G/RO/N/226  
 
1 June 2021 
(21-4542) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Rules of Origin  Original: English  
 
 
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 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. Lis ts 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 ma de 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 information regarding such notifications, including related to 
preferential rules of origin, can, in addition, be retri eved through the WTO database of regional trade 
agreements ( http://rtais.wto.org ) or in the WTO database of preferential trade agreements 
(http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
3. Accordingly, the f ollowing notification has been received : 
INDONESIA  
A.  PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
Indonesia maintains Preferential Rules of Origin under the following Agreements:  
1. ASEAN - Australia - New Zealand1; 
2. ASEAN - China2; 
3. ASEAN – Hongkong3;  
4. ASEAN – India4; 
5. ASEAN – Japan5; 
6. ASEAN - Korea, Republic of6; 
7. ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)7; 
 
1 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) on 
9 April 2010 (document WT/REG284/N/1).  
2 2The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) on 
21 December 2004 (document WT/COMTD/N/20).  
3 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) on 
10 February 2021 (document WT/REG448/N/1).  
4 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) on 
19 August  2010 (document WT/COMTD/N/35).  
5 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) on 
23 November 2009 (document WT/REG277/N/1).  
6 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) on 6 July 20 10 
(document WT/COMTD/N/33).  
7 The Agreement has been notified to the GATT on 19 August 1977 (document L/4581).  G/RO/N/226  
 
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  8. Indonesia – Chile8;  
9. Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)9; 
10. Indonesia – Australia10; 
11. Indonesia – Pakistan11; 
12. Japan – Indonesia12. 
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8 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) on 
1 April 2020 (document WT/REG403/N/1).  
9 The Agreement  has been notified to the GATT on 21 March 1990 (document L/6564/add.1).  
10 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) on 
27 January 2021 (document WT/REG446/N/1).  
11 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) on 
12 November 2019 (document WT/COMTD/RTA12/N/1).  
12 The Agreement has been notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) on 
27 June 2008 (document WT/REG241/N/1).