetrade agreements concluded bythe
Republic ofSlovenia andtheCzech Republic, theSlovak Republic, theRepublic ofHungary andtheRepublic
ofPoland aslisted indocument G/RO/N/5 shall cease toapply.G/RO/N/7
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
(Notification inEnglish)
- Treaty ofChaguaramas (rules oforigin forgoods originating from member states ofthe
Carribean Community).
TUNISIA
(Notification inFrench)
Rules oforigin relating tothefollowing bilateral agreements concluded byTunisia havebeen
notified:
Countries withwhich abilateral agreement wasconcluded Date
- Algeria 9January 1981
- Libya 12October 1992
- Morocco 30April 1986
- Mauritania 26July1987
- Niger 2June1992
- Bahrain 24October 1988
- Syria 22May1977
- Egypt 8December 1989
- Saudi Arabia 9March 1988
- United Arab Emirates 5August 1974
- Burkina Faso 7January 1993