G/RO/N/110  
 
14 February 2014  
(14-0898)  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 PREFER ENTIAL 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 of 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 provides, 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 the 
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 Secret ariat their existing or new preferential rules 
of origin, including a listing of the preferential a rrangements 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 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 regi onal trade agreements (http://rtais.wto.org) or 
the WTO database on preferential trade agreements (http://ptadb.wto.org). 
3. With reference to these rules, the following notification has been received: 
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (Notification in English) 
 
A.  NON-PREFERENTIA L RULES OF ORIGIN
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- Law No. 1149-XIV of 20 July 2000 on Cust oms Code of the Republic of Moldova 
(Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova of 1 January 2007, page 103); 
- Law No. 1380-XII of 20 November 1997 on Customs Tariff of the Republic of Moldova 
(Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova of 1 January 2007, page 4); and 
- Government Decision No. 1599 of 13 December 2002 on Rules of Origin for Goods, 
(Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova No. 174-176/1755 of 20 December 2002). 
                                               
1 A copy of the legislation enumerated in this Sectio n is available with the Secretariat for consultation. G/RO/N/110 
 
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  B.  PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN2 
- Agreement on the Rules of Determining the Country of Origin of Goods of the 
Commonwealth of Independent States (signed on 20 November 2009 and entry into force for Moldova on 28 July 2011):  These rules appl y to trade with Republic of Azerbaijan, 
Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Re public of Kazakhstan, Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 
Russian Federation, Republic of Tajikistan and Ukraine; 
- Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of Goods, approved by the Decision of the 
Council of Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States "On the 
Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of Goods" of 24 September 1993 (as amended 
by the Decisions of the Heads of the CIS Governments of 15 April 1994 and 18 October 1996):  these rules apply to trade with Republic of Turkmenistan and Republic of 
Uzbekistan; and  
- The Agreement on Amendment of and Acce ssion to the Central European Free Trade 
Agreement (CEFTA 2006), Annex 4, Protocol Concerning the Definition of the Concept of 
"Originating Products" and Methods of Administrative Cooperation (signed on 
19 December 2006 and entry into force for Moldova on 26 July 2007):  these rules apply to trade with Republic of Albania, Republic of Bo snia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, 
Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Serbia, Kosovo. 
  
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2 A copy of the relevant provisions is ava ilable with the Secretariat for consultation.