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23 November 2020  
(20-8446) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Rules of Origin    
 
 
TWENTY SIXTH  ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND  
OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1 This note was prepared by the Secretariat to assist Members in conducting the 26th Annual  
Review of the implementation and operation of the Agreement.  The review is to be conducted under 
Article 6.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin which provides that: " the Comm ittee shall review 
annually the implementation and operation of Parts II and III of this Agreement having regard to its 
objectives ". The outcome of such a review will be incorporated to the Committee's Annual report to 
the Council for Trade in Goods on the  implementation and operation of the Agreement on Rules of 
Origin.  
2  MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
2.1 Government representatives of all WTO Members and Observers are also Members and 
Observers to the CRO. In addition, the followi ng international organizations also have observer 
status at the Committee on Rules of Origin ( CRO): ACP, EFTA, IADB, IMF,  ITC, OECD, UNCTAD, WCO 
and World Bank.  
3  RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
3.1 The rules of procedure for meetings of the CRO were adopted by the Committee in 
February  1997 (G/L/149  and WT/L/161 ). 
4  OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
4.1 Mr. Han -Ming HUANG (Chinese Taipei)  was elected Chairperson of the Committee in July 2020. 
He followed Ms Uma MUNIANDY (Singapore) as Chairperson of the Committee.  
5  MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
5.1 The CRO held two formal meetings in 2020: on 5 March and on 13 November . The minutes of 
these meetings are contained in documents G/RO/M/ 74 and [G/RO/M/7 5] respectively.  
On 4 March  2020, Members also participated in an event organized by the Secretariat to mark the 
25th anniversary of the Agreement on Rules of Origin. The programme, video recordings and a 
summary (G/RO/W/196) of that event as  well as all presentations made can be accessed through  
the rules of origin page of the WTO website. In addition, the Committee held several small -group 
and bilateral consultations on different matters . 
6  NOTIFICATIONS  UNDER ART ICLE 5 (NON -PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN)  
6.1 The following n ew notifications have been received describing Members' practices under 
Article  5 of the Agreement : a first ever notification from Vanuatu (G/RO/N/189)  and from Cambodia 
(G/RO/N/198) and updated notific ations from Senegal (G/RO/N/195); Indonesia (G/RO/N/196); 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  G/RO/92  
 
