RESTRICTED  
  
RD/RO/21* 
22 July 2015  
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Committee on Rules of Origin   
 
  UNOFFICIAL ROOM DOCUMENT1 
SUMMARY OF PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN APPLIED TO LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BY 
SOME G20 COUNTRIES 
 
 
 
Comité des règles d'origine  
 
DOCUMENT DE SÉANCE NON OFFICIEL1 
SUMMARY OF PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN APPLIED TO LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BY 
SOME G20 COUNTRIES 
 
 
 
Comité de Normas de Origen  
 
DOCUMENTO DE SALA NO OFICIAL1 
SUMMARY OF PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN APPLIED TO LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BY 
SOME G20 COUNTRIES 
 
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* In Original language only/En langue originale seulement/En el idioma original solamente. 
1 Documents issued in the RD seri es are not official WTO documents. They usually appear in their 
language of submission and will not be translated systematically into th e working languages of the WTO. They 
are intended for use in WTO meeting rooms and are attribut ed an unofficial symbol for archiving purposes only.  
Les documents de la série RD ne sont pas des documents officiels de l'OMC. Ils ne paraissent 
généralement que dans la langue dans laquelle ils ont été communiqués et ne seront pas systématiquement traduits dans les langues de travail de l'OMC. Ils sont destinés aux salles de réunion de l'OMC et une cote non 
officielle leur est attribué e à des fins d'archivage. 
Los documentos de la serie RD no son documentos ofic iales de la OMC. Por lo general se distribuyen en 
el idioma en que han sido presentados y no se traduc en sistemáticamente a los idiomas de trabajo de la 
Organización. Se distribuyen para su uso en las salas de  reunión de la OMC y se les asigna una signatura no 
oficial a efectos de archivo únicamente. RD/RO/21 
 
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  Preference-
giving Member Notification symbol 
CTD Notification symbol 
CRO Link Information missed 
Australia WT/COMTD/N/18 No notification http://www.border.gov.au/Customsnotic
es/Documents/acn_03412.pdf   Product Specific Rules of origin (Agriculture and 
Textile) 
Canada WT/COMTD/N/15/Add.3   G/RO/N/71/Add.1, but 
the regulation notified was already repealed http://laws-
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-
2013-165/FullText.html   Product Specific Rules of origin (Agriculture) 
China  WT/COMTD/N/39 No notification  http://www.customs.gov.cn/tabid/2433/
InfoID/230889/frtid/399/Default.aspx    
 
http://www.customs.gov.cn/tabid/2433/
InfoID/26325/frtid/399/Default.aspx   Cumulation 
Product Specific Rules of Origin (Agriculture and Textiles) 
European Union WT/COMTD/N/4/Add.5 G/RO/N/69 http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?
uri=OJ:L:2010:307:0001:0081:EN:PDF    
India WT/COMTD/N/38 No notification http://commerce.gov.in/trade/internatio
nal_tpp_DFTP.pdf   Product Specific Rules of origin (Agriculture and 
Textile)  
Japan WT/COMTD/N/2/Add.15 No notification http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/
gsp/index.html   Denominator in calculation of the value of non-
originating materials 
Republic of Korea WT/COMTD/N/12/Rev.1/
Add.1 No notification Not communicated Link to the legislation 
Product Specific Rules of origin (Agriculture and 
Textile) 
Russia WT/COMTD/N/42 G/RO/N/84/Corr.1 http://www.tsouz.ru/db/estp/norm/Docu
ments/Sogl_prav_proish_121208.pdf    
Turkey Not notified 
United States WT/COMTD/N/1/Add.8 No notification http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-
2011-title19/pdf/USCODE-2011-title19-
chap12-subchapV-sec2463.pdf   Certification 
Cumulation Product Specific Rules of origin (Agriculture and 
Textile) 
 
 
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