. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/75/Rev.2
8 November 2002
(02-6162)
Committee on Rules of Origin
ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS ON HARMONIZED RULES OF ORIGIN
Revision
The following proposals on harmonized rules of origin are forwarded for endorsement to the
formal meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin scheduled for 15 November 2002.  Consensus on
the basis of ad referendum, was reached on these proposals at the informal meeting in November and
December 2001.
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- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 371:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 12.08
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 1-24 – Issues Nos. 49-50: to endorse the following primary rules: "CC, subject to
Chapter Note 1(a)" for heading 16.012 and split heading ex16.02(a)3; "CC" for split heading
ex16.02(b)4; "CTH" for heading 16.03 and 16.055 and split heading ex16.04(b).
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 946: to endorse the following rule: "CTH, except from heading
22.01" for subheading 2202.10.
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 247:  to endorse Option A (a Note (primary rule) for Chapters 30-
38 should read "the addition, whether or not in combination, of the additives enumerated in
HS Chapter Notes 1(f) and 1(g) to Chapter 29 for purposes indicated therein is not origin
conferring").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 14: to endorse Option B (each primary rule of subheading
5101.21 and 5101.29 should read "CC".
- Chapters 50-63 – Issues No. 15:  to endorse Option B (the primary rule of heading 51.01
should read "The origin of the good shall be the country in which wool of this heading isobtained in its natural or unprocessed state"; the primary rule of heading 51.03 should read
"the country of origin of the good is the country in which the waste of this heading is derived
from manufacturing or processing operations or from consumption".)
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 20
8:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 56.04
should read "CTH").
                                                     
1 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina.
2 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia and Malaysia.
3 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia, Malaysia and Venezuela.
4 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia and Malaysia.
5 Consensus on this issue is subject to Venezuela.
6 Consensus on this issue is subject to Venezuela
7 Consensus on this issue is subject to the European Communities and Switzerland.
8 Consensus on this issue is subject to Honduras and Venezuela.G/RO/W/75/Rev.2
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- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 19:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of subheading 7106.92
and 7108.13 should read "CTSH".
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 1:  to endorse the following Note (primary rule) for Chapter 82:
Note 1: A good or part produced from a blank:
1. The country of origin of a good or part pr oduced from a blank which by application of
the Harmonized System General Interpretative Rule 2(a) is classified in the same
heading, subheading or subdivision as the complete or finished good or part, shall be
the country in which every working edge, working surface and working part was
configured to final shape and dimension, provided, in its imported condition, the
blank from which it was produced:(i)  was not capable of functioning, and
(ii)  was not advanced beyond the initial stamping process or any processing required
to remove the material from the forging platter or casting mold.
2. If the criteria in paragraph 1 are not satisfied, the country of origin is the country of
origin of the blank of this chapter.
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 9:  to endorse the following Note for Chapter 83:
Note 1: A good or part produced from a blank:
The country of origin of a good or part produced from a blank, which by application
of the Harmonized System General Interpretative Rule 2(a) is classified in the same
heading, subheading or subdivision as the complete or finished good or part, shall be
the country in which the blank was finished, provided finishing included configuring
to final shape by the removal of material (other than merely by honing or polishing or
both), or by forming processes such as be nding, hammering, pressing or stamping.
- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issues Nos. 8010 and 8510: to delete these issues11.
- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issue No. 6312:  to delete this issue (split headings 85.41(f) and
85.42(e) should be deleted.
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 3313:  to endorse the following Note  (primary rule) for Chapter 93
and heading 95.06:
Note 2: A good or part produced from a blank:
The country of origin of a good or part produced from a blank, which by application
of the Harmonized System General Interpretative Rule 2(a) is classified in the sameheading, subheading or subdivision as the complete or finished good or part, shall be
the country in which the blank was finished, provided finishing included configuring
to final shape by the removal of material (other than merely by honing or polishing or
both), or by forming processes such as be nding, hammering, pressing or stamping.
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9Consensus on this issue is subject to Sri Lanka.
10 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
11 Two options are to be kept in the relevant documents.
12 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia and Singapore.
13 Consensus on this issue is subject to the Eur opean Communities and Morocco.  The EC joined the
consensus for heading 95.06 and stated that the proposed Note for Chapter 93 was only relevant for heading93.07 and that the wording of that Note should, for consistency reasons, be similar to the Note for Chapter 82.