NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5 AND PARAGRAPH 4 OF ANNEX II
OF THE AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN

NON‑PREFERENTIAL AND 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 provides, 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 Addition, Paragraph 4 of Annex II to the Agreement on Rules of Origin stipulates that Members shall provide to the Secretariat as soon as possible 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. Lists of information received and available within the Secretariat shall be circulated to Members by the Secretariat under the G/RO/N/ series.

3._       With reference to both preferential and non-preferential rules of origin and origin requirements, the following notification has been received:

KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

A.      NON-PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN

The Kingdom of Bahrain does not have any non-preferential ruling of general application relating to rules of origin.

B.      PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN

1.      Free Trade Agreement between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States of America (https://www.bahrainedb.com/app/uploads/2020/08/US-Bahrain-FTA-1.pdf)

2.      Free Trade Agreement between the GCC and the EFTA States (https://www.bahrainedb.com/app/uploads/2020/08/GCC-EFTA-Agreement-.pdf)

3.      Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement (GAFTA) (https://www.bahrainedb.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Greater-Arab-Free-Trade-Agreement.pdf#GCC)

4       Free Trade Agreement between GCC and the Republic of Singapore (GSFTA(https://www.bahrainedb.com/app/uploads/2020/08/GCC-Singapore-FTA-GSFTA.pdf)

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