WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/70/Rev.2
18 June 2002
(02-3369)
Committee on Rules of Origin
ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS ON HARMONIZED RULES OF ORIGIN
Revision
The following proposals on harmonized rules of origin are forwarded for endorsement to the
formal meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin scheduled for 28 June 2002.  Consensus, or
consensus on the basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meetings in
September/October 2001.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 10(i)1:  to endorse option B (each primary rule of headings 03.02
and 03.03 should read " the country of origin of the goods of this split heading shall be the
country in which they have been captured; or if farmed, the country in which the fish has beenraised from egg or fry (including fingerling)";  the primary rule of split heading ex03.06(a)
should read " the country of origin of the goods of this split heading shall be the country in
which they have been captured; or if farmed, the country in which the live crustaceans have
been raised from youth";  and the primary rule of split heading ex03.07(a) should read "the
country of origin of the goods of this split heading shall be the country in which they have
been captured; or if farmed, the country in which the animals have been raised from youth".
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 11
2:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of split heading
ex03.04(a) should read "CTHS").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 233:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of subheading 0408.99
should read "the country of origin of the goods of this subheading shall be the country inwhich the eggs are obtained from the animals").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue Nos. 24-25
4:  to endorse option C (the primary rule of subheading
0408.19 should read "the country of origin of the goods of this subheading shall be the
country in which the eggs are obtained from the animals").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 295:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split heading
ex07.12(a) should read "CTH").
                                                     
1 Subject to Ecuador.
2 Subject to Venezuela.
3 Subject to Australia, Canada, and Guatemala.
4 Subject to Australia and Canada.
5 Subject to the Dominican Republic and the United States.G/RO/W/70/Rev.2
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 696:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 20.01 should
read "CC/CTH"7).
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 708:  to endorse option A (each primary rule of subheading
2002.10, split subheading ex2002.90(c), heading 20.03, subheadings 2008.20 through2008.91, and subheading 2008.99 should read "CTH".
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 71
9:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex2002.90(a) should read "CTH";  the following proposals should be deleted:  "CTSH or
CTSHS for the powders of subheadings 2009.19 to 2009.30 or 2009.70 to 2009.80" for
subheading 2009.11 and "CTSH or CTSHS for powders of subheading 2009.90" for
subheading 2009.90 should be deleted.
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 72:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of split subheading
ex2002.90(b) should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 73:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 20.07 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue Nos. 112-11410:  to endorse option A (the current split headings
ex13.02(c) and ex13.02(d) should be renumbered as ex13.02(a) and ex13.02(b) respectively,
and the primary rule thereof should read "CTHS";  the current split headings ex13.02(a),ex13.02(b) and ex13.02(e) should be renumbered as ex13.02(c) (other), and the primary rule
thereof should read "CC".
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 5
11:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 48.10
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue Nos. 5112 and 5314:  to endorse the consensus that the processes under
these issues are non origin-conferring (the proper rule will be further considered).
- Chapters 64-67 – Issue no. 713:  to endorse the following primary rules:  "CTH" for split
headings ex67.02(a) and ex67.02(b);  "CTHS" for split heading ex67.02(c).
- Chapters 68-70 – Issue No. 114:  to endorse option B (the primary rule of heading 69.08
should read "CTH, except from heading 69.07").
- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 2(d)15:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 7104.90
should read "CTSH, provided the goods are cut or ground or otherwise worked to final shape,whether or not polished").
                                                     
6 Subject to Sri Lanka.
7 Terminology to be determined during the overall coherence exercise.
8 Subject to Sri Lanka.
9 Subject to Australia, Guatemala, New Zealand and Switzerland.
10 Subject to India and the Philippines.
11 Subject to Malaysia.
12 Subject to Malaysia.
13 Subject to Malaysia.
14 Subject to the Dominican Republic.
15 Subject to Sri Lanka.G/RO/W/70/Rev.2
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- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 416:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of heading 71.16 should
read "CTH").
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 317:  to endorse option A (the primary rule of subheading 8203.31
should read "CTSH";  the primary rule of split subheadings ex8202.39(b) and ex8202.40(b)should read "CTSHS").
- Chapter 91 – Issue No. 4
18:  to endorse option C (the primary rule headings 91.11 and 91.12
should read "CTH or change from blanks").
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16 Subject to Malaysia.
17 Subject to Malaysia.
18 Subject to Egypt and India.