Committee on Rules of Origin - Minutes of the Meeting of 23 July 1999

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED G/RO/M/24 2 September 1999 (99-3644) Committee on Rules of Origin minutes of the meeting of 23 july 1999 Chairman: Mr. A.R. Moroz The meeting was convened by WTO/AIR/1131. The purpose of this meeting was to sum up the results of the informal meetings which took place on 12, 13, 15 and 23 July 1999 in order to discuss the overall architecture of the harmonized rules of origin as well as product-specific rules of origin for chapters 25-27, 44-49 and 71. The following four issues were discussed: (i) overall architecture of the harmonized rules of origin; (ii) productspecific rules of origin for chapters 25-27 and 71; (iii) product-specific rules of origin for chapters 44-49; and (iv) date of the next meeting. 1. Overall architecture of the harmonized rules of origin 1.1 The Chairman stated that the text of the overall architecture of the harmonized rules of origin (G/RO/37, pp. 137-163) had been revised, r