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TaxTMI 
Certification of Origin of Goods for European Union Generalised System of Preferences (EU-GSP) - Modification of the system as of 1 January 2017
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....this system would eventually phase out the current system of issuance of Certificates of Origin (Form-A) by the Competent Authorities listed in Appendix-2C of FTP (2015-20) by 1.1.2018 (one year transition period). The details of the scheme are at Annex 1 to Appendix 2C of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015- 20). 3. Effect of this Public Notice: Registered Exporters System (REX) as of 1 January 2017 for the EU Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is notified. (A.K.Bhalla) Director General of Foreign Trade Email: [email protected] EU Generalized System Of Preferences (GSP) has been extended up to 30.06.2018 vide PUBLIC NOTICE No. 51/2015-2020 Dated 09-01-2018 [Issued from F. No.01/93/180/56/AM-13/PC-2B] ANNEXURE 1 to APPENDIX 2C Certification of Origin of Goods for the EU Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)-Modification of the system as of 1st January 2017. Introduction: 1.1 The EU has been continuously undertaking reforms of its GSP rules of origin. One such reform finalised in 2011 relates to the self-certification of the rules of origin criteria by exporters themselves. The purpose of this reform is to facilitate trade and reduce administrative burden and costs for exporte....
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....plementing Act"(IA)]. The details on the REX system are available at the following URL: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/calculation-customs-duties/rules-origin/general-aspectspreferential-origin/arrangements-list/generalised-systempreferences/the_register_exporter_system_en 1.6 Questions and Answers on the reform of GSP rules of origin can also be assed at http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-10-588_en.htm?locale=en 1.7 While the REX system will come into operation on 1.1.2017 and exporters will be able to submit their applications for registration under REX w.e.f 1.1.2017, the registration on the REX System will only be done when EU operationalizes the system and gives access to the system to competent authorities in India. Exporters may submit their applications to the competent authorities as listed in Annexure 1(b) who will receive such applications, verify the details therein and if accepted, these applications will be registered on the REX once their access to REX is permitted. Upon registration with REX, they will intimate the REX registration number and it's validity date to the exporters through email and a communication at the address indicate....
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....g exporters under the REX system. Local Administrators for REG will maintain updated record of its Local Users for Registration (name, address, email id and phone no.) and intimate any change in details of Local Users for Registration to EU / Switzerland / Norway administrators and to Department of Commerce at the following email IDs [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The Local users for Registration (REG) nominated by the Local Administrators for Registration are at Annexure.-"1B". Updates on the REX system can be viewed at dgft.gov.in. 2.5 The Local Users for Registration shall undertake the following tasks: i. Disseminate information on the REX system to exporters and other stakeholders; ii. Receive signed applications for registration in REX from exporters in the requisite format (Annexure-"1C"). The REX system provides for a Pre-Application component (AREX Form) which allows exporters to fill their details in a REX Pre-Application form and print it. The same can be signed and submitted manually to the Local User. When being processed, the Local User will retrieve the related information using the exporter's IEC number/Importer Exporter p....
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....services rendered. The Local User for Registration (REG) will provide details of the fees to be charged by it (including a rough estimate of the total cost to the exporter) to both the Local Administrator for Registration (REG) and the Local Administrator for Administrative Cooperation (ADC). xiii. Re-registration of the exporter based on the due process of checks and based on recommendation of the Local Administrator for Registration (REG). xiv. Send on a monthly basis, the summary of the "statements on origin" to the Local Administrator for Registration and the Local Administrator for Administrative Cooperation (ADC). 2.6 In accordance with Article 93 of the reformed EU GSP rules of origin under Regulation 2015/2447 the competent authorities must revoke a registration if the registered exporter no longer exists, no longer intends to export goods under the GSP or no longer meets the conditions for exporting goods under the GSP. 2.7 Without prejudice to the system of penalties and sanctions applicable in the beneficiary country, if a registered exporter intentionally or negligently draws up, or causes to be drawn up, a "statement on origin" which contains incorrect information ....
