{"data":[{"id":"central-america","type":"rules_of_origin_scheme","attributes":{"scheme_code":"central-america","title":"UK-Central America Association Agreement","countries":["central-america","CR","GT","HN","NI","PA","SV"],"footnote":null,"unilateral":null,"fta_intro":"### UK-Central America association agreement\n\nThe UK has signed an association agreement with 6 Central American countries, which is in effect.\n\nThe Central American countries covered by this agreement are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama\n\n### What the agreement covers\n\nThis association agreement includes provisions on:\n\n- trade in goods - including provisions on preferential tariffs, tariff rate quotas, rules of origin and sanitary and phytosanitary measures\n- trade in services\n- intellectual property, including geographical indications\n- government procurement\n","introductory_notes":"### Note 1:\n\nThe list in Appendix 2 sets out the conditions required for all products to be considered as sufficiently worked or processed within the meaning of Article 5 of Annex II.\n\n### Note 2:\n\n1. The first two columns in the list describe the product obtained. The first column gives the subheading number, heading number or chapter number used in the Harmonized System and the second column gives the description of goods used in that system for that subheading, heading or chapter. For each entry in the first two columns, a rule is specified in column 3 or 4. Where, in some cases, the entry in the first column is preceded by an \"ex\", this signifies that the rules in column 3 or 4 apply only to the part of that subheading, heading or chapter as described in column 2.\n\n2. Where several heading numbers are grouped together in column 1 or a chapter number is given and the description of products in column 2 is therefore given in general terms, the adjacent rules in column 3 or 4 apply to all products which, under the Harmonized System, are classified in headings of the chapter or in any of the headings grouped together in column 1.\n\n3. Where there are different rules in the list applying to different products within a heading, each indent contains the description of that part of the heading covered by the adjacent rules in column 3 or 4.\n\n4. Where, for an entry in the first two columns, a rule is specified in both columns 3 and 4, the exporter may opt, as an alternative, to apply either the rule set out in column 3 or that set out in column 4. If no origin rule is given in column 4, the rule set out in column 3 is to be applied.\n\n### Note 3:\n\n1. The provisions of Article 5 of Annex II, concerning products having acquired originating status which are used in the manufacture of other products, shall apply, regardless of whether this status has been acquired inside the factory where these products are used or in another factory in the EU Party or in the Republics of the CA Party.\n\n   Example:\n\n   An engine of heading 8407, for which the rule states that the value of the non-originating materials which may be incorporated may not exceed 40 percent of the ex-works price, is made from \"other alloy steel roughly shaped by forging\" of heading ex 7224.\n\n   If this forging has been forged in the EU Party from a non-originating ingot, it has already acquired originating status by virtue of the rule for heading ex 7224 in the list. The forging can then count as originating in the valuecalculation for the engine, regardless of whether it was produced in the same factory or in another factory in the EU Party. The value of the non-originating ingot is thus not taken into account when adding up the value of the nonoriginating materials used.\n\n2. The rule in the list represents the minimum amount of working or processing required, and the carrying-out of more working or processing also confers originating status; conversely, the carrying-out of less working or processing cannot confer originating status. Thus, if a rule provides that non-originating material, at a certain level of manufacture, may be used, the use of such material at an earlier stage of manufacture is allowed, and the use of such material at a later stage is not.\n\n3. Without prejudice to Note 3.2, where a rule uses the expression \"Manufacture from materials of any heading\", then materials of any heading(s) (even materials of the same description and heading as the product) may be used, subject, however, to any specific limitations which may also be contained in the rule.\n   However, the expression \"Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading…\" or \"Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of the same heading as the product\" means that materials of any heading(s) may be used, except those of the same description as the product as given in column 2 of the list.\n\n4. When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from more than one material, this means that one or more materials may be used. It does not require that all be used.\n\n   Example:\n\n   The rule for fabrics of headings 5208 to 5212 provides that natural fibres may be used and that chemical materials, among other materials, may also be used. This does not mean that both have to be used; it is possible to use one or the other, or both.