WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/N/37
3 June 2002
(02-3033)
Committee on Rules of Origin
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5 AND PARAGRAPH 4 OF
ANNEX II TO THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN
Preferential 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
CHINA
(Notification in English2)
- Provisional regulations concerning the rules of origin of the Customs General Administration of
the People's Republic of China;
- Proclamation of the Customs General Administra tion of the People's Republic of China, No. 17,
2001;
- Proclamation concerning the rules of origin for petroleum products of the Customs General
Administration of the People's Republic of China;
- Provisional rules of origin for imports under the First Agreement on Trade Negotiations among
Developing Member Countries of the Economic  and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (Order of the Customs General Administ ration of the People's Republic of China, No.
94).
                                                     
1 The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).
2 These regulations and administrative measures are authentic in the Chinese language only.  Texts of
these regulations and administrative measures in the Chinese language and their English translations will be
provided to the WTO Secretariat shortly.G/RO/N/37
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CHINESE TAIPEI
(Notification in English3)
- Rules of origin on imported goods;
- Rules governing the issuance of certificates of origin of Taiwan area.
GEORGIA
(Notification in English)
- Regulation for determining the country of origin  of goods imported to Georgia (as approved by
the Ministry of Justice on 31 May 1999).
HONG KONG, CHINA
(Notification in English)
Administrative Origin Rulings of General App lications which will take effect on 2 July 2002.
B. PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN
1. Paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement on Ru les 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 sha ll 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 Secr etariat 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 follows4:
CHINA
(Notification in English5)
- Provisional regulations concerning the rules of origin of the Customs General Administration of
the People's Republic of China;
- Proclamation of the Customs General Administra tion of the People's Republic of China, No. 17,
2001;
- Proclamation concerning the rules of origin for petroleum products of the Customs General
Administration of the People's Republic of China;
- Provisional rules of origin for imports under the First Agreement on Trade Negotiations among
developing member countries of the Economic a nd Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(Order of the Customs General Administration of the People's Republic of China, No. 94).
                                                     
3 Please note that these English texts are not offici al translations.  Should there be any discrepancy
between the Chinese texts and the English texts, the original Chinese texts shall govern, and in all instances ofinterpretation the Chinese original texts should be consulted.
4 The notifications are available for consultation in the Secretariat (Market Access Division).
5 These regulations and administrative measures are authentic in the Chinese language only.  Texts of
these regulations and administrative measures in the Chinese language and their English translations will be
provided to the WTO Secretariat shortly.G/RO/N/37
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CHINESE TAIPEI
(Notification in English)
There are no preferential rules of origin, judicial  decisions or administrative rulings of general
application relating to preferential rules of origin  in effect on 1 January 2002 for the Separate Customs
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.
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