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.... exports under a GSP scheme that considers India as a beneficiary country. 3.3 By completing the form, exporters consent to this information being stored in the Commission's database and being published on a publicly accessible website. In column 6 of the application form the Exporter must indicate as to whether the information furnished by him can be published on the public website. If the exporter gives his consent, the IEC number, name, address, contact details and the registered exporter and the indicative description of his goods which qualify for preferential treatment are made public on the Internet. If the exporter doesn't give his consent, only the REX number, its validity date, address where the registered exporter is established and date of the revocation of the registration where applicable, is shared on the internet; besides also indicating as to whether the registration applies also to exports to Norway or Switzerland. 3.4 Exporters, whether registered or not, (i.e even those whose consignment values are less than €6000 ) must comply with the following obligations: i. they must maintain appropriate commercial accounting records for the production and supp....
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....isted in Article 78(1) (b) to (q) of the reformed EU GSP rules of origin. 4.2 The exporters must provide the statement on origin to their customer(s) in the EU. It must contain the details specified in Annexure "1D" of this document. A "statement on origin" may be made out in English or any other language approved in the EU regulations on any commercial document allowing the exporter, consignee and the goods involved to be identified. 4.3 When bilateral or regional cumulation applies, the exporter of a product manufactured using materials originating in a party with which cumulation is permitted, can rely on the "statement on origin" provided by its supplier. In these cases, the "statement on origin" made out by the exporter must contain the indication: 'EU cumulation' or 'regional cumulation'; 4.4 When cumulation under Article 85 of the reformed EU GSP rules of origin applies, the exporter of a product manufactured using materials originating in a party with which cumulation is permitted, can rely on the proof of origin provided by its supplier and issued in accordance with the provisions of GSP rules of origin in Norway or Switzerland (and, in future, Turkey). In these ca....
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....ilable as well as e-mail address: 3.Specify whether the main activity is producing or trading 4.Indicative description of goods which qualify for preferential treatment, including indicative list of Harmonised System headings (or chapters where goods traded fall within more than 20 Harmonised System headings 5.Undertakings to be given by an exporter The undersigned hereby - Declares that the above details are correct. - Certifies that no previous registration has been revoked, conversely, certifies that the situation which led to any such revocation has been remedied. - Undertakes to make out statements on origin only for goods which qualify for preferential treatment and comply with the origin rules specified for those goods in the Generalised System of Preferences. - Undertakes to maintain appropriate commercial accounting records for production/supply of goods qualifying for preferential treatment and to keep them for at least three years from the end of the calendar year in which the statement on origin was made out. - Undertakes to immediately notify the competent authority of changes as they arise to his registration data since acquiring the number of registered expo....
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....ng for EU GSP rules of origin constitutes the legal basis for processing personal data in respect of the application to become a registered exporter. 3. The competent authority in a country where the application has been submitted is the controller with respect to processing of the data in the REX system. The list of competent authority/customs departments is published on the website of the Commission. 4. Access to all data of this application is granted through a user ID/password to users in the Commission, the competent authorities of beneficiary countries and the customs authorities in the Member States, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. 5. The data of a revoked registration shall be kept by the competent authorities of the beneficiary country and the customs authorities of Member States in the REX system for 10 calendar years. This period shall run from the end of the year in which the revocation of a registration has taken place. 6. The data subject has a right of access to the data relating to him that will be processed through the REX system and where appropriate, the right to rectify erase or block data in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 45/2001 or the national laws ....
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....les of origin of the Generalised System of Preferences of the European Union and that the origin of the Generalised System of Preferences of the European Union and that the origin criterion met is … …(6). ------------------------------- (1) Where the statement on origin replaces another statement in accordance with Article 97d(2) and (3), the replacement statement on origin shall bear the mention "Replacement statement". The replacement shall also indicate the date of issue of the initial statement and all other necessary data according to Article 97d(6). (2) Where the statement on origin replaces another statement in accordance with subparagraph 1 of Article 97d(2) and paragraph (3) of Article 97d, the re-consignor of the goods making out such a statement shall indicate his name and full address followed by his number of registered exporter. (3) Where the statement on origin replaces another statement in accordance with subparagraph 2 of Article 97d(2), the re-consignor of the goods making out such a statement shall indicate his name and full address followed by the mention (English version)" acting on the basis of the statement on origin made out by [name and....