WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/97
8 September 2003
(03-4679)
Committee on Rules of Origin
DRAFT
NINTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN
Note by the Secretariat
Article 6.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin provides that "the Committee shall review
annually the implementation and operation of Part II and Part III of this Agreement having regard to
its objectives".  This background document is circulated by the Secretariat in preparation for the ninthannual review of the implementation and operation of the Agreement, to be conducted at the meeting
of the Committee on Rules of Origin on 3 October 2003.G/RO/W/97
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Table of contents
1. Members and Observer status.................................................................................................3
(a) WTO Memb ers (146)........................................................................................................... .......3
(b) Observer Gove rnments (30)................................................................................................... .....3
(c) Observer Internationa l Organizati ons (9) ...................................................................................4
2. Officers of the Committ ee on Rules of  Origin........................................................................4
3. Meetings of the Committe e on Rules of Origin ......................................................................4
4. Annual Report to the Council for Trade in Goods ................................................................4G/RO/W/97
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1. Members and Observer status
(a) WTO Members (146)
Albania Djibouti Korea Portugal
Angola Dominica Kuwait Qatar
Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Kyrgyz Republic Romania
Argentina Ecuador Latvia RwandaArmenia Egypt Lesotho Saint Kitts and NevisAustralia El Salvador Liechtenstein Saint LuciaAustria Estonia Lithuania Saint Vincent and the
Bahrain European Community Luxembourg    Grenadines
Bangladesh Republic of the Fiji Macao, China SenegalBarbados    Islands Madagascar Sierra LeoneBelgium Finland Malawi SingaporeBelize Former Yugoslav Rep. of
MacedoniaMalaysia Slovak Republic
Benin France Maldives Slovenia
Bolivia Gabon Mali Solomon IslandsBotswana Gambia Malta South AfricaBrazil Georgia Mauritania SpainBrunei Darussalam Germany Mauritius Sri LankaBulgaria Ghana Mexico Suriname
Burkina Faso Greece Moldova Swaziland
Burundi Grenada Mongolia SwedenCameroon Guatemala Morocco SwitzerlandCanada Guinea, Republic of Mozambique TanzaniaCentral African Republic Guinea-Bissau Myanmar Thailand
Chad Guyana Namibia Togo
Chile Haiti Netherlands Trinidad and TobagoChina, Peoples's Rep. of Honduras New Zealand TunisiaChinese Taipei Hong Kong, China Nicaragua TurkeyColombia Hungary Niger UgandaCongo Iceland Nigeria United Arab Emirates
Costa Rica India Norway United Kingdom
Côte d'Ivoire Indonesia Oman United StatesCroatia Ireland Pakistan UruguayCuba Israel Panama VenezuelaCyprus Italy Papua New Guinea ZambiaCzech Republic Jamaica Paraguay Zimbabwe
Democratic Republic of Japan Peru
   the Congo Jordan PhilippinesDenmark Kenya Poland
(b) Observer Governments (30)
Algeria Holy See Sudan
Andorra Kazakhstan Tajikistan
Azerbaijan Lao, People's Democratic Republic of Tonga
Bahamas Lebanon UkraineBelarus Nepal UzbekistanBhutan Russian Federation VanuatuBosnia and Herzegovina Samoa Viet Nam
Cambodia Sao Tome and Principe Yemen
Cape Verde Saudi ArabiaEquatorial Guinea SeychellesEthiopia Serbia and MontenegroG/RO/W/97
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(c) Observer International Organizations (9)
ACP
EFTA
IADB
IMFITCB
OECD
UNCTAD
WCO
World Bank
2. Officers of the Committee on Rules of Origin
Chairman (elected in April 2002): Mr. Stefan Moser (Switzerland)
Vice-Chairman (elected in April 2002): Mr. Ronaldo Costa Filho (Brazil)
[Chairman (elected in October 2003): Mr. Syed Habib Ahmed (Pakistan)]
3. Meetings of the Committee on Rules of Origin
3.1 The Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) has held [one formal meeting on 3 October 2003].
The minutes of this meeting are contained in document [G/RO/M/43].
3.2 With regard to the work under Part II  of the Agreement on Rules of Origin (the Agreement),
[the CRO carried out the transitional review under paragraph 18 of the Protocol of Accession of thePeople's Republic of China.]
3.3 With regard to the work under Part III  of the Agreement, [the CRO took note of the
notifications under Article 5 and paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement.  To date [84] Members
have made notifications of non-preferential rules of origin and [89] Members have made notificationsof preferential rules of origin (see Annex).  The Chairman expressed concern that a number of
Members had not yet complied with the notification requirements.  He urged Members who had not
yet notified to do so as early as possible.]
3.4 Apart from the above-summarized implementation and operation of Parts II and III  of the
Agreement, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the CRO, at the request of the Chairman of the
General Council, have conducted intense consultations with Members in order to resolve the 94 corepolicy issues with regard to the Harmonization Work Programme under Part IV  of the Agreement.
The General Council, at its meeting on 24-25 July 2003, extended the deadline for completion of the
94 core policy issues to July 2004.  The General Counci l also agreed that following resolution of these
core policy issues, the CRO would complete its remaining technical work by 31 December 2004.
4. Annual Report to the Council for Trade in Goods
[The CRO adopted its report to the CTG.]
[To be completed in light of the discussion at the meeting on 3 October 2003.]G/RO/W/97
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ANNEX
1. Members that have notified Non- Preferential Rules of Origin (43)
Argentina (G/RO/N/2, 10 & 16) Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1, 24, 30 & 37) Norway (G/RO/N/8)
Armenia (G/RO/N/41) Hungary (G/RO/N/2) Peru (G/RO/N/4 & 5)
Australia (G/RO/N/1) Israel (G/RO/N/13) Poland (G/RO/N/8)Burkina Faso (G/RON/19) Japan (G/RO/N/1) Qatar (G/RO/N/25)Bulgaria (G/RO/N/17 & 27) Korea (G/RO/N/1) Romania (G/RO/N/1)Canada (G/RO/N/1) Jordan (G/RO/N/30) Senegal (G/RO/N/10)
China (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) Latvia (G/RO/N/25) Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/1)
Colombia (G/RO/N/1) Lithuania (G/RO/N/36) Slovenia (G/RO/N/5, 7 & 29/Rev.1)Croatia (G/RNO/N/36) Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) South Africa (G/RO/N/3)Cuba (G/ RO/N/3) Mexico (G/RO/N/12) Switzerland (G/RO/N/4)Czech Rep. (G/RO/N/2) Moldova (G/RON/36) Taipei, Chinese (G/RO/N/37)EC (G/RO/N/1) Morocco (G/RO/N/2) Tunisia (G/RO/N/7)
Estonia (G/RO/N/34) New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28)
Georgia (G/RO/N/37) Niger (G/RON/19) US (G/RO/N/1 & 6)
Venezuela  (G/RO/N/1 & 10)
2. Members that have notified that they do not have Non-Preferential Rules of Origin (41)
Bolivia (G/RO/N/9) Honduras (G/RO/N/3) Oman (G/RO/N/32)
Brazil (G/RO/N/14) Iceland (G/RO/N/5) Pakistan (G/RO/N/16)Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/5) India (G/RO/N/1) Panama (G/RO/N/23)Burundi (G/RO/N/33) Indonesia (G/RO/N/16) Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32)
Chad (G/RO/N22) Jamaica (G/RO/N/4) Paraguay (G/RO/N/21)
Chile (G/RO/N/6) Kenya (G/RO/N/9) Philippines (G/RO/N/6)Costa Rica (G/RO/N/1) Macao, China (G/RO/N/21) Singapore (G/RO/N/3)Cyprus ((G/RON/19) Malaysia (G/RO/N/6) Suriname (G/RO/N/24)Dominica (G/RO/N/24) Maldives (G/RO/N/22) Thailand (G/RO/N/1)Dominican Rep. (G/RO/N/9) Malta (G/RO/N/4) Trinidad & Tob. (G/RO/N/7)
El Salvador (G/RO/N/10) Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) Uganda (G/RO/N/12)
Fiji (G/RO/N/17) Mongolia (G/RO/N/20) United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17)Guatemala (G/RO/N/21) Namibia (G/RO/N/26) Uruguay (G/RO/N/12)Haiti (G/RO/N/20) Nicaragua (G/RO/N/10)
3. Members that have not notified N on-Preferential Rules of Origin (47)
Albania Egypt Mauritania
Angola Former Yugoslav Rep. of MozambiqueAntigua & Barbuda Macedonia Myanmar
