Common use of Certificate of Origin Clause in Contracts

Certificate of Origin. 1. Each Party shall grant preferential tariff treatment in accordance with this Agreement to an originating good imported from the territory of the other Party on the basis of a Certificate of Origin. 2. In order to obtain preferential tariff treatment, an importer shall, in accordance with the procedures applicable in the importing Party, request preferential tariff treatment at the time of importation of an originating good. 3. A Certificate of Origin which certifies that a good being exported from the territory of a Party into the territory of the other Party qualifies as originating shall: (a) be in a printed or electronic format; and (b) be completed in English in conformity with the specimen and the instructions contained therein as set out in Annex 4B, which may be amended by agreement between the Parties. 4. Each Party shall: (a) require an exporter in its territory to complete and sign a Certificate of Origin for any exportation of a good for which an importer may claim preferential tariff treatment upon importation of the good into the territory of the other Party; and (b) provide that where an exporter in its territory is not the producer of the good, the exporter may complete and sign a Certificate of Origin on the basis of: (i) its knowledge that the good qualifies as originating; (ii) its reasonable reliance on the producer's written representation that the good qualifies as originating; or (iii) a completed and signed Certificate of Origin for the good voluntarily provided to the exporter by the producer. 5. A Certificate of Origin, duly completed and signed by an exporter or producer in a Party, may apply to: (a) a single shipment of one or more goods into the territory of the other (b) multiple shipments of identical goods to the same importer within any period specified in the Certificate of Origin, not exceeding 12 months from its date of issuance. Party; or