WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/RO/N/36
12 March 2002
(02-1251)
Committee on Rules of Origin
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 4 OF ANNEX II TO
THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN
Preferential Rules of Origin
A. NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN
1. Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin  envisages that each Member shall provide to
the Secretariat, within 90 days after the date entry in to force of the WTO Ag reement for it, its rules of
origin, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of  general application relating to rules of origin in
effect on that date.  If by inadvertence a rule of origin has not been provided, the Member concerned
shall provide it immediately after this fact becomes known.  Lists of information received and available
within the Secretariat shall be circulat ed to the Members by the Secretariat.
2. Article 5.2 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin provides that during the period referred to in
Article 2, Members introducing modifications, other than  de minimis  modifications, to their rules of
origin or introducing new rules of origin, which, for the purpose of the Article, shall include any rule of
origin referred to in paragraph 1 and not provided to  the Secretariat, shall publish a notice to that effect
at least 60 days before the entry into force of the modified or new rule in such a manner as to enable
interested parties to become acquain ted with the intention to modify a rule of origin or to introduce a
new rule of origin, unless exceptional circumstances ar ise or threaten to arise for a Member.  In these
exceptional cases, the Member shall publish the modified or new rule as soon as possible.
3. Previous notifications received are listed in the G/RO/N/- series.  Further notifications have
been received as follows:1
CROATIA
(Notification in English)
- Articles 25 and 26 of the Law on Trade;
- Articles 12, 13 and 23-27 of the Customs Law;
- Articles 4-27 of the Decree on the Implementation of the Customs Law;
- Articles 3 and 4 of the Book of Regulations on Forms for the Implementation of the Customs
Law;  and
- Chapter III of the Decree on Determination of  Goods Subject to Export and Import Licences.
                                                     
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LITHUANIA
(Notification in English)
- Section 1 of Chapter V of the Customs Code  (Law No. I-1292 of 18 April 1996, published in
Official Gazette No. 52 of 1 June 1996);  and
- Government Resolution No. 1077 of 1 October 1997 "On allocation of origin and implementing
provisions relating to universal certificates of origin" and the Order for the establishment of
non-preferential origin of goods approv ed by Government Resolution No. 1077 of
1 October 1997 (published in Official  Gazette No. 91 of 7 October 1997).
MOLDOVA
(Notification in English)
- Customs Code of the Republic of Moldova (No. 1149-XIV of 20 July 2000, amended by the
Law of the Republic of Moldova, No. 596-XV of 1 November 2001 on amending the Customs
Code of the Republic of Moldova);  and
- Law of the Republic of Moldova on Cust oms Tariff (No. 1380-XII of 20 November 1997,
amended by the Law of the Republic of Moldova, No. 1319-XIV of 27 October 2000 on
amending and completing of the Customs Tariff).
B. PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN
1. Paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement on Ru les of Origin envisages that Members shall
provide to the Secretariat promptly their preferential rules of origin, including a listing of the preferential
arrangements to which they apply, judicial decisions, and administrative rulings of general application
relating to their preferential rules of origin in effect on the date of entry into force of the WTO
Agreement for the Member concerned.  Members sha ll provide any modifications to their preferential
rules of origin or new preferential rules of origin  as soon as possible to the Secretariat.  Lists of
information received and available within the Secr etariat shall be circulated to Members by the
Secretariat.
2. Previous notifications received are listed in the G/RO/N/- series.  Further notifications have
been received as follows2:
CROATIA
(Notification in English)
- Articles 25 and 26 of the Law on Trade;
- Articles 12 and 28 of the Customs Law;
- Articles 2 and 5 of the Customs Tariff Law;
- Articles 4-10, 24-26 and 28-32 of the Decr ee on the Implementation of the Customs Law;
- Articles 3 and 4 of the Book of Regulations on Forms for the Implementation of the Customs
Law;  and
- FTA's Protocol concerning th e definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods
of administrative cooperation.
                                                     
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MOLDOVA
(Notification in English)
- Customs Code of the Republic of Moldova (No. 1149-XIV of 20 July 2000, amended by the
Law of the Republic of Moldova, No. 596-XV of 1 November 2001 on amending the Customs
Code of the Republic of Moldova);  and
- Law of the Republic of Moldova on Cust oms Tariff (No. 1380-XII of 20 November 1997,
amended by the Law of the Republic of Moldova, No. 1319-XIV of 27 October 2000 on
amending and completing of the Customs Tariff).
MYANMAR
(Notification in English)
- Certificate of Origin Form A for the Generalized System of Preferences;  and
- Certificate of Origin Form D for ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme.
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