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  North Macedonia (G/RO/N/197); Montenegro (G/RO/N/203); Norway (G/RO/N/ 206) and the 
Kyrgyz  Republic (G/RO/N/ 205).  
6.2 As a result of these notifications and updated information, 51 WTO Members  have notified the 
Secretariat that they  apply non-preferential rules of origin (counting the EU and its member states 
as one) . Sixty WTO Members have informed the Secretariat that they do not apply any 
non-preferential rules of origin . The  remaining 25 WTO Members have not yet submitted a 
notification under Article 5. The full list of  Members under each of these categories as well as the 
relevant information notified to the WTO  Secretariat is listed in 3 tables in Annex 1  to this note . 
In addition, al l notifications and the related legislation  or references  notified  can be accessed through 
the section "Notifications" of the Rules of Origin webpage of the WTO website 
(https://www.wto.org/engl ish/tratop_e/roi_e/roi_e.htm ). 
7  NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ANNEX II (PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN)  
7.1 As agreed by the Committee in 2012 (G/RO/M/59), notifications made to the Committee on 
Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) or to the Committee on Trade and Developm ent (CTD) are 
deemed to discharge Members' notification obligations under the Agreement on Rules of Origin. 
The Committee therefore agreed that notifications which had initially been received by the CRTA or 
the CTD should be circulated by the Secretariat t o the CRO. The information contained in  such 
notifications, including information about preferential rules of origin, can be accessed through the 
WTO database of regional trade agreements ( http://rtais.wto.org ) and the WTO database of 
preferential trade agreements ( http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
7.2 In addition, it should be noted that the Committee adopted a specific template for notifications 
of preferential rules of origin applied to least -developed countries in the context of non -reciprocal 
preferences (G/RO/84). All WTO preference -granting Members agreed to s ubmit detailed information 
about their preferential rules of origin using the template. T o date, 20 preference -granting Members 
submitted such notifications. These were circulated under the G/RO/LDC/N/ document series.  
A complete overview of these notifica tions is available in document G/RO/W/163/Rev. 8. 
7.3 Detailed information, at the tariff -line level, about preferential origin requirements can also 
be accessed through the "Origin Facilitator"  (https://findrul esoforigin.org ), a joint project of the 
Secretariats of the WTO, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the International Trade Centre 
(ITC).  
8  WORK OF THE COMMITTEE RELATED TO PARTS I, II AND III OF THE AGREEMENT  
8.1. Part II of the Agreement relate s to the multilateral disciplines which govern the application of  
non-preferential rules of origin by WTO Members  during the " transitional period ". This period refers 
to the time before the implement ation of  fully harmonized non -preferential rules of origin (Article  2). 
Since the  Work Programme for the Harmonization of non -preferential rules of origin (HWP) has not 
yet been finalized; Members have not adopted and do not implement harmonized non -preferential 
rules of origin. Hence, Art icle 2 of the Agreement contain s the disciplines which  currently apply to 
WTO Members . The Committee did not hold discussions specifically related to these disciplines in 
2020.  
8.2 As had been noted in the Committee's 2013 Annual Report to the CTG (G/L/1047), the 
implementation and operation of the Agreement is not satisfactory as the stalemate in the HWP 
compromises the attainment of the core objectives of the Agreement (i.e. the facilitation of global 
trade through the international harmonization of non -preferential rules of origin).  The draft results 
of the HWP are contained in documents G/RO/W/111/Rev.6 (in HS96); JOB/RO/5/Rev.1 and 
JOB/RO/5/Rev.1/Corr.1 (rectified to reflect the 2002, 2007, and 2012 versions of the HS  
nomenclature).  In the period of this annual review , the Committee did not consider any item 
specifically related to the HWP.  
8.3 Pending the continuation of the HWP, the Committee agreed, in 2015, to engage in an 
"educational exercise" to exchange informa tion about non -preferential rules of origin and better 
understand the impact that existing rules have on international trade. No such information sessions 
were held in 20 20. However, Members have engaged actively in a discussion about ways to enhance 
transparency o f non-preferential rules of origin and non -preferential origin requirements. G/RO/92  
 
