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ORGANIZATIONG/RO/W/62
14 February 2001
(01-0691)
Committee on Rules of Origin
ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS ON HARMONIZED RULES OF ORIGIN
The following proposals on harmonized rules of origin are forwarded for endorsement to the
formal meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin scheduled for 16 March 2001.  Consensus was
reached on these proposals at the informal meetings in November 2000.
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- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 5:  to endorse option A (the origin rule of heading 48.10 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 44-49 – Issue No. 11:  to endorse option B (the origin rule of heading 49.01 should
read "CTH")
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 4:  to endorse option A (the origin rule of subheading 9306.90
should read "CTSHS")
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 8:  to endorse option B (split subheadings ex 9401.69(b) and
ex 9403.60(a) should be deleted)
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 9:  to endorse option B (split subheading ex 9401.69(a) should be
deleted)
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 16:  to endorse the following Chapter Note of Chapter 95:  "for
the purpose of those rules of origin which refer to a change of classification (i.e. change of
heading), the change resulting from change of use itself shall not confer origin"
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 21:  to endorse option A (the origin rule of headings 96.01 and
96.02 should read "CTHS")
- Chapters 93-97 – Issue No. 29:  to endorse option A (the origin rule of split subheading
9614.20(b) should read "CTSHS")
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