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WORLD TRADE G/RO/N/10
16August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3235)
Committee onRules ofOrigin
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5AND PARAGRAPH 4OFANNEX IIOF
THE AGREEMENT ONRULES OFORIGIN
A. Non-preferential rules oforigin
1. Article 5.1oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin envisages thateachMember shallprovide
totheSecretariat, within 90daysafterthedateentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forit,its
rules oforigin, judicial decisions andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application relating torules
oforigin ineffect onthatdate. Ifbyinadvertence aruleoforigin hasnotbeenprovided, theMember
concerned shallprovide itimmediately afterthisfactbecomes known. Listsofinformation received
andavailable within theSecretariat shallbecirculated totheMembers bytheSecretariat.
2. Article 5.2oftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin provides thatduring theperiod referred to
inArticle 2,Members introducing modifications, other thandeminimis modifications, totheirrules
oforigin orintroducing newrulesoforigin, which, forthepurpose oftheArticle, shallinclude any
ruleoforigin referred toinparagraph 1andnotprovided totheSecretariat, shallpublish anotice to
thateffect atleast60daysbefore theentry intoforce ofthemodified ornewruleinsuchamanner
astoenable interested parties tobecome acquainted withtheintention tomodify aruleoforigin or
tointroduce anewruleoforigin, unless exceptional circumstances arise orthreaten toarise fora
Member. Inthese exceptional cases, theMember shallpublish themodified ornewruleassoonas
possible.
3. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
beenreceived asfollows:1
ARGENTINA
(Notification inSpanish)
Resolution 763/96 oftheMinistry oftheEconomy, Works andPublic Services on"Clearance
Procedure forCertain Transactions Concerning Definitive Import forConsumption (certificates of
origin)".
ELSALVADOR
(Notification inSpanish)
ElSalvador doesnothavenorapply anynon-preferential rules oforigin.
1Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).G/RO/N/10
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HONG KONG
(Notification inEnglish)
Administrative Origin Rulings forSpecified Products forthePurpose ofApplying Hong Kong
Origin Certificates which takeeffect on1July1996. Itreplaces theappendix ofHong Kong'searlier
notification dated 31March 1995.2
NICARAGUA
(Notification inSpanish)
Nicaragua doesnothaveanyjudicial provision oradministrative ruling ofgeneral application
relating tonon-preferential rules oforigin, therefore, noneareapplied.
SENEGAL
(Notification inFrench)
Thenon-preferential rulesoforigin defined inArticle 14ofLaw87-47 of21December 1987,
onthecustoms code.
VENEZUELA
(Notification inSpanish)
JointResolution Nos.321and3055, dated 25January 1996, oftheMinistries ofDevelopment
andFinanceofVenezuela3,respectively,makingitcompulsoryforimportersofgoodssimilartoproducts
subject toanti-dumping measures orcountervailing duties tocertify theorigin oftheseproducts. This
Resolution waspublished intheGaceta Oficial oftheRepublic ofVenezuela on13May1996 and
willenter intoeffect on15July1996.
B. Preferential rules oforigin
1. Paragraph 4onAnnex IIoftheAgreement onRules ofOrigin envisages thatMembers shall
provide totheSecretariat promptly theirpreferential rulesoforigin, including alisting ofthepreferential
arrangements towhich theyapply, judicial decisions, andadministrative rulings ofgeneral application
relating totheir preferential rules oforigin ineffect onthedateofentry intoforce ofthe
WTO Agreement fortheMember concerned. Members shall provide anymodifications totheir
preferential rules oforigin ornewpreferential rules oforigin assoonaspossible totheSecretariat.
Lists ofinformation received andavailable within theSecretariat shallbecirculated toMembers by
theSecretariat.
2. Previous notifications received arelisted intheG/RO/N/- series. Further notifications have
beenreceived asfollows:4
2Hong Kong 'snotification ofnon-preferential rules oforigin iscontained indocument G/RO/N/1/Add.1.
3Venezuela 'snotification ofnon-preferential rules oforigin iscontained indocument G/RO/N/1/Add.1.
4Thenotifications areavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).G/RO/N/10
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ARGENTINA
(Notification inSpanish)
Resolution 763/96 oftheMinistry oftheEconomy, Works andPublic Services on"Clearance
Procedure forCertain Transactions Concerning Definitive Import forConsumption (certificates of
origin)".
ELSALVADOR
(Notification inSpanish)
Central American Rules ofOrigin ofGoods.
HONDURAS
(Notification inSpanish)
Further tothenotification circulated indocument G/RO/N/3, Honduras hastransmitted the
newCentral American Rules ofOrigin ofGoods.
NICARAGUA
(Notification inSpanish)
TheCentral American Rules ofOrigin ofGoods appeared intheOfficial Journal (Diario Oficial )
oftheRepublic ofNicaragua, No.242of26December 1995, andentered intoeffect on1January 1996;
theyinclude preferential rules oforigin thatapply exclusively tocountries intheCentral American
region.
SENEGAL
(Notification inFrench)
- Treaty ontheEconomic Community ofWest African States (ECOWAS) andits
additional protocol.
- Treaty ontheWestAfrican Economic andMonetary Union anditsadditional protocol,
which include theestablishment ofacustoms union among member countries.
- Lomé Convention anditsadditional act.