WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/17
10April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1515)
Committee onRules ofOrigin
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5AND PARAGRAPH 4OFANNEX IIOF
THE AGREEMENT ONRULES OFORIGIN
A. NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OFORIGIN
1. Article 5.1oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin envisages thateachMember shallprovide
totheSecretariat, within 90daysafterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forit,its
rules oforigin, judicial decisions andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application relating torules
oforigin ineffect onthatdate. Ifbyinadvertence aruleoforigin hasnotbeenprovided, theMember
concerned shallprovide itimmediately afterthisfactbecomes known. Listsofinformation received
andavailable within theSecretariat shallbecirculated totheMembers bytheSecretariat.
2. Article 5.2oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin provides thatduring theperiod referred to
inArticle 2,Members introducing modifications, other thandeminimis modifications, totheirrules
oforigin orintroducing newrulesoforigin, which, forthepurpose ofthisArticle, shallinclude any
ruleoforigin referred toinparagraph 1andnotprovided totheSecretariat, shallpublish anotice to
thateffect atleast60daysbefore theentry intoforce ofthemodified ornewruleinsuchamanner
astoenable interested parties tobecome acquainted withtheintention tomodify aruleoforigin or
tointroduce anewruleoforigin, unless exceptional circumstances arise orthreaten toarise fora
Member. Inthese exceptional cases, theMember shallpublish themodified ornewruleassoonas
possible.
3. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
beenreceived asfollows:1
BULGARIA
(Notification inEnglish)
- Articles 2-7oftheRegulation ofCouncil ofMinisters No.298/1996, published inStateGazette
No.108of20December 1996.
FIJI
(Notification inEnglish)
Fijidoesnothavenon-preferential rules oforigin.
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
(Notification inEnglish)
TheUnited Arab Emirates doesnothaveanynon-preferential ruling ofgeneral application
relating torules oforigin.
B. PREFERENTIAL RULES OFORIGIN
1. Paragraph 4ofAnnex IIoftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin envisages thatMembers shall
provide totheSecretariat promptly theirpreferential rulesoforigin, including alisting ofthepreferential
arrangements towhich theyapply, judicial decisions, andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application
relating totheir preferential rules oforigin ineffect onthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement fortheMember concerned. Members shallprovide anymodifications totheirpreferential
rules oforigin ornewpreferential rules oforigin assoon aspossible totheSecretariat. Lists of
information received andavailable within theSecretariat shall becirculated toMembers bythe
Secretariat.
2. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
beenreceived asfollows:2
BULGARIA
(Notification inEnglish)
1.GSPrules oforigin
- Articles 8-23oftheRegulation ofCouncil ofMinisters No.298/1996, published in
State Gazette No.108of20December 1996.
2.Preferential rules oforigin relating toFreeTrade Agreements concluded byBulgaria
- Protocol 4concerning thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation totheEurope Agreement between theEuropean
Communities andtheirMember States, oftheonepart,andtheRepublic ofBulgaria,
oftheother part;
- Protocol Bconcerning thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation totheAgreement between theEFTA States andthe
Republic ofBulgaria;
- Protocol 3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation totheFreeTrade Agreement between theRepublic of
Bulgaria andtheCzech Republic;
- Protocol 3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation totheFreeTrade Agreement between theRepublic of
Bulgaria andtheSlovak Republic;
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- Protocol 3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation totheFreeTrade Agreement between theRepublic of
Bulgaria andSlovenia.
FIJI
(Notification inEnglish)
- Bilateral Trade Agreement between Papua NewGuinea andFiji,1996;
- Bilateral Trade Agreement between theKingdom ofTonga andFiji,1995;
- South Pacific Regional Trade andCooperation Agreement (SPARTECA), 1980.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
(Notification inEnglish)
- TheUnified Economic Agreement between theCountries oftheGulfCooperation Council,
1982.