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ORGANIZATIONG/RO/N/21
20 July 1998
(98-2856)
Committee on Rules of Origin
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5 AND PARAGRAPH 4 OF ANNEX II OF
THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN
A. Non-preferential rules of origin
1. Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin envisages that each Member shall provide to
the Secretariat, within 90 days after the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement for it, its rulesof origin, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of originin effect on that date.  If by inadvertence a rule of origin has not been provided, the Memberconcerned shall provide it immediately after this fact becomes known.  Lists of information receivedand available within the Secretariat shall be circulated to the Members by the Secretariat.
2. Article 5.2 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin provides 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, which, for the purpose of this Article, shall include any ruleof origin referred to in paragraph 1 and not provided to the Secretariat, shall publish a notice to thateffect at least 60 days before the entry into force of the modified or new rule in such a manner as toenable interested parties to become acquainted with the intention to modify a rule of origin or tointroduce a new rule of origin, unless exceptional circumstances arise or threaten to arise for aMember.  In these exceptional cases, the Member shall publish the modified or new rule as soon as
possible.
3. Previous notifications received are listed in the G/RO/N/- series.  Further notifications have
been received as follows:
1
GUATEMALA(Notification in Spanish)
Guatemala does not have non-preferential rules of origin.
MACAU
(Notification in English)
Macau does not have non-preferential rules of origin.
                                                     
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PARAGUAY
(Notification in Spanish)
Paraguay does not have any non-preferential rules of origin.
B. Preferential rules of origin
1. Paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement on Rules of Origin envisages that Members shall
provide to the Secretariat promptly their preferential rules of origin, including a listing of thepreferential arrangements to which they apply, judici al decisions, and administrative rulings of general
application relating to their preferential rules of origin in effect on the date of entry into force of theWTO Agreement for the Member concerned.  Members shall provide any modifications to theirpreferential rules of origin or new preferential rule s of origin as soon as possible to the Secretariat.
Lists of information received and available within the Secretariat shall be circulated to Members bythe Secretariat.
2. Previous notifications received are listed in the G/RO/N/- series.  Further notifications have
been received as follows:
2
GUATEMALA(Notification in Spanish)
- Regulation on the Central American Origin of Goods.MACAU
(Notification in English)
Macau does not have preferential rules of origin.
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     2The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).