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WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/5
1November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3376)
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
within theSecretariat shallbecirculated totheMembers bytheSecretariat.
2. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Asof27October 1995, further
notifications havebeenreceived asfollows1:
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
(Notification inEnglish)
Brunei Darussalam hasnoexisting laws, regulations, judicial decisions oradministrative rulings
ofgeneral application relating tonon-preferential rules oforigin asofthedateofentry intoforce of
theWTO Agreement.
ICELAND
(Notification inEnglish)
Iceland doesnotatpresent maintain non-preferential rules oforigin.2
PERU
(Notification inSpanish -under Article 5.2oftheAgreement)
Supreme Decree No.21-95-ITINCI, effective 6August 1995: Rules forthedetermination
oforigin ofimported products fortheapplication ofanti-dumping and/or countervailing duties.
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).
2LawNo.87/1995grantstheMinisterofFinancespecificauthorizationtoissuearegulationonnon-preferential
rules oforigin, butthiswillprobably notbedone before theTechnical Committee onRules ofOrigin concludes
itswork onthehamonization ofnon-preferential rules oforigin inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 9
oftheAgreement.G/RO/N/5
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SLOVENIA3
(Notification inEnglish)
- Decree oftheFederal Secretary ofFinance oftheSocialist Federal Republic ofYugoslavia
(published intheOfficial Gazette oftheSFRY No.41/79).
- Articles 3to8oftheDecree oftheMinister forEconomic Relations andDevelopment ofthe
Republic ofSlovenia (published intheOfficial Gazette oftheRepublic ofSlovenia, No.18/93).
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 withtheSecretariat shall becirculated totheMembers bythe
Secretariat.
2. PreviousnotificationsreceivedarelistedintheG/RO/N/-series.Asof27October1995,further
notifications havebeenreceived asfollows4:
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
(Notification inSpanish)
Theonlyrulesoforigin inforce intheDominican Republic areintheTrade Agreement with
Costa Rica, enacted bytheNational Congress on14July1982, establishing thatthe51products on
thelistoftheAgreement must comply withthefollowing rules:
(a) products grown orwholly produced ormanufactured inthecountry concerned; and
(b) manufacturedproductswithimportedinputswithanationaladdedvaluenotlessthan35percent
ofthevalue ofthearticle.
SLOVENIA3
(Notification inEnglish)
- FreeTrade Agreement between theRepublic ofSlovenia andtheCzech Republic (Official
Gazette, No.44/95): Protocol onOrigin.
- FreeTrade Agreement between theRepublic ofSlovenia andtheSlovak Republic (Official
GazetteNo. 46/95): Protocol onOrigin.
3On1January 1996, thenewcomprehensive customs legislation ofSlovenia shall enter intoforce viabasic
Customs Lawaswellasallnecessary implementing regulations. Theregulation oncriteria fordetermination
andmethod ofproving origin ofgoods shallalsostipulate non-preferential rules oforigin. Thenewlegislation
concerningpreferentialandnon-preferentialrulesoforiginshallbenotifiedtotheSecretariatbeforeitsenforcemen t.
4Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).G/RO/N/5
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- FreeTrade Agreement between theRepublic ofSlovenia andtheRepublic ofHungary (Official
Gazette No.49/95): Protocol onOrigin.
- FreeTrade Agreement between theRepublic ofSlovenia andtheRepublic ofPoland (signed
on17July1995; provisional application witheffect from1January 1996): Protocol onOrigin.
- Agreement between theEFTA States andtheRepublic ofSlovenia (signed on13June1995,
provisionally applied since 1July1995): Protocol onOrigin.
- Cooperation Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic of
Slovenia (Official Gazette No.47/93): Protocol onOrigin.
- Agreement onEconomic Cooperation between theRepublic ofSlovenia andtheRepublic of
Macedonia (Official Gazette No.25/92): Articles 3and4.
URUGUAY
(Notification inSpanish)
SeealsoCARTAGENA AGREEMENT (G/RO/N/1/Add.1)
- General regime ofrules oforigin oftheLatin American Integration Association (ALADI)
(Resolution 78andAgreement 91oftheCommittee ofRepresentatives)
- Rules oforigin regime oftheAgreement ofPartial Scope andtherules oforigin regime of
MERCOSUR.