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  In particular, Members have continued to discuss a draft decision, including a template that would 
standardize and update  notification s on non-preferential rules of origin and related requirements 
(G/RO/W/182/Rev. 3). 
8.4 Finally, 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements, including 
the WTO Agreement on Rules of Origin. The programme, the presentations, a summary 
(G/RO/W/196), and video recordings of the event were made available through the rules of origin 
page of the WTO we bsite. In reporting on the event to the CRO, the Chairperson encouraged all 
delegations to review  those materials as they contained interesting recommendations and messages 
that could be considered by Members when deciding how to advance the work of the Co mmittee.  
9  AMENDMENTS, INTERPRETATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT  
9.1 The Committee has not dealt with any of these matters  during the year under revie w. 
10  CONSULTATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT  
10.1. On 30 October 2020, the delegation of Hong Kong, Chin a, has requested consultations with 
the delegation of the United States pursuant to Articles 1 and 4 of the Understanding on Rules and 
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)  and Article 7 of the Agreement on Rules of 
Origin  (WT/DS597/1 ; G/RO /D/8). The request for consultations cite s, inter alia , Articles 2(c); 2(d), 
and 2(e) of the Agreement on Rules of Origin.  
11  OTHER AREAS OF WORK OF THE CRO  
11.1. At the 13 October meeting, t he Secretariat informed Members that some WTO members had 
implemented measures to temporarily ease rules of origin requirements in response to the COVID -
19 pandemic. The Secretariat described measures taken by Argentina, the EU, the Eurasian 
Economic Union and Japan such as accepting electronic certificates of or igin instead of paper 
documents, accepting copies instead of originals, or allowing for the retrospective issuance of 
certificates. Canada and India noted that their governments had also implemented similar measures 
to facilitate trade.  
11.2 In addition, t he CRO continued to discuss different aspects of preferential rules of origin 
applicable to LDCs under non -reciprocal preferential trade arrangements (PTA). This is a result of 
the implementation of the 2013 and 2015 Ministerial Decisions on preferential r ules of origin for 
LDCs (WT/L/917 and WT/L/917/Add.1 respectively). According to the requirements of these 
Decisions, a separate report o n recent developments in this area was prepared for the General 
Council (G/RO/ 91). 
12  REPORT TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN G OODS  
12.1. The annual report of the CRO to the Council for Trade in Goods was revised and adopted 
through written procedures on 20 November 2020 (G/L/1378).G/RO/92  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
A. List of Members that have notified to the Secretariat that they apply  non-preferential 
rules of origin1 
Member  HAVE NP RO  Date Link to the legislation /  
scanned copy of the legislation  Document Symbol  
1. Afghanistan  G/RO/N/143  05.08.2016  http://customs.mof.gov.af   
2. Albania  G/RO/N/47  06.07.2005  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/53  18.09.2007  Scanned copy available  
3. Argentina  G/RO/N/2  22.06.1995  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/10  16.08.1996  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/16  05.03.1997  Scanned copy available  
4. Armenia  G/RO/N/41  21.08.2003  Scanned copy available  
5. Australia  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
6. Brazil  G/RO/N/14  02.12.1996  Formerly notified of non -application of 
NPROO  
G/RO/N/78  16.04.2012  http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_At
o2011 -2014/2011/Lei/L12546.htm   
7. Burkina Faso  G/RO/N/19  23.01.1998  n/a 
8. Canada  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
9. China  G/RO/N/37  
G/RO/N/37/Rev.1  
G/RO/N/132  03.06.2002  
02.08.2002  
07.09.2015  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
Electronic copy available  
10. Colombia  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/172  05.07.2018  http://www.mincit.gov.co/loader.php?lSe
rvicio=Documentos&lFuncion=verPdf&id=
5263&name=DECRETO_637_DEL_11_DE
_ABRIL_DE _2018.pdf  
11. Cuba G/RO/N/3  27.07.1995  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/125  13.01.2015  Scanned copy available  
12. European Union2 G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
13. Georgia  G/RO/N/37  
G/RO/N/37 Rev.1  03.06.2002  
02.08.2002  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
14. Hong Kong, China  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/10  16.08.1996  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/24  15.01.1999  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/30  21.11.2000  n/a 
G/RO/N/37  
G/RO/N/37 Rev.1  03.06.2002  
02.08.2002  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/46  15.02.2005  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/59  23.09.2008  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/67  02.12.2010  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/73  15.09.2011  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/86  01.10.2012  Scanned copy available  
15. Indonesia  G/RO/N/16  05.03.1997  Formerly notified of non -application of 
NPROO  
G/RO/N/196  16.04.2020  http://jdih.kemendag.go.id/peraturan/det
ail/888/3  
16. Japan  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
17. Jordan  G/RO/N/30  21.11.2000  Scanned copy available  
 
1 All documents notified to the Secretariat and the relevant Internet links ar e available for consultation 
through the "Notifications" section of the rules of origin page of the WTO website: 
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/roi_e/roi_e.htm . 
 2 All notifications  received from countries prior to joining the EU do not appear in the table . G/RO/92  
 
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  Member  HAVE NP RO  Date Link to the legislation /  
scanned copy of the legislation  Document Symbol  
18. Kazakhstan  G/RO/N/148  
G/RO/N/148/Rev.1  12.09.2016  
27.10.2016  Unofficial translation available  
Unofficial translation available  
G/RO/N/175  15.11.2018  http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/a
ct/trade/dotp/prav_proish/Pages/default.
aspx 
19. Kyrgyz Republic  G/RO/N/177  28.11.2018  http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/a
ct/trade/dotp/prav_proish/Pages/default.
aspx 
G/RO/N/205  27.10.2020  http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/a
ct/trade/dotp/prav_proish/Pages/default.
aspx 
20. Korea, Rep. of  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/63  18.09.2009  Scanned copy available  
21. Lao People's De m. Rep. G/RO/N/96  24.07.2013  Scanned copy available  
22. Lesotho  G/RO/N/56  27.05.2008  n/a 
23. Liechtenstein  G/RO/N/60/Rev.1  08.04.2009  http://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified -
compilation/19820160/index.html   
http://www.admi n.ch/opc/fr/classified -
compilation/20072514/index.html  
http://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified -
compilation/20072515/index.html   
24. Madagascar  G/RO/N/11  10.09.1996  Scanned copy available  
25. Mexico  G/RO/N/12  01.10.1996  n/a 
26. Moldova, Rep. of  G/RO/N/36  12.03.2002  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/110  14.02.2014  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/110/Add.1  10.10.2014  Scanned copy available  
27. Mongolia  G/RO/N/20  
G/RO/N/20/Rev.1  14.05.1998  
27.07.1998  Formerly notified of non -application of 
NPROO  
G/RO/N/164  03.04.2018  http://www.customs.gov.mn/en/images/
publishers/Customs_law_and_Customs_T
ariff_and_Tax_law.pdf   
http://customs.gov.mn/2012 -03-14-03-
12-51/2017 -12-12-03-51-09  
www.legalinfo.mn/law/details/208   
28. Montenegro  G/RO/N/126  20.02.2015  Electronic copy available  
G/RO/N/203  22.07.2020  Scanned copy available – website in 
Montenegrin only  
https://www.paragraf.me/propisi -
crnegore/carinski -zakon.html ; 
http://www.upravacarina.gov.me/Resour
ceManager/FileDownload.aspx?rid=23082
4&rType=2&file=Uredba%20o%20izmjen
ama%20Uredbe%20za%20sprov.%20Car
inskog%20zakona%20(SlCG%2011 -
2016)%20 .pdf; and  
http://www.upravacarina.gov.me/Resour
ceManager/FileDownload.aspx?rid=38591
2&rType=2&fil e=Uredba%20za%20sprov
odjenje%20car.%20zakona%202019.pdf  
29. Morocco  G/RO/N/2  22.06.1995  n/a 
30. New Zealand  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
n/a 
31. Niger  G/RO/N/19  23.01.1998  n/a 
32. North Macedonia  G/RO/N/45  09.11.2004  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/197  16.04.2020  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/e
n/about -us-en/customs -
regulations/customs -law 
http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/e
n/about -us-en/customs -
regulations/customs -law G/RO/92  
 
