G/RO/N/127
23 April 2015
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Committee on Rules of Origin   
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 4  
OF ANNEX II OF THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN 
PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN 
1. Paragraph 4 of Annex II to the Agreement on Rules of Origin envisages that Members shall 
provide to the Secretariat as soon as possible thei r 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.  Lists of 
information received and available within the Secretariat shall be circulated to Members by the Secretariat under the G/RO/N/- series. 
2. The Committee on Rules of Origin further agreed  that, with respect to preferential rules of 
origin, notifications made to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) or to the 
Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) could also suffice to discharge their notification obligations under the Agreement on Rules of Origin (G/RO/M/59).  As a result, the Committee 
agreed that notifications which had initially been received by the CRTA or the CTD should also be 
circulated by the Secretariat to the CRO. The in formation regarding such notifications, including 
related to preferential rules of origin, can, in a ddition, be retrieved through the WTO data base of 
regional trade agreements ( http://rtais.wto.org ) or in the WTO data base of preferential trade 
agreements ( http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
3. Accordingly, the following notifications have been received: 
1 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ICELAND AND CHINA1 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: 
- Iceland: http://www.mfa.is/foreign-policy/tr ade/free-trade-agreement-between-
iceland-and-china ; and 
- China: http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/topic/eniceland.shtml . 
2 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HONG KONG, CHINA AND CHILE2 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: 
- Hong Kong, China: http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/tra de_relations/hkclfta/index.html ; 
and 
- Chile: http://www.direcon.gob.cl /acuerdos-comerciales/ . 
                                               
1 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG355/N/1 of 13 October 2014. 
2 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG356/N/1 of 17 October 2014. G/RO/N/127 
 
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  3 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES (THE 
REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA) AND THE EFTA STATES (ICELAND, THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION)
3 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: 
- EFTA: http://www.efta.int/free-trade/Free-Tr ade-Agreements/central-american-
states ; 
- Costa Rica: 
http://www.comex.go.cr/tratados/proceso _negociacion/EFTA/texto_tratado.aspx ; and 
- Panama: http://www.mici.gob.pa/clase. php?cid=15&si d=57&clid=209   
4 EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION (THE EAEU) BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 
THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN4 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: - http://economy.gov.ru/minec/about/structure/depSNG/agreement-eurasian-
economic-union  
5 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA5 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: 
- Republic of Korea: http://www.fta.go.kr/main/situation/kfta/lov3/au/2 ; and 
- Australia: http://www.dfat.gov.au/fta/kafta/ . 
6 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND THE EFTA 
STATES (ICELAND, LIECHTENSTEIN, NORWAY AND SWITZERLAND)6 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: - EFTA: http://www.efta.int/free-tr ade/free-trade-ag reements/bosnia- and-herzegovina . 
7 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA7 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: - Japan: http://www.mofa.go.jp/e cm/ep/page 22e_000430.html ; and 
- Australia: http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/jaepa/Pages/japan-australia-
economic-partnership-agreement.aspx .  
                                               
3 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG357/N/1 of 21 November 2014. 
4 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG358/N/1 of 15 December 2014. 
5 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG359/N/1 of 22 December 2014. 
6 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG360/N/1 of 8 January 2015. 
7 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG361/N/1 of 13 January 2015. G/RO/N/127 
 
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  8 CANADA-KOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT8 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: In English: 
- http://www.international.gc.ca/trade- agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-
acc/korea-coree/toc-tdm.aspx?lang=eng .  
In French: 
- http://www.international.gc.ca/trade- agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-
acc/korea-coree/toc-tdm.aspx?lang=fra . 
9 ACCESSION OF ARMENIA TO THE TREATY  ON THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION 
(EAEU) BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
9 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: 
- http://publication.pravo.gov.ru /Document/View/0001201501130005 ; and 
- http://www.eurasiancommission.org/r u/Lists/EECDocs/ 6354863810490 72687.pdf . 
10 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND HONDURAS10 
The text of the Free Trade Agreement can be found at the following internet pages: In English: 
- http://www.international.gc.ca/trade- agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-
acc/honduras/toc-tdm.aspx?lang=eng . 
In French: 
- http://www.international.gc.ca/trade- agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-
acc/honduras/toc-tdm.aspx?lang=fra . 
In Spanish: 
- http://www.prohonduras.hn/dgiepc/texto-normativo-9.html ; 
- http://www.prohonduras.hn/dgiepc/ documento-explicativo-8.html ; 
- http://www.prohonduras.hn/dgiepc/pr ograma-de-desgravacion-10.html ; 
- http://www.prohonduras.hn/dgiepc/co ntingentes-arancelarios-4.html ; 
- http://www.prohonduras.hn/dgiepc/avisos-9.html . 
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8 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG362/N/1 of 20 January 2015. 
9 Originally notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in document 
WT/REG363/N/1 of 5 February 2015. 
10 Originally notified to the Committee on Region al Trade Agreements (CRTA) and circulated in 
document WT/REG364/N/1 of 5 February 2015.