WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/55
3 December 2002
(02-6658)
Committee on Rules of Origin
EIGHTH 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".  At the meeting of 15 November 2002, the Committee on Rules of Origin conducted
its eighth review of the implementation and operation of the Agreement.G/RO/55
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Table of contents
1. Members and Observer status.................................................................................................3
(a) WTO Memb ers (144)........................................................................................................... .......3
(b) Observer Gove rnments (32)................................................................................................... .....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/55
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1. Members and Observer status
(a) WTO Members (144)
Albania Djibouti Korea Poland
Angola Dominica Kuwait Portugal
Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Kyrgyz Republic Qatar
Argentina Ecuador Latvia RomaniaAustralia Egypt Lesotho RwandaAustria El Salvador Liechtenstein Saint Kitts and NevisBahrain Estonia Lithuania Saint Lucia
Bangladesh European Community Luxembourg Saint Vincent and the
Barbados Republic of the Fiji Macao, China    GrenadinesBelgium    Islands Madagascar SenegalBelize Finland Malawi Sierra LeoneBenin France Malaysia SingaporeBolivia Gabon Maldives Slovak Republic
Botswana The Gambia Mali Slovenia
Brazil Georgia Malta Solomon IslandsBrunei Darussalam Germany Mauritania South AfricaBulgaria Ghana Mauritius SpainBurkina Faso Greece Mexico Sri LankaBurundi Grenada Moldova Suriname
Cameroon Guatemala Mongolia Swaziland
Canada Guinea, Republic of Morocco SwedenCentral African Republic Guinea-Bissau Mozambique SwitzerlandChad Guyana Myanmar TanzaniaChile Haiti Namibia Thailand
China, Peoples's Rep. of Honduras Netherlands Togo
Chinese Taipei Hong Kong, China New Zealand Trinidad and TobagoColombia Hungary Nicaragua TunisiaCongo Iceland Niger TurkeyCosta Rica India Nigeria UgandaCôte d'Ivoire Indonesia Norway United Arab Emirates
Croatia Ireland Oman United Kingdom
Cuba Israel Pakistan United StatesCyprus Italy Panama UruguayCzech Republic Jamaica Papua New Guinea VenezuelaDemocratic Republic of Japan Paraguay Zambia   the Congo Jordan Peru Zimbabwe
Denmark Kenya Philippines
(b) Observer Governments (32)
Algeria Ethiopia Seychelles
Andorra Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia SudanArmenia Holy See TajikistanAzerbaijan Kazakhstan Tonga
Bahamas Lao, People's Democratic Republic of Ukraine
Belarus Lebanon UzbekistanBhutan Nepal VanuatuBosnia and Herzegovina Russian Federation Viet NamCambodia Samoa Yemen
Cape Verde Sao Tome and Principe Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of
Equatorial Guinea Saudi ArabiaG/RO/55
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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: Mr. Stefan Moser (Switzerland)
Vice-Chairman: Mr. Ronaldo Costa Filho (Brazil)
3. Meetings of the Committee on Rules of Origin
3.1 The Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) has held three formal meetings on 19 April,
28 June and 15 November 2002.  The minutes of these meetings are contained in documents
G/RO/M/40-42.
3.2 With regard to the work under Part II  of the Agreement on Rules of Origin (the Agreement),
the CRO, at its meeting in November 2002, carried out the transitional review under paragraph 18 ofthe Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China.
3.3 With regard to the work under Part III  of the Agreement, the CRO, at each meeting, took
note of the notifications under Article 5 and paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement.  To date
83 Members have made notifications of non-preferential rules of origin and 87 Members have madenotifications of 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 (G/RO/M/40-42);
3.4 Apart from the above-summarized implementation and operation of Parts II and III  of the
Agreement, most of the CRO’s formal and informal sessions were devoted to its work under Part IV,
namely the Harmonization Work Programme (HWP).  The Chairman of the Committee made a reportto the General Council on the progress of the HWP at its meeting on 31 July 2002, and the CRO, as
mandated, forwarded 93 core policy issues as well as the implications issue to the General Council for
discussion and decision at that level (G/RO/52;  WT/GC/M/75).
