G/RO/N/146  
12 September  2016 
(16-4801) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Rules of Origin   
 
  NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5 AND PARAGRAPH 4 OF  
ANNEX II TO THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
NON-PREFERENTIAL AND PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
1.1.  According to Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin, each Member shall provide to 
the Secretariat, withi n 90 days after the date of entry into force o f the WTO  Agreement for it, its 
rules of origin, judicial decisions, and administrative rulings of general a pplication relating to rules 
of origin in effect on that date . If, by inadvertence, a rule of origin h as not been provided, the 
Member concerned shall provide it immediately after this fact becomes known . Article 5.2 of  the 
Agreement provides, moreover, that during the period referred to in Article  2, Members 
introducing modifications, other than de minimi s modifications, to their rules of origin or 
introducing new rules of origin, 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 acquaint ed with the intention to modify a rule of origi n or to introduce a new rule of 
origin, unless exceptional circumstances arise or threaten to arise for a Member . 
1.2.  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 arrangements 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 further agreed that notifications made to the Committee  
on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) or the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD)  could 
also suffice to discharge Mem bers' 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 . 
Inform ation 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 preferentia l trade agreements (http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
1.3.  With reference to these rules, the following notification has been received : 
MALI  
(Notification in French ) 
A. NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
The Republic of  Mali does not app ly non -preferential rules of origin . 
B. PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
The Republic of Mali implements the legal instruments agreed  by the West African Economic and 
Monetary Union (WAEMU ), including  those relating to  rules of origin . These instruments are as  
follows : 
- Additional Protocol No. 3 establishing the WAEMU rules of origin , available for consultation 
at: 
 http://www.uemoa.int/sites/default/files/ bibliotheque/pages_ -_protocole_additionnel_03.pdf ; G/RO/N/146  
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  - Protocol A/P1/1/03 ; Regulation No. 09/2009/CM/ UEMOA ; 
- Annex to Regulation  No. 09/2001/CM/UEMOA, available for consultation at: 
 http://www.uemoa.int/Pages/ACTES/ConseildesMinistres.aspx . 
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