G/RO/N/149  
 
22 September 2016 
(16-5035) 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 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 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 origin 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 preferenti al trade agreements ( http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
1.3.  With reference to these rules, the following notification has been received:  
NORWAY  
(Notification in English ) 
With reference to the Agreement on Rules of Origin  Article 5.1 a nd paragraph 4 of Annex II  to the 
same agreement , we hereby inform about adopted amendments regarding preferential and 
non-preferential rules of origin  which entered into force 4 March 2016 .  The amended Customs Act 
and Regulations have been translated int o English.  
An English version of the amended Customs Act, Section 8,  can be found by following the link:  
http://www.toll.no/PageFiles/4652/Act_on_customs _duty_and_movement_of_goods_july20
16.pdf  
A. NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES O F ORIGIN  
Amendments of  non-preferential rules of origin has been a dopted and entered into force 
4 March  2016.  G/RO/N/149  
 
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  An English version of new Section 8 -6-1 to 8 -6-15 of the Regulations can be found by following the 
link: 
http://www.toll.no/PageFiles/4684/Regulations_to_the_act_on_customs_duties_and_move
ment_of_goods_july20 16.pdf .  
B. PREFERENTIAL RULES O F ORIGIN  
1.  Amendment of Norway's Preferential Rules of Origin concerning free trade agreements  
Amendments of Norway 's preferential rules of origin concerning free trade agreements has 
been adopted and entered into force 4 March 2016.  An English version of Section 8 -4-1 to 
8-4-7 and 8 -5-1 to 8 -5-6 of the Regulations can be found by following the link:  
http://www.toll.no/PageFiles/4684/Regulations_to_the_act_on_customs_duties_and_move
ment_of_goods_july2016.pdf  
2.  Amendment of Norway's Preferential Rules of Origin in the GSP system  
Amendments  of the rules of origin applicable within the framework of No rway's Generalized 
System of Preferences (GSP),  have been adopted and entered into force 4 March 2016. 
An English version of Section 8 -4-30 to 8 -4-43 and 8 -5-10 to 8 -5-14 of the Regulations can 
be found by following the link:  
http://www.toll.no/PageFiles/4684/Regulations_to_the_act_on_customs_duties_and_move
ment_of_goods_july2016.pdf  
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