\n\n5. Where a rule in the list specifies that a product shall be manufactured from a particular material, the condition obviously does not prevent the use of other materials which, because of their inherent nature, cannot satisfy the rule. (See also Note 6.2 below in relation to textiles).\n\n   Example:\n\n   The rule for prepared foods of heading 1902, which specifically excludes the use of cereals and their derivatives, does not prevent the use of mineral salts, chemicals and other additives which are not products from cereals.\n\n   However, this does not apply to products which, although they cannot be manufactured from the particular materials specified in the list, can be produced from a material of the same nature at an earlier stage of manufacture.\n\n   Example:\n\n   In the case of an article of apparel of ex Chapter 62 made from non-woven materials, if the use of only nonoriginating yarn is allowed for this class of article, it is not possible to start from non-woven cloth – even if nonwoven cloths cannot normally be made from yarn. In such cases, the starting material would normally be at the stage before yarn – that is, the fibre stage.\n\n6. Where, in a rule in the list, two percentages are given for the maximum value of non-originating materials that can be used, then these percentages may not be added together. In other words, the maximum value of all the nonoriginating materials used may never exceed the higher of the percentages given. Furthermore, the individual percentages shall not be exceeded, in relation to the particular materials to which they apply.\n\n### Note 4:\n\n1. The term \"natural fibres\" is used in the list to refer to fibres other than artificial or synthetic fibres. It is restricted to the stages before spinning takes place, including waste, and, unless otherwise specified, includes fibres which have been carded, combed or otherwise processed, but not spun.\n\n2. The term \"natural fibres\" includes horsehair of heading 0511, silk of headings 5002 and 5003, as well as woolfibres and fine or coarse animal hair of headings 5101 to 5105, cotton fibres of headings 5201 to 5203, and other vegetable fibres of headings 5301 to 5305.\n\n3. The terms \"textile pulp\", \"chemical materials\" and \"paper-making materials\" are used in the list to describe the materials, not classified in Chapters 50 to 63, which can be used to manufacture artificial, synthetic or paper fibres or yarns.\n\n4. The term \"man-made staple fibres\" is used in the list to refer to synthetic or artificial filament tow, staple fibres or waste, of headings 5501 to 5507.\n\n### Note 5:\n\n1. Where, for a given product in the list, reference is made to this Note, the conditions set out in column 3 shall not be applied to any basic textile materials used in the manufacture of this product and which, taken together, represent 10 percent or less of the total weight of all the basic textile materials used. (See also Notes 5.3 and 5.4 below.)\n\n2. However, the tolerance mentioned in Note 5.1 may be applied only to mixed products which have been made from two or more basic textile materials.\n\n   The following are the basic textile materials:\n\n   - silk,\n   - wool,\n   - coarse animal hair,\n   - fine animal hair,\n   - horsehair,\n   - cotton,\n   - paper-making materials and paper,\n   - flax,\n   - true hemp,\n   - jute and other textile bast fibres,\n   - sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave,\n   - coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres,\n   - synthetic man-made filaments,\n   - artificial man-made filaments,\n   - current-conducting filaments,\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polypropylene,\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyester,\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyamide,\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyacrylonitrile,\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyimide,\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polytetrafluoroethylene,\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of poly(phenylene sulphide),\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of poly(vinyl chloride),\n   - other synthetic man-made staple fibres,\n   - artificial man-made staple fibres of viscose,\n   - other artificial man-made staple fibres,\n   - yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether, whether or not gimped,\n   - yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyester, whether or not gimped,\n   - products of heading 5605 (metallised yarn) incorporating strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of a transparent or coloured adhesive between two layers of plastic film,\n   - other products of heading 5605.\n\n   Example:\n\n   A yarn, of heading 5205, made from cotton fibres of heading 5203 and synthetic staple fibres of heading 5506, is a mixed yarn. Therefore, non-originating synthetic staple fibres which do not satisfy the origin-rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) may be used, provided that their total weight does not exceed 10 percent of the weight of the yarn.