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  Member  HAVE NP RO  Date Link to the legislation /  
scanned copy of the legislation  Document Symbol  
33. Norway  G/RO/N/8  05.03.1996  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/62  26.05.2009  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/149  22.09.2016  http://www.toll.no/PageFiles/4684/Regul
ations_to_the_act_on_customs_duties_a
nd_movement_of_goods_july2016.pdf  
G/RO/N/ 206 28.10.2020  https://www.toll.no/en/services/regulatio
ns/law -and-regulations/the -act-on-
customs -duties -and-movement -of-goods/  
https://www.toll.no/en/services/regulatio
ns/law -and-regulations/regulations -to-
the-act-on-customs -duties -and-
movement -of-goods -customs -
regulations/  
34. Peru G/RO/N/4  07.08.1995  Formerly notified no NPROO  
G/RO/N/5  01.11.1995  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/49  02.03.2007  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/50  10.05.2007  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/52  01.06.2007  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/77  12.03.2012  Scanned copy available  
35. Qatar  G/RO/N/25  13.04.1999  n/a 
36. Russian Fed eration  G/RO/N/84  
G/RO/N/84/Corr.1  
G/RO/N/179  27.09.2012  
13.12.2012  
22.01.2019   
Electronic and scanned copy available  
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/a
ct/trade/dotp/prav_proish/Pages/default.
aspx 
37. Rwanda  G/RO/N/75  24.02.2012  http://www.comesa.int/attachments/artic
le/28/COMESA_Treaty.pdf   
http://www.eac.int/customs/index .php?o
ption=com_content&view=article&id=3:r
ules-of-origin&catid=3:key -documents   
38. Senegal  G/RO/N/10  16.08.1996  n/a 
G/RO/N/195  28.02.2020  http://www.douanes.sn/sites/default/files
/fichiers/Code_Des_Douanes.pdf  
39. Seychelles  G/RO/N/141  02.05.2016  Description of obligations available in the 
notification & scanned copy available  
40. South Africa  G/RO/N/3  27.07.1995  Scanned copy available  
41. Suriname  G/RO/N/24  15.01.1999  Formerly notified of non -application of 
NPROO  
G/RO/N/43  15.03.2004  Scanned copy available  
42. Switzerland  G/RO/N/4  07.08.1995  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/60  
G/RO/N/60/Rev.1  26.01.2009  
08.04.2009  http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c946_201.h
tml  
http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c946_31.ht
ml  
http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c946_311.h
tml 
43. Chinese Taipei  G/RO/N/37  
G/RO/N/37 Rev.1  03.06.2002  
02.08. 2002 n/a 
Scanned copy available  
44. Togo G/RO/N/70  16.06.2011  n/a 
45. Tunisia  G/RO/N/7  12.02.1996  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/61  19.02.2009  Scanned copy available  
46. Turkey  G/RO/N/8  05.03.1996  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/28  30.05.2000  Scanned copy available  
47. Ukraine  G/RO/N/57  07.07.2008  n/a 
G/RO/N/81  10.08.2012  Scanned copy available  
48. United States  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  n/a 
Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/6  19.12.1995  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/12  01.10.1996  n/a G/RO/92  
 
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  Member  HAVE NP RO  Date Link to the legislation /  
scanned copy of the legislation  Document Symbol  
49. Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Rep. of  G/RO/N/1  
 
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
 
22.06.1995  Formerly notified of non -application of 
NPROO  
Formerly notified of non -application of 
NPROO  
G/RO/N/10  16.08.1996  Scanned copy available  
G/RO/N/14  02.12.1996  Scanned copy available  
50. Yemen  G/RO/N/140  08.04.2016  Original available  
51. Zimbabwe  G/RO/N/80  18.07.2012  Scanned copy available  
 
