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In opening the workshop, 澳门六合彩官网资料 Market-Access Director Heinz Opelz said that one reason why the harmonization work programme, launched in 1995, has not yet been completed was "the enormous technical complexities deriving form the realities of globalization and related multi-country production in goods".

He said that the 澳门六合彩官网资料 work programme is "the first ever attempt to create systematic and all-embracing non-preferential rules of origin." Thus, "drafting the architecture of harmonized rules of origin has turned out to be a very complicated and difficult task".

Presentations were given by Mr. Eki Kim of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat and by two origin experts from the World Customs Organization: Deputy Director of Tariffs and Trade Affairs Miroslaw Zielinski and Technical Officer Hiroshi Imagawa.

The topics of the workshop concerned the overall architecture of the harmonized rules of origin and product-specific rules of origin of agricultural products, textiles and machinery. Many delegations actively participated in the discussions.

A two-week meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin (formal, informal and plurilateral) will take place from 3-14 April 2000 to continue work on the Harmonization Work Programme.

More information (http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/roi_e/roi_e.htm)