G/RO/N/206  
28 October 2020 
(20-7552) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Rules of Origin  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5 AND PARAGRAPH 4 OF  
ANNEX II TO THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
NON-PREFERENTIAL AND PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
1. According to Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin, each Member shall provide to 
the Secretariat, within 90 days after the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement for it, its 
rules of origin, judicial decisions, and administrative rulings o f 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. Article 5.2 of the 
Agreement stipulates,  moreover, 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, shall publish a notice to that effect at least 60 days before t he entry into force of the 
modified or new rule in such a manner as to enable interested parties to become acquainted with 
the intention to modify a rule of origin or to introduce a new rule of origin, unless exceptional 
circumstances arise or threaten to arise for a Member.  
2. Furthermore, paragraph 4 of Annex II to the Agreement on Rules of Origin envisages that 
Members shall promptly  provide to the Secretariat their existing or new preferential rules of origin, 
including a listing of the preferential arrang ements to which they apply, judicial decisions, and 
administrative rulings of general application relating to their preferential rules of origin. In this 
respect, the Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) further agreed that notifications made to the 
Committe e on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) or the Committee on Trade and Development 
(CTD) could also suffice to discharge Members' notification obligations under the Agreement on Rules 
of Origin (G/RO/M/59). As a result, the Committee agreed that notifications  which had been initially 
received by the CRTA or the CTD should also be circulated by the Secretariat to the CRO. Information 
regarding such notifications, including related to preferential rules of origin, can also be obtained 
through the WTO database on  regional trade agreements ( http://rtais.wto.org ) or the WTO  database 
on preferential trade agreements ( http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
3. In accordance with these rules, the following notific ation has been received1: 
NORWAY  
A.  NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
 
The following updated regulations concerning rules of origin have been applied since 1 July 2020:  
 
- The Act on Customs Duties and Movement of Goods 2007  (the relevant sections concerning 
rules of origin are in Chapter 8 ): https://www.toll.no/en/services/regulations/law -and-
regulations/the -act-on-customs -duties -and-movement -of-goods/   
 
- Regulations to the Act on Customs Duties and Movement of Goods 2008    (the relevant 
sections concerning rules of origin are in Chapter 8 ): 
https://www.toll.no/en/services/regulations/law -and-regulations/regulations -to-the-act-on-
customs -duties -and-movement -of-goods -customs -regulations/  
 
 
 
1 The information  in this notification complements  the information previously notified in G/RO/N/ 149. G/RO/N/206  
 
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  B.  PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
 
- Norwegian Customs ( Information concerning free trade and preferential treatment by 
importation ): https://www.toll.no/en/corporate/import/fr ee-trade/  
 
- Norwegian Customs( Information concerning free trade and preferential treatment by 
exportation ): https://www.toll.no/en/corporate/export/duty -free-status -or-lower -duties -
when -exporting -to-other -countries/    
 
- Norwegian  Ministry of Finance  (Parliamentary Decision for Customs Duty ): 
https://www.toll.no/en/services/regulations/parliamentary -decree -on-customs -duties/  
 
- Norwe gian Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Regulation of 07.03.2008 (safeguard mechanism 
for imports of agricultural products) ):https://lovdata.no/dokument/SFE/forskrift/2008 -03-07-
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