WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/75/Rev.1
18 June 2002
(02-3368)
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 28 June 2002.  Consensus on thebasis 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. 37
1:  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 16.035 and 16.056 and split heading ex16.04(b)5.
- Chapters 1-24 – Issue No. 947: to endorse the following rule: "CTH, except from heading
22.01" for subheading 2202.10.
- Chapters 28-40 – Issue No. 248:  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 originconferring").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No.3:  to endorse Option B:
- split heading ex50.04(a), ex50.05(a) and ex50.06(b) should be deleted; split headings
ex50.04(b) and (c), ex50.05(b) and (c), ex50.06(c) and (d) should be renumbered asex50.04(a) and (b), ex50.05 (a) and (b), ex50.06 (b) and (c);  each primary rule of
renumbered split heading ex50.04 (b) and ex50.05(b) should read "CTH, except from
heading 50.06";  the primary rule of renumbered split heading ex 50.06(c) should read
"CTH except from heading 50.05 or 50.07";
- each primary rule of split heading ex51.06(c), ex51.07(c) and ex51.08(c) should read
"CTH except from heading 51.09"; the primary rule of split heading ex51.09(c)
should read "CTH, except from headings 51.06 through 51.08;
                                                     
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, the European Communities, Malaysia and Venezuela.
4 Consensus on this issue is subject to Australia and Malaysia.
5 Consensus on this issue is subject to Korea and the United States.
6 Consensus on this issue is subject to Venezuela.
7 Consensus on this issue is subject to Guatemala, Singapore and Venezuela
8 Consensus on this issue is subject to the European Communities and Switzerland.G/RO/W/75/Rev.1
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- the primary rule of split heading ex51.10(c) should read "CTH";
- each primary rule of split heading ex52.05(c) and ex52.06(c) should read "CTH,
except from heading 52.04 or 52.07";
- the primary rule of split heading ex52.07(c ) should read: "CTH, except from headings
52.04 though 52.06";
- each primary rule of split heading ex53.06(c), ex53.07(c) and ex53.08(c), should read
"CTH".
- split headings ex54.01(a), ex54.04(a)(1), ex54.04(c)(1), ex54.05(a)(1), ex54.05(c)(1),
ex54.06(a) should be deleted; split headings ex54.01(b) and (c), ex54.04(b)(1) and
(a)(2) and (b)(2), ex54.05(b)(1) and (a)(2) and (b)(2), ex54.06(b) and (c) should be
renumbered as ex54.01(a) and (b), ex54.04(a) and (b)(1) (other-cut from sheet) and
(b)(2) (other-other), ex54.05(a) and (b)(1) (other-cut from sheet) and
(b)(2)(other-other) and ex54.06(a) and (b) respectively; the primary rule ofrenumbered split headings ex54.01(b) should read "CTH, except from headings 54.02
through 54.06"; each primary rule of renumbered split heading, ex54.04(b)(2),
ex54.05(b)(2) should read "CTH, except from headings 54.01 or 54.06";  the primary
rule of split heading ex54.06(b) should read "CTH, except from heading 54.01
through 54.05" (see document G/RO/W/67/Rev.3 for the primary rule of renumberedof split headings ex54.04(b)(1) and ex54.05(b)(1) – "CTH, except from heading
39.20 or 39.21).
- each primary rule of split heading ex55.08(c), ex55.09(c) and ex55.10(c) should read
"CTH, except from headings 55.08 or 55.11;  the primary rule of split headingex55.11(c) should read: "CTH, except from headings 55.08 through 55.10".
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 20
9:  to endorse Option A (the primary rule of heading 56.04
should read "CTH").
- Chapters 50-63 – Issue No. 3710:  to endorse Option A for heading 59.06 (the primary rule of
heading 59.06 should read "CTH").
- Chapter 71 – Issue No. 111:  to endorse Option B (each primary rule of subheading 7106.92
and 7108.13 should read "CTSH".
- Chapters 82-83 – Issue No. 112:  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 bethe 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
                                                     
9 Consensus on this issue is subject to Honduras and Venezuela.
10 Consensus on this issue is subject to Guatemala.
11Consensus on this issue is subject to Sri Lanka.
12 Consensus on this issue is subject to Egypt and Morocco.G/RO/W/75/Rev.1
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(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. 912:  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 configuringto 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. 80
13 and 8515: to delete these issues14.
- Chapters 84-85 and 90 – Issue No. 6315:  to delete this issue (split headings 85.41(f) and
85.42(e) should be deleted.
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 3316:  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 same
heading, subheading or subdivision as the complete or finished good or part, shall bethe 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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13 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia.
14 Two options are to be kept in the relevant documents.
15 Consensus on this issue is subject to Malaysia and Singapore.
16 Consensus on this issue is subject to Argentina,  the European Communities, Egypt, India, Morocco
and the Philippines.