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Annex I — Technical committee on rules of origin Overeenkomst tot oprichting van de Wereldhandelsorganisatie

Technical committee on rules of origin

Responsibilities

1. The ongoing responsibilities of the Technical Committee shall include the following:

a) at the request of any member of the Technical Committee, to examine specific technical problems arising in the day-to-day administration of the rules of origin of Members and to give advisory opinions on appropriate solutions based upon the facts presented;

b) to furnish information and advice on any matters concerning the origin determination of goods as may be requested by any Member or the Committee;

c) to prepare and circulate periodic reports on the technical aspects of the operation and status of this Agreement; and

d) to review annually the technical aspects of the implementation and operation of Parts II and III.

2. The Technical Committee shall exercise such other responsibilities as the Committee may request of it.

3. The Technical Committee shall attempt to conclude its work on specific matters, especially those referred to it by Members or the Committee, in a reasonably short period of time.

Representation

4. Each Member shall have the right to be represented on the Technical Committee. Each Member may nominate one delegate and one or more alternates to be its representatives on the Technical Committee. Such a Member so represented on the Technical Committee is hereinafter referred to as a "member" of the Technical Committee. Representatives of members of the Technical Committee may be assisted by advisers at meetings of the Technical Committee. The WTO Secretariat may also attend such meetings with observer status.

5. Members of the CCC which are not Members of the WTO may be represented at meetings of the Technical Committee by one delegate and one or more alternates. Such representatives shall attend meetings of the Technical Committee as observers.

6. Subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Technical Committee, the Secretary-General of the CCC (referred to in this Annex as "the Secretary-General") may invite representatives of governments which are neither Members of the WTO nor members of the CCC and representatives of international governmental and trade organizations to attend meetings of the Technical Committee as observers.

7. Nominations of delegates, alternates and advisers to meetings of the Technical Committee shall be made to the Secretary-General.

Meetings

8. The Technical Committee shall meet as necessary, but not less than once a year.

Procedures

9. The Technical Committee shall elect its own Chairman and shall establish its own procedures.

Regeling
Overeenkomst tot oprichting van de Wereldhandelsorganisatie
Afkortingen
GATS, GATT 1994, TRIPS, WTO, WTO Oprichting
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
23-01-2017
BWB-id
BWBV0001160
Versie
2017-01-23_0

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