Bahrain Gabon Nigeria
Bangladesh Gambia RwandaBarbados Ghana Saint Kitts & NevisBelize Grenada Saint LuciaBenin Guinea Bissau Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Botswana Guinea, Rep. of Sierra Leone
Cameroon Guyana Solomon IslandsCentral African Rep Kuwait Sri LankaCongo Kyrgyz Rep. SwazilandCôte d'Ivoire Lesotho TanzaniaD.R. of Congo Liechtenstein Togo
Djibouti Malawi Zambia
Ecuador Mali ZimbabweG/RO/W/97
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4. Members that have notified Preferential Rules of Origin  (86)
Argentina (G/RO/N/16) Honduras (G/RO/N/3 & 10) Norway (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23)
Armenia (G/RO/N/41) Hungary (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) Oman (G/RO/N/32)
Australia (G/RO/N/1) Iceland (G/RO/N/15, 22 & 23) Pakistan (G/RO/N/16)
Bolivia (G/RO/N/1, 22&23) India (G/RO/N/1) Panama (G/RO/N/23)Brazil (G/RO/N/12) Indonesia (G/RO/N/4) Paraguay (G/RO/N/12)Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/4) Israel (G/RO/N/13) Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32)Bulgaria (G/RO/N/15, 22, 23 & 27) Jamaica (G/RO/N/4) Peru (G/RO/N/1)
Burkina Faso (G/RO/N/19) Japan (G/RO/N/6) Philippines (G/RO/N/4)
Canada (G/RO/N/1, 6 & 8) Jordan (G/RON/30) Poland (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23)Chad (G/RO/N/22) Kenya (G/RO/N/9) Qatar (G/RO/N/25)Chile (G/RO/N/6&38) Korea (G/RO/N/7) Romania (G/RO/N/14, 22 & 23)China (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) Kyrgyz Republic (G/RO/N/39) Senegal (G/RO/N/10)Colombia (G/RO/N/1) Latvia (G/RO/N/25) Singapore (G/RO/N/3 & 4)
Costa Rica (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) Liechtenstein (G/RO/N/22) Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/1, 22 & 23)
Côte d'Ivoire (G/RO/N/11) Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) Slovenia (G/RO/N/5, 7, 22 & 23)Croatia (G/RO/N/36) Malaysia (G/RO/N/4) Suriname (G/RO/N/24)Cuba (G/RO/N/3) Maldives (G/RO/N/22) Switzerland (G/RO/N/6, 22, 23, 29 & 30)Cyprus (G/RO/N/19) Mali (G/RON/35) Taipei, Chinese (G/RO/N/37)Czech Rep. (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) Malta (G/RO/ N/4) Thailand (G/RO/N/1 & 4)
Dominica(G/RO/N/24) Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) Trinidad &Tob. (G/RO/N/7 & 24)
Dominican Rep. (G/RO/N/5, 39 & 40) Mexico (G/RO/N/12) Tunisia (G/RO/N/7)EC (G/RO/N/1) Moldova (G/RO/N/36) Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28)Ecuador (G/RO/N/12) Mongolia (G/RO/N/20) Uganda (G/RO/N/12)El Salvador (G/RO/N/10, 11&30) Morocco (G/RO/N/2) United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17)
Estonia (G/RON/31) Myanmar (G/RO/N/36) US (G/RO/N/1 , 6 & 18)
Fiji (G/RO/N/17) Namibia (G/RO/N/26) Uruguay (G/RO/N/5)Georgia (G/RO/N/38) New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) Venezuela (G/RO/N/1)Guatemala (G/RO/N/21) Nicaragua (G/RO/N/10) Zambia (G/RO/N/15)Haiti (G/RO/N/20) Niger (G/RO/N/19)
5. Members that have notified that they do not  have Preferential Rules of Origin (4)
Burundi (G/RO/N/34)
Chinese Taipei (G/RO/N/37)
Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1)
Macao, China (G/RO/N/21)G/RO/W/97
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6. Members that have not notified Preferential Rules of Origin (42)
Albania Former Yugoslav. Rep. of Nigeria
Angola   Macedonia Rwanda
Antigua & Barbuda Gabon St. Kitts & Nevis
Bahrain Gambia Saint LuciaBangladesh Ghana Saint Vincent & GrenadinesBarbados Grenada Sierra LeoneBelize Guinea Bissau Solomon Islands
Benin Guinea, Rep. of South Africa
Botswana Guyana Sri LankaCameroon Kuwait SwazilandCent. African Rep. Lesotho TanzaniaCongo Lithuania TogoD.R. of Congo Malawi Zimbabwe
Djibouti Mauritania
Egypt Mozambique
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