. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/N/24
15 January 1999
(99-0132)
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 entry in to force of the WTO Ag reement 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.  Lists of information received and available
within the Secretariat shall be circulat ed 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 the Article, shall include any rule of
origin referred to in paragraph 1 and not provided to  the Secretariat, 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 parties to become acquain ted with the intention to modify a rule of origin or to introduce a
new rule of origin, unless exceptional circumstances ar ise or threaten to arise for a Member.  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
DOMINICA
(Notification in English)
Dominica does not maintain non-preferential rules of origin.
HONG KONG, CHINA
(Notification in English)
Administrative Origin Rulings of General App lications which take effect on 1 February 1999.
That replaces the appendix of Hong Kong's earlier notification dated 17 May 1996.2
SURINAME
(Notification in English)
Suriname does not have any non-preferential rules of origin.
                                                     
     1The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).
     2 See document G/RO/N/10.G/RO/N/24
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B. PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN
1. Paragraph 4 on 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 the preferential
arrangements to which they apply, judicial decisions, and administrative rulings of general application
relating to their preferential rules of origin in  effect on the date of entry into force of the
WTO Agreement for the Member concerned.  Members shall provide any modifications to their
preferential rules of origin or new preferential rules of  origin as soon as possible to the Secretariat.  Lists
of information received and available within the Se cretariat shall be circulated to Members by the
Secretariat.
2. Previous notifications received are listed in the G/RO/N/- series.  Further notifications have
been received as follows:3
DOMINICA
(Notification in English)
Schedule II as provided for under Article 14 of the Annex to the Treaty establishing the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
SURINAME
(Notification in English)
Schedule II as provided for under Article 14 of the Annex to the Treaty establishing the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
(Notification in English)
Schedule II as provided for under Article 14 of the Annex to the Treaty establishing the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as amended by Legal Notice No. 200 - The Customs Act, Chapter
78.01: Legal Supplement Part B - Vol. 37, No. 123 dated 26 June 1998.
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     3The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).