WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/19
23January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0250)
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
BURKINA FASO
(Notification inFrench)
- Articles 21:2and21:3ofLawNumber 03-92-ADP (Customs Code ofBurkina Faso).
CYPRUS
(Notification inEnglish)
Cyprus doesnothavenon-preferential rules oforigin.
NIGER
(Notification inFrench)
- Article 16ofLawNo.61-17 of31May1961, (Customs Code ofNiger).
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).
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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
BURKINA FASO
(Notification inFrench)
- Treaty ontheEconomic Community ofWest African States (ECOWAS) anditsadditional
protocol;
- Treaty ontheWestAfrican Economic andMonetary Union (WAEMU) anditsAdditional Act
No.04/96 establishing atransitional preferential tariff regime fortrade within theWAEMU
anditsfinancing arrangements.
CYPRUS
(Notification inEnglish)
- EEC-Cyprus Association Agreement
- Regulation (EEC) 2907/77, 30November 1977, forming theAdditional Protocol on
rules oforigin, published intheFormal Newspaper oftheRepublic ofCyprus on30
November 1997;
- Law131/90; Regulation (EEC) 4264/88, 13December 1988;
- Law321/87; Regulation (EEC) 3202/90;
- Decision oftheEuropean Court 432/92, 5July1994.
NIGER
(Notification inFrench)
- Treaty ontheEconomic Community ofWest African States (ECOWAS) anditsadditional
protocol;
- Treaty ontheWest African Economic andMonetary Union (WAEMU) anditsadditional
protocol, which include theestablishment ofacustoms union among member countries.
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2Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).