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19December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4103)
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. Asof14December 1995,
further notifications havebeenreceived asfollows1:
CHILE
(Notification inSpanish)
Chile doesnothaveinitslegislation, andtherefore doesnotapply, non-preferential rulesof
origin.
MALAYSIA
(Notification inEnglish)
Malaysia doesnothaveanynon-preferential rulesoforigin, judicial decisions oradministrative
rulings ofgeneral application relating torules oforigin.
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).G/RO/N/6
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PHILIPPINES
(Notification inEnglish)
ThePhilippines donothave anynon-preferential rules oforigin, judicial decisions or
administrative rulings ofgeneral application relating tonon-preferential rules oforigin.
UNITED STATES
(Notification inEnglish)
- 19CFR Parts 10,12,102and178
• Rules ofOrigin forTextile andApparel Products; Final Rule.
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. Asof14December 1995,
further notifications havebeenreceived asfollows:2
CANADA
(Notification inFrench andEnglish)
- Determination ofCountry ofOrigin forthePurposes ofMarking Goods (NAFTA countries)
Regulations, amended. Thisdocument replaces, initsentirety, Appendix 1ofCustoms Notice
843: NewCountry ofOrigin Marking Program (item 5ofthe30March 1995 notification3).
Itincorporates theamendments totheNAFTA Marking Rules under thatAppendix. The
amendments takeintoaccount thepublic comments thatwerereceived following therequest
forcommentswhentheoriginalregulationswereimplementedon1January1994.Theamended
regulations came intoeffect on1October 1995.
- NAFTA Rules ofOrigin Regulations, amended.4Thisdocument replaces, withtheexception
ofSchedule I,theNAFTA Rules ofOrigin Regulations (item 9ofthe30March 1995
notification3).Theamended regulations have, pursuant toArticle 511oftheNAFTA, been
agreed bytheNAFTA parties, andtakeintoaccount public comments thatwere received
followingtherequestforcommentswhentheoriginalregulationswereimplementedon1January
1994. Theregulations came intoeffect on1October 1995.
2Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).
3ThetableofcontentsofCanada'snotificationdated30March1995iscontainedindocumentG/RO/N/1/Add.1.
4Adocument identifying theamendments hasalsobeen received.G/RO/N/6
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CHILE
(Notification inSpanish)
ThePreferential Rules ofOrigin arecontained in1987 Resolution No.78oftheCommittee
ofRepresentatives ofLAIA andapply onlytomembers oftheLatin American Integration Association.
Theimplementation ofthePreferential Rules ofOrigin hasbeenrecognised intheinternational
agreements signed byChile intheframework oftheMontevideo Treaty of1980establishing theLatin
American Integration Agreement.
Agreements signed byChile intheframework ofLAIA applying rules oforigin according
toResolution 78:
I. Preferential agreements adopted since 1987
- ACE 17 Agreement onEconomic Complementarity (Chile-Mexico).
- ACE 23 Agreement onEconomic Complementarity (Chile-Venezuela).
- ACE 24 Agreement onEconomic Complementarity (Chile-Colombia).
- ACE 15 Agreement onEconomic Complementarity (Chile-Ecuador).
- ACE 16 Agreement onEconomic Complementarity (Chile-Argentina).
- ACE 22 Agreement onEconomic Complementarity (Chile-Bolivia).
- AAR 4 Agreement onRegional Scope orPreferential Regional Tariffs (PAR),
(applies toallLAIA members).
II. Agreements adopted before theapproval ofResolution No.78
Forthese agreements rulesoforigin similar tothatofResolution No.78areapplied, differing
onlyincertain formalities (format ofthecertificate oforigin, presentation ofthelistofspecific
requirements, etc.).
- AAP 3 Agreement onPartial Scope (Chile-Brazil).
- AAP 26 Agreement onPartial Scope (Chile-Paraguay).
- AAP 28 Agreement onPartial Scope (Chile-Peru).
- ACE 4 Agreement onEconomic Complementarity (Chile-Uruguay).
JAPAN
(Notification inJapanese withprovisional translation intoEnglish)
Japan'sRules ofOrigin forApplication ofGSP
- Cabinet Order forEnforcement oftheTemporary Tariff Measures Law; Articles 22-7, 22-8,
22-9, 22-10, 22-11 and22-12.G/RO/N/6
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- Ordinance ofMinistry ofFinance forEnforcement oftheTemporary Tariff Measures Law:
Articles 8,9and10.
- Annex Table No.2ofCabinet Order forEnforcement oftheTemporary Tariff Measures Law:
listofproducts towhich preference-giving country content ruleisnotapplied.
- Annex Table ofOrdinance ofMinistry ofFinance forEnforcement oftheTemporary Tariff
Measures Law: listofprocessed products forwhich thecondition fororigin country
acknowledgement isspecified.
SWITZERLAND5
(Notification inFrench)
- DocumentD30,VolumesIandII(Agreementsonfreetrade,tariffpreferences,originofgoods)6
published bytheFederal Customs Administration.
- Decisions oftheFederal Court andtheFederal Commission forCustoms Appeals concerning
theinterpretation orapplication bytheFederal Customs Administration ofpreferential rules
oforigin.
UNITED STATES
(Notification inEnglish)
- 19CFR Parts 10,12,24etal.
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Implementation ofInterim
Amendments; Final Rule.
• RegulatoryStandardsforImplementationoftheNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement;
Notice.
5TheOrder onrules oforigin governing thegranting ofpreferential tariffs todeveloping countries of
7December 1987 (RS946.39) shall benotified totheSecretariat assoon asithasbeen revised.
6Thesedocumentsreflectasituationwhichhasbeenpartlymodifiedbyrecentdevelopments,withconsequences
inparticular concerning preferential rules oforigin. With reference inparticular tothefree-trade agreements
recently concluded bySwitzerland andtheimplications oftheaccession ofAustria, Finland andSweden tothe
European Union, thisnotification willshortly beamended bytheissue ofcorrigenda. These amendments shall
benotified totheSecretariat induecourse.