NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN

NON-PREFERENTIAL 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 stipulates, 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._       In accordance with these rules, the following notification has been received:

ARMENIA

A.      NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN

With reference to Article 5 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin, the Republic of Armenia hereby notifies the amendments to the Non-preferential Rules of Origin of goods imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (Non-preferential Rules of Origin), adopted by Decision No. 49 of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated 13 July 2018.

The amendments were approved by Decision No. 3 of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated 26 January 2024 and entered into force on 8 February 2024.

The amended text of the Non-preferential Rules of Origin is available at the following link:

https://eec.eaeunion.org/en/comission/department/dotp/rules_of_origin/default.php.