\n\n   Example:\n\n   A woollen fabric, of heading 5112, made from woollen yarn of heading 5107 and synthetic yarn of staple fibres of heading 5509, is a mixed fabric. Therefore, synthetic yarn which does not satisfy the origin-rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp), or woollen yarn which does not satisfy the origin-rules (which require manufacture from natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning), or a combination of the two, may be used, provided that their total weight does not exceed 10 percent of the weight of the fabric.\n\n   Example:\n\n   Tufted textile fabric, of heading 5802, made from cotton yarn of heading 5205 and cotton fabric of heading 5210, is only a mixed product if the cotton fabric is itself a mixed fabric made from yarns classified in two separate headings, or if the cotton yarns used are themselves mixtures.\n\n   Example:\n\n   If the tufted textile fabric concerned had been made from cotton yarn of heading 5205 and synthetic fabric of heading 5407, then, obviously, the yarns used are two separate basic textile materials and the tufted textile fabric is, accordingly, a mixed product.\n\n3. In the case of products incorporating \"yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether, whether or not gimped\", this tolerance is 20 percent in respect of this yarn.\n\n4. In the case of products incorporating \"strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of a transparent or coloured adhesive between two layers of plastic film\", this tolerance is 30 percent in respect of this strip.\n\n### Note 6:\n\n1. Where, in the list, reference is made to this Note, textile materials (with the exceptions of linings and interlinings), which do not satisfy the rule set out in the list in column 3 for the made-up product concerned, may be used, provided that they are classified in a heading other than that of the product and that their value does not exceed 8 percent of the ex-works price of the product.\n\n2. Without prejudice to Note 6.3, materials, which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63, may be used freely in the manufacture of textile products, whether or not they contain textiles.\n\n   Example:\n\n   If a rule in the list provides that, for a particular textile item (such as trousers), yarn shall be used, this does not prevent the use of metal items, such as buttons, because buttons are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63. For the same reason, it does not prevent the use of slide-fasteners, even though slide-fasteners normally contain textiles.\n\n3. Where a percentage-rule applies, the value of materials which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63 shall be taken into account when calculating the value of the non-originating materials incorporated.\n\n### Note 7:\n\n1. For the purposes of headings ex 2707, 2713 to 2715, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, the \"specific processes\" are the following:\n   1. vacuum-distillation;\n   2. redistillation by a very thorough fractionation-process;\n   3. cracking;\n   4. reforming;\n   5. extraction by means of selective solvents;\n   6. the process comprising all of the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolourisation and purification with naturally-active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;\n   7. polymerisation;\n   8. alkylation;\n   9. isomerisation.\n\n2. For the purposes of headings 2710, 2711 and 2712, the \"specific processes\" are the following:\n   1. vacuum-distillation;\n   2. redistillation by a very thorough fractionation-process;\n   3. cracking;\n   4. reforming;\n   5. extraction by means of selective solvents;\n   6. the process comprising all of the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolourisation and purification with naturally-active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;\n   7. polymerisation;\n   8. alkylation;\n   9. isomerisation;\n   10. in respect of heavy oils of heading ex 2710 only, desulphurisation with hydrogen, resulting in a reduction of at least 85 percent of the sulphur-content of the products processed (ASTM D 1266-59 T method);\n   11. in respect of products of heading 2710 only, deparaffining by a process other than filtering;\n   12. in respect of heavy oils of heading ex 2710 only, treatment with hydrogen, at a pressure of more than 20 bar and a temperature of more than 250 °C, with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurisation, when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction. The further treatment, with hydrogen, of lubricating oils of heading ex 2710 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolourisation), in order, more especially, to improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process;\n   13. in respect of fuel oils of heading ex 2710 only, atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 percent of these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300 °C, by the ASTM D 86 method;\n   14. in respect of heavy oils other than gas oils and fuel oils of heading ex 2710 only, treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical brush-discharge;\n   15. in respect of crude products (other than petroleum jelly, ozokerite, lignite wax or peat wax, paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0.75 percent of oil) of heading ex 2712 only, de-oiling by fractional crystallisation.\n\n3. