notification of preferential rules of origin
for
least developed countries
Canada
The
following communication, dated 4 October 2017, is being circulated at the request
of the delegation of Canada.
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Paragraph 4.3 of the 2015 Ministerial Decision on preferential rules of
origin for least developed countries (WT/L/917/Add.1) requires
preference-granting Members to notify preferential rules of origin as per the established
procedures[1].
In addition, as mandated by the Ministerial Decision, the Committee on Rules of
Origin agreed, at its meeting of 2 March 2017, to a template for such
notifications (G/RO/84).
[1] The relevant notification requirements are contained in Paragraph
2(d) of Annex 1 of the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade
Arrangements (WT/L/806) and in Paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement on
Rules of Origin.