Qualifying Countries definition

Qualifying Countries means countries having a foreign currency issuer credit rating of “AA” or above by S&P and “Aa3” by Moody’s or any other country subject to Rating Agency Confirmation, each a “Qualifying Country”;
Qualifying Countries means countries having a foreign currency issuer credit rating of “AA” or above by S&P and “Aa3” by Moody’s or any other country subject to Rating Agency Confirmation, together with confirmation from the holders of at least a majority of the Principal Amount Outstanding of the Controlling Class, each a “Qualifying Country”;
Qualifying Countries means any of the following countries: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Iceland and the United States of America provided that their long-term sovereign debt obligations are rated at least AA by Fitch and AA- by S&P.

Examples of Qualifying Countries in a sentence

  • In addition, there are other exceptions for Specialty Metals incorporated into products manufactured by suppliers located in these same Qualifying Countries.


More Definitions of Qualifying Countries

Qualifying Countries means Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, Western Europe or any EU Member State (not already included within Western Europe) whose foreign currency ceiling for bonds or deposits is at least “Aa2” by Moody’s and whose long term sovereign debt rating is at least “AA-” by S&P or any other country subject to Rating Agency Confirmation and consent from the Controlling Class, each a “Qualifying Country”;
Qualifying Countries means: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 252.225-7008 Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals. (JUL 2009) 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals. (JUN 2012) 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. (JUN 2012) 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry. (JUN 2012) This clause applies if Seller is located in a qualifying country (as defined in DFARS Part 225.8) or if Seller is located in any other country and the estimated U.S. duty for the deliverable items will exceed $200 per unit. Seller shall include the prime contract number on all shipping documents submitted to Customs for supplies for which duty-free entry is claimed pursuant to this clause. See Section 5 for the information required by paragraph (j)(3) of this clause. 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data--Noncommercial Items. (FEB 2012) This clause applies only if the delivery of data is required for noncommercial items under this contract.
Qualifying Countries. QC DFAR 225.003(9)

Related to Qualifying Countries

  • Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement with the United States in which both countries agree to remove barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the other country or services performed by sources of the other country, and the memorandum or agreement complies, where applicable, with the requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) and with 10 U.S.C. 2457. Accordingly, the following are qualifying countries:

  • Qualifying country component means a component mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying country.

  • Participating Countries means, collectively, all such countries.”

  • Selected Countries the jurisdictions listed on Appendix C as such may be amended from time to time in accordance with Article II.

  • Eligible Countries means: (a) in the case of the African Development Bank and the Nigeria trust Fund, the Member Countries of the African Development Bank.