TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Operational Certification Procedures
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....mination to the other parties. Any change in names, addresses, specimen signatures or official seals shall be promptly informed in the same manner or electronically. 3. For the purposes of determining originating status, the Issuing Authority shall have the right to call for any supporting documentary evidence or carry out any checks considered appropriate. APPLICATIONS 4. The exporter and/or the manufacturer of the products qualified for preferential tariff treatment shall apply in writing to the Issuing Authority of the exporting party requesting for the pre-exportation verification of the origin of the products. The result of the verification, subject to review periodically or whenever appropriate, shall be accepted as the supporting evidence in verifying the origin of the said products to be exported thereafter. The pre-exportation verification may not apply to products, the origin of which by their nature can be easily verified. 5. At the time of carrying out the formalities for exporting the products under preferential tariff treatment, the exporter or his authorised representative shall submit a written application for the AIFTA Certificate of Origin together with approp....
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....d, as stated in paragraph (c), the Issuing Authority shall provide detailed, exhaustive clarification addressing the grounds for the denial of preferential tariff treatment raised by the importing party. The Customs Authority of the importing party shall accept the AIFTA Certificate of Origin and grant the preferential tariff treatment if the clarification is found satisfactory. 8. To implement the provisions of rules 5 and 6, the AIFTA Certificate of Origin issued by the exporting party shall indicate the relevant rules and applicable percentage of AIFTA content in box 8. 9. No erasures or superimpositions shall be allowed on the AIFTA Certificate of Origin. Any alteration shall be made by striking out the errors and making any required corrections. Such alterations and corrections shall be approved and certified by an official of the Issuing Authority authorised to sign the AIFTA Certificate of Origin. Unused spaces shall be crossed out to prevent any subsequent addition. 10. (a) The AIFTA Certificate of Origin shall be issued by the Issuing Authority of the exporting party at the time of exportation, or within three working days from the date of shipment whenever the products....
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....uests for the same during the process of verification. 12. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an AIFTA Certificate of Origin, the exporter may apply in writing to the Issuing Authority which issued it for the certified true copy of the original and the triplicate to be made on the basis of the export documents in their possession bearing the endorsement of the words "CERTIFIED TRUE COPY" (in lieu of the original certificate) in box 12. This copy shall bear the date of the original AIFTA Certificate of Origin. The certified true copy of an AIFTA Certificate of Origin shall be issued within the validity period of the original AIFTA Certificate of Origin and on condition that the exporter provides to the relevant Issuing Authority the quadruplicate copy. PRESENTATION 13. Except for the AIFTA Certificate of Origin referred to in paragraph 11(a), the original AIFTA Certificate of Origin shall be submitted to the Customs Authority at the time of lodging the import entry for the products concerned. 14. The following time limit for the presentation of the AIFTA Certificate of Origin shall be observed :- (a) the AIFTA Certificate of Origin shall be valid for twelve months fr....
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....pond to the request promptly and reply within three months after receipt of the request for retroactive check; (iii) In case of reasonable doubt as to the authenticity or accuracy of the document, the Customs Authority of the importing party may suspend provision of preferential tariff treatment while awaiting the result of verification. However, it may release the goods to the importer subject to any administrative measures deemed necessary, provided that they are not subject to import prohibition or restriction and there is no suspicion of fraud; and (iv) the retroactive check process, including the actual process and the determination of whether the subject good is originating or not, should be completed and the result communicated to the Issuing Authority within six months. While the process of the retroactive check is being undertaken, sub-paragraph (iii) shall be applied. (b) The Customs Authority of the importing party may request an importer for information or documents relating to the origin of imported good in accordance with its domestic laws and regulations before requesting the retroactive check pursuant to paragraph (a). 17. (a) If the importing party is not satis....
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....notified to the producer/exporter, and the relevant Issuing Authority. Any suspended preferential tariff treatment shall be reinstated upon a determination that the goods qualify as originating goods. (d) If the goods are determined to be non-originating, the producer/exporter shall be given thirty days from the date of receipt of the written determination to provide any written comments or additional information regarding the eligibility of the goods for preferential tariff treatment. If the goods are still found to be non-originating, the final written determination issued by the importing party shall be communicated to the Issuing Authority within thirty days from the date of receipt of the comments/additional information from the producer/exporter. (e) The verification visit process, including the actual visit and the determination whether or not the goods subject to verification is originating, shall be carried out and its results communicated to the Issuing Authority within a maximum period of six months from the date when the verification visit was conducted. While the process of verification is being undertaken, sub-paragraph a(iii) of paragraph 16 shall be applied. 18. ....
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.... them there; (ii) the exporter has sold the products or transferred them to a consignee in the importing party; and (iii) the products have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter to the importing party in the state in which they were sent for exhibition. (b) For the purposes of implementing paragraph (a), the AIFTA Certificate of Origin must be produced to the relevant Customs Authority of the importing party. The name and address of the exhibition must be indicated, a certificate issued by the relevant authority of the party where the exhibition took place together with supporting documents prescribed in paragraph 20(d) may be required. (c) Paragraph (a) shall apply to any exhibition, fair or similar show or display in the venue where the products remain under customs control during these events. 22. The Customs Authority in the importing party shall accept an AIFTA Certificate of Origin where the sales invoice is issued either by a company located in a third country or an AIFTA exporter for the account of the said company, provided that the product meets the requirements of these rules. ACTION AGAINST FRAUDULENT ACTS 23. (a) When it is suspected tha....
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....hority 13. Where appropriate please tick: □ Third Country Invoicing □ Exhibition □ Back-to-Back CO □ Cumulation OVERLEAF NOTES 1. Parties which accept this form for the purpose of preferential tariff treatment under the ASEAN-INDIA Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA): BRUNEI DARUSSALAM CAMBODIA INDONESIA INDIA LAOS MALAYSIA MYANMAR PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND VIETNAM 2. CONDITIONS: To enjoy preferential tariff under the AIFTA, goods sent to any Parties listed above: (i) must fall within a description of goods eligible for concessions in the Party of destination; (ii) must comply with the consignment conditions in accordance with Rule 8 of the Rules; and (iii) must comply with the origin criteria in the Rules. 3. ORIGIN CRITERIA: For goods that meet the origin criteria, the exporter and/or producer must indicate in box 8 of this Form, the origin criteria met, in the manner shown in the following table: Circumstances of production or manufacture in the first country named in Box 11 of this form Insert in Box 8 (a) Goods wholly obtained or produced in the territory of the exporting Party "WO" (b) Goods satisfying Rule 5 (Not Wholly Produced ....