4. Annual Report to the Council for Trade in Goods
The CRO adopted its report to the CTG at its meeting on 15 November 2002 (G/L/593).G/RO/55
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ANNEX
1. Members that have notified Non- Preferential Rules of Origin (42)
Argentina (G/RO/N/2, 10 & 16) 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)
Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1, 24, 30 & 37) Norway (G/RO/N/8) 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 (46)
Albania Egypt Myanmar
Angola Gabon NigeriaAntigua & Barbuda The Gambia RwandaBahrain Ghana Saint Kitts & Nevis
Bangladesh Grenada Saint Lucia
Barbados Guinea Bissau Saint Vincent & GrenadinesBelize Guinea, Rep. of Sierra LeoneBenin Guyana Solomon IslandsBotswana Kuwait Sri Lanka
Cameroon Kyrgyz Rep. Swaziland
Central African Rep Lesotho TanzaniaCongo Liechtenstein TogoCôte d'Ivoire Malawi ZambiaD.R. of Congo Mali ZimbabweDjibouti Mauritania
Ecuador MozambiqueG/RO/55
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4. Members that have notified Preferential Rules of Origin  (84)
Argentina (G/RO/N/16) Hungary (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) Pakistan (G/RO/N/16)
Australia (G/RO/N/1) Iceland (G/RO/N/15, 22 & 23) Panama (G/RO/N/23)
Bolivia (G/RO/N/1, 22&23) India (G/RO/N/1) Paraguay (G/RO/N/12)
Brazil (G/RO/N/12) Indonesia (G/RO/N/4) Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32)Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/4) Israel (G/RO/N/13) Peru (G/RO/N/1)Bulgaria (G/RO/N/15, 22, 23 & 27) Jamaica (G/RO/N/4) Philippines (G/RO/N/4)Burkina Faso (G/RO/N/19) Japan (G/RO/N/6) Poland (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23)
Canada (G/RO/N/1, 6 & 8) Jordan (G/RON/30) Qatar (G/RO/N/25)
Chad (G/RO/N/22) Kenya (G/RO/N/9) Romania (G/RO/N/14, 22 & 23)Chile (G/RO/N/6&38) Korea (G/RO/N/7) Senegal (G/RO/N/10)China (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) Latvia (G/RO/N/25) Singapore (G/RO/N/3 & 4)Colombia (G/RO/N/1) Liechtenstein (G/RO/N/22) Slovak Republic (G/RO/N/1, 22 & 23)Costa Rica (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) Slovenia (G/RO/N/5, 7, 22 & 23)
Côte d'Ivoire (G/RO/N/11) Malaysia (G/RO/N/4) Suriname (G/RO/N/24)
Croatia (G/RO/N/36) Maldives (G/RO/N/22) Switzerland (G/RO/N/6, 22, 23, 29 & 30)Cuba (G/RO/N/3) Mali (G/RON/35) Taipei, Chinese (G/RO/N/37)Cyprus (G/RO/N/19) Malta (G/RO/ N/4) Thailand (G/RO/N/1 & 4)Czech Rep. (G/RO/N/2, 22 & 23) Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) Trinidad &Tob. (G/RO/N/7 & 24)Dominica(G/RO/N/24) Mexico (G/RO/N/12) Tunisia (G/RO/N/7)
Dominican Rep. (G/RO/N/5) Moldova (G/RO/N/36) Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28)
EC (G/RO/N/1) Mongolia (G/RO/N/20) Uganda (G/RO/N/12)Ecuador (G/RO/N/12) Morocco (G/RO/N/2) United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17)El Salvador (G/RO/N/10, 11&30) Myanmar (G/RO/N/36) US (G/RO/N/1 , 6 & 18)Estonia (G/RON/31) Namibia (G/RO/N/26) Uruguay (G/RO/N/5)
Fiji (G/RO/N/17) New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) Venezuela (G/RO/N/1)
Georgia (G/RO/N/38) Nicaragua (G/RO/N/10) Zambia (G/RO/N/15)Guatemala (G/RO/N/21) Niger (G/RO/N/19)Haiti (G/RO/N/20) Norway (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23)Honduras (G/RO/N/3 & 10) Oman (G/RO/N/32)
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/55
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6. Members that have not notified Preferential Rules of Origin (42)
Albania Egypt Mozambique
Angola Gabon Nigeria
Antigua & Barbuda The Gambia Rwanda
Bahrain Ghana St. Kitts & NevisBangladesh Grenada Saint LuciaBarbados Guinea Bissau Saint Vincent & GrenadinesBelize Guinea, Rep. of Sierra Leone
Benin Guyana Solomon Islands
Botswana Kuwait South AfricaCameroon Kyrgyz Rep. Sri LankaCent. African Rep. Lesotho SwazilandCongo Lithuania TanzaniaD.R. of Congo Malawi Togo
Djibouti Mauritania Zimbabwe
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