TMI BlogOperational Certification ProceduresX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Secretariat for dissemination 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 AIFT ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r the denial of preferential tariff treatment. (d) In cases where an AIFTA Certificate of Origin is not accepted, 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 t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y shall cooperate in the process of verification. The copy of the AIFTA Certificate of Origin issued by the original exporting party shall be given to the Customs Authority of the importing party if it requests 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 imp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e of Origin concerned and specify the reasons and any additional information suggesting that the particulars given in the said AIFTA Certificate of Origin may be inaccurate, unless the retroactive check is requested on a random basis; (ii) the Issuing Authority shall respond 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 C ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... date of such receipt, or for such longer period as the parties may agree. (b) The importing party conducting the verification visit shall provide the producer/exporter whose goods are subject to the verification and the relevant Issuing Authority with a written determination of whether that goods qualify as originating goods. (c) The determination of whether the goods qualify as originating goods shall be 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. ( ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... that the requirements of clause (c) of rule 8 are being complied with. 21 (a) Products sent from a party for exhibition in another party, when sold during or after the exhibition, shall benefit from the preferential tariff treatment if the products meet the requirements of these rules, provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the relevant Customs Authority of the importing party that:- (i) an exporter has dispatched those products from the exporting party to the party where the exhibition is held and has exhibited 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 togethe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... en Under ASEAN-India Free Trade Area Preferential Tariff Vessel's name/Aircraft etc. Preferential Tariff Treatment Not Given (Please state reason/s) Port of Discharge .................................................................................. Signature of Authorised Signatory of the Importing Country ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Tariff for the goods exported to ............................................................. (Importing Country) ............................................................. ................................................................................ Place and date, signature of Place and date, signature and stamp of authorised signatory certifying authority 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 tre ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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