B. List of Members that have notified to the Secretariat that they do NOT apply 
non-preferential rules of origin  
Member  Do NOT apply NP RO 
Date Document Symbol  
1. Angola  G/RO/N/176  27.11.2018  
2. Belize  G/RO/N/147  01.09.2016  
3. Benin  G/RO/N/150  10.11.2016  
4. Bolivia, Plurinational State of  G/RO/N/9  19.04.1996  
5. Brunei Darussalam  G/RO/N/5  01.11.1995  
6. Burundi  G/RO/N/33  02.05.2001  
7. Cambodia  G/RO/N/198  01.07.2020  
8. Cameroon  G/RO/N/99  22.08.2013  
9. Chad G/RO/N/22  16.09.1998  
10. Chile G/RO/N/6  19.12.1995  
11. Congo  G/RO/N/118  18.09.2014  
12. Costa Rica  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  
13. Côte d'Ivoire  G/NO/N/117  25.08.2014  
14. Dominica  G/RO/N/24  15.01.1999  
15. Dominican Republic  G/RO/N/9  19.04.1996  
16. Ecuador  G/RO/N/180  18.03.2019  
17. El Salvador  G/RO/N/10  16.08.1996  
18. Eswatini  G/RO/N/128  24.04.2015  
19. Fiji G/RO/N/17  10.04.1997  
20. The Gambia  G/RO/N/109  31.01.2014  
21. Ghana  G/RO/N/44  06.05.2004  
22. Guatemala  G/RO/N/21  20.07.1998  
23. Guyana  G/RO/N/42  
G/RO/N/42/Rev.1  10.12.2003  
12.09.2016  
24. Haiti G/RO/N/20/  
G/RO/N/20/Rev.1  14.05.1998  
27.07 1998  
25. Honduras  G/RO/N/3  27.07.1995  
26. Iceland  G/RO/N/5  01.11.1995  
27. India G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  
28. Israel  G/RO/N/13  19.11.1996  
G/RO/N/163  15.02.2018  
29. Jamaica  G/RO/N/4  07.08.1995  
30. Kenya  G/RO/N/9  19.04.1996  
31. Kuwait, the State of  G/RO/N/100  19.09.2013  
32. Liberia  G/RO/N/173  05.07.2018  
33. Macao, China  G/RO/N/21  20.07.1998  
34. Malawi  G/RO/N/129  04.06.2015  
35. Malaysia  G/RO/N/6  19.12.1995  
36. Maldives  G/RO/N/22  16.09.1998  
37. Mali G/RO/N/116  
G/RO/N/146  11.07.2014  
12.09.2016  
38. Mauritius  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  
39. Myanmar  G/RO/N/151  23.05.2017 
40. Namibia  G/RO/N/26  02.09.1999  
41. Nepal  G/RO/N/165  03.04.2018  G/RO/92  
 
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  Member  Do NOT apply NP RO 
Date Document Symbol  
42. Nicaragua  G/RO/N/10  16.08.1996  
43. Oman  G/RO/N/32  30.04.2001  
44. Pakistan  G/RO/N/16  05.03.1997  
45. Panama  G/RO/N/23  05.10.1998  
46. Papua New Guinea  G/RO/N/32  30.04.2001  
47. Paraguay  G/RO/N/21  20.07.1998  
48. Philippines  G/RO/N/6  19.12.1995  
49. Samoa  G/RO/N/97  02.08.2013  
50. Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  G/RO/N/48  08.11.2006  
51. Singapore  G/RO/N/3  27.07.1995  
52. Sri Lanka  G/RO/N/178  28.11.2018  
53. Thailand  G/RO/N/1  
G/RO/N/1/Add.1  09.05.1995  
22.06.1995  
54. Trinidad and Tobago  G/RO/N/7  12.02.1996  
55. Uganda  G/RO/N/13  19.01.1996  
56. United Arab Emirates  G/RO/N/13  19.11.1996  
G/RO/N/17  10.04.1997  
57. Uruguay  G/RO/N/12  01.10.1996  
58. Vanuatu  G/RO/W/1 89 13.12.2019  
59. Viet Nam  G/RO/N/68  22.02.2011  
G/RO/N/79  01.06.2012  
60. Zambia  G/RO/N/142  17.06.2016  
 
C. Members that have not yet submitted  a notification under Article 5 of the Agreement 
on Rules of Origin  
1. Antigua and Barbuda   
2. Bahrain, Kingdom of   
3. Bangladesh   
4. Barbados   
5. Botswana   
6. Cabo Verde  
7. Central African Republic  
8. Democratic Republic of 
the Congo  
9. Djibouti  
10. Egypt  
11. Gabon  12. Grenada  
13. Guinea  
14. Guinea Bissau  
15. Mauritania  
16. Mozambique  
17. Nigeria  
18. Saint Kitts and Nevis  
19. Saint Lucia  
20. Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines  
21. Sierra Leone  
22. Solomon Islands  23. Tajikistan  
24. Tanzania  
25. Tonga  
 
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