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2 March  2020 
(20-1579) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Rules of Origin  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 5 AND PARAGRA PH 4 OF  
ANNEX II TO THE AGRE EMENT ON RULES OF OR IGIN  
NON-PREFERENTIAL AND  PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
1.  According to Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin, each Member shall provide to the 
Secretariat, within 90 days after the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement for it, its rules 
of origin, judicial decisions, and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of origin 
in effect on that date . If, by inadvertence, a rule of origin has not been provided, the Member 
concerned shall provide it immediately after this fact becomes known . Article 5.2 of the Agreement 
stipulates , moreover, that during the period referred to in Article 2, Members introducing 
modifications, other than de minimis  modifications, to their rules of origin or introducing new rules 
of origin, shall publish a notice to that effect at least 60 days before the entry into force of the 
modified or new rule in such a manner as to enable interested partie s to become acquainted with 
the intention to modify a rule of origin or to introduce a new rule of origin, unless exceptional 
circumstances arise or threaten to arise for a Member . 
2.  Furthermore, paragraph 4 of Annex II to the Agreement on Rules of Origin en visages that 
Members shall promptly provide to the Secretariat their existing or new preferential rules of origin, 
including a listing of the preferential arrangements to which they apply, judicial decisions, and 
administrative rulings of general applicati on relating to their preferential rules of origin . In this 
respect, the Committee on Rules of Origin  (CRO)  further agreed that notifications made to the 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) or the Committee on Trade and Development 
(CTD) could als o suffice to discharge Members' notification obligations under the Agreement on Rules 
of Origin (G/RO/M/59) . As a result, the Committee agreed that notifications which had been initially 
received by the CRTA or the CTD should also be circulated by the Secr etariat to the CRO . Information 
regarding such notifications, including related to preferential rules of origin, can also be obtained 
through the WTO database on regional trade agreements ( http://rtais.wto.org ) or the WTO database 
on preferential trade agreements ( http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
3.   In accordance with  these rules, the following notification has been received:  
SENEGAL 
A.  NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
Non-preferential rules of origin are governed by  the provisions of A rticle 17 of Law No. 2014-10 of 
28 February 2 014 containing Senegal's Customs Code . The text is  available at : 
- http://www.douanes.sn/sites/default/files/fichiers/Code_Des_Douanes.pdf . 
B.  PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
Preferential rules of origin are governed by : 
1. The Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ) and its  
Protocol A/P1/1/03 of 31 January 2 003 relating to the definition of the concept of products 
originating in ECOWAS Member States ; and 
2. The Treaty on the West African Econ omic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and its Additional 
Protocol No. I II/2001 of 19 December 2 001 establishing  rules of origin for WAEMU products . G/RO/N/195  
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  The texts on preferential rules of origin  can be accessed through the following links : 
- http://www.uemoa.int/sites/default/files/bibliotheque/pages_ -_protocole_additionnel_03.pdf ; 
- http://www.uemoa.int/sites/default/files/bibliotheque/protocole_add_01_2009_cceg_uemoa.pdf . 
 
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