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Rule 17 - Control and Verification of Certificates of Origin - Rules of Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trading Agreement between the Republic of India and the Republic of Chile Rules, 2007Extract SECTION IV <!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--> Control and Verification of Certificates of Origin 1 [ Rule 17 1. Regardless of the presentation of a certificate of origin in accordance with the these rules, the customs authorities of importing Party in the cases of reasonable doubt, as to the authenticity of a certificate of origin, as well as the veracity of the information contained therein, may initiate an verification in accordance with the procedures established in rule 18 and this shall not preclude the application of the respective national legislation including customs law. 2. The competent authorities of importing Party shall put forward the reasons for the doubts concerning the authenticity of the certificate of origin or the veracity of its data in a clear and concrete way to the issuing authority of the exporting Party.] --------------- Notes:- 1. Substituted vide Not. 48/2017 - Dated 16-5-2017 before it was read as, Rule 17. 1. Regardless of the presentation of an origin certificate in accordance with the Rules of Origin under these Rules, thecustoms authorities of the importing Party may, in the cases of reasonable doubt, request the relevant government authorities of the exporting Party any additional information necessary for the verification of the authenticity of a certificate, as well as the veracity of the information contained therein. This shall not preclude the application of the respective national legislation relating to breach of customs law. 2. Compliance with the request for additional information according to this Article shall only be made with reference to the registers and documents available in Government offices or institutionsauthorized to issue origin certificates. Copies of the documentation necessary for the issuing of origin certificates can be made available. 3. This Article, however, does not restrain the conclusion of Customs Cooperation Agreements between the Parties. 4. The reasons for the doubts concerning the authenticity of the certificate or the veracity of its data shall be put forward in a clear and concrete way. For this purpose,the consultations thereon shall be carried out by a specific office of the customs authorities designated by each Party . 5. The customs authorities of the importing Party shall not suspend the importation operations of the goods. However, they may deny preferential tariff treatment, request a guarantee in any of its modalities or may take any action necessary in order to preserve fiscal interests, as a pre‑condition for the completion of the importation operations. 6. If a guarantee is required, its amount shall not be higher than the value of the applicable custom duties concerning the importation of the product from third countries, according to the legislation of the importing country.
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