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1、AgreementAgreement onon RulesRules ofof OriginOrigin Members,Noting that Ministers on 20 September 1986 agreed that the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations shall aim to “bring about further liberalization and expansion of world trade”, “strengthen the role of GATT” and “increase the res
2、ponsiveness of the GATT system to the evolving international economic environment”;Desiring to further the objectives of GATT 1994;Recognizing that clear and predictable rules of origin and their application facilitate the flow of international trade;Desiring to ensure that rules of origin themselve
3、s do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade;Desiring to ensure that rules of origin do not nullify or impair the rights of Members under GATT 1994;Recognizing that it is desirable to provide transparency of laws, regulations, and practices regarding rules of origin;Desiring to ensure that rules o
4、f origin are prepared and applied in an impartial, transparent, predictable, consistent and neutral manner;Recognizing the availability of a consultation mechanism and procedures for the speedy, effective and equitable resolution of disputes arising under this Agreement;Desiring to harmonize and cla
5、rify rules of origin;Hereby agree as follows:Part I: Definitions and CoverageArticle 1: Rules of Origin back to top 1. For the purposes of Parts I to IV of this Agreement, rules of origin shall be defined as those laws, regulations and administrative determinations of general application applied by
6、any Member to determine the country of origin of goods provided such rules of origin are not related to contractual or autonomous trade regimes leading to the granting of tariff preferences going beyond the application of paragraph 1 of Article I of GATT 1994. 2. Rules of origin referred to in parag
7、raph 1 shall include all rules of origin used in non-preferential commercial policy instruments, such as in the application of: most-favoured-nation treatment under Articles I, II, III, XI and XIII of GATT 1994; anti- dumping and countervailing duties under Article VI of GATT 1994; safeguard measure
8、s under Article XIX of GATT 1994; origin marking requirements under Article IX of GATT 1994; and any discriminatory quantitative restrictions or tariff quotas. They shall also include rules of origin used for government procurement and trade statistics.(1 1)Part II: Disciplines to Govern the Applica
9、tion of Rules of OriginArticle 2: Disciplines During the Transition Period back to top Until the work programme for the harmonization of rules of origin set out in Part IV is completed, Members shall ensure that:(a) when they issue administrative determinations of general application, the requiremen
10、ts to be fulfilled are clearly defined. In particular:(i) in cases where the criterion of change of tariff classification is applied, such a rule of origin, and any exceptions to the rule, must clearly specify the subheadings or headings within the tariff nomenclature that are addressed by the rule;
11、(ii) in cases where the ad valorem percentage criterion is applied, the method for calculating this percentage shall also be indicated in the rules of origin;(iii) in cases where the criterion of manufacturing or processing operation is prescribed, the operation that confers origin on the good conce
12、rned shall be precisely specified;(b) notwithstanding the measure or instrument of commercial policy to which they are linked, their rules of origin are not used as instruments to pursue trade objectives directly or indirectly;(c) rules of origin shall not themselves create restrictive, distorting,
13、or disruptive effects on international trade. They shall not pose unduly strict requirements or require the fulfilment of a certain condition not related to manufacturing or processing, as a prerequisite for the determination of the country of origin. However, costs not directly related to manufactu
14、ring or processing may be included for the purposes of the application of an ad valorem percentage criterion consistent with subparagraph (a);(d) the rules of origin that they apply to imports and exports are not more stringent than the rules of origin they apply to determine whether or not a good i
15、s domestic and shall not discriminate between other Members, irrespective of the affiliation of the manufacturers of the good concerned (2 2)(e) their rules of origin are administered in a consistent, uniform, impartial and reasonable manner;(f) their rules of origin are based on a positive standard
16、. Rules of origin that state what does not confer origin (negative standard) are permissible as part of a clarification of a positive standard or in individual cases where a positive determination of origin is not necessary;(g) their laws, regulations, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of orig
