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ORGANIZATIONG/RO/N/44
6 May 2004
(04-2038)
Committee on Rules of Origin
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5 AND PARAGRAPH 4 OF
ANNEX II TO 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 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. Lists of information received and 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 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 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. 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
GHANA
(Notification in English)
Ghana 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 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 Secretariat shall be circulated to Members by the
Secretariat.
1The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).G/RO/N/44
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2. Previous notifications received are listed in the G/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
been received as follows2:
GHANA
(Notification in English)
The following preferential rules of origin are maintained by Ghana under the ECOWAS
Trade Liberalization Scheme:
i) they have been wholly produced from raw materials of Community origin, used alone or
mixed with other materials, provided that they represent at least 60% of the total raw
materials used;
ii) they are not wholly produced in Member States and where their production requires the
exclusive use of materials which are to be classified under a different tariff sub-heading from
that of the product;
iii) they are not wholly produced in Member States and where their production requires the use of
materials which have received a value-added of at least 30% of the ex-factory price of the
finished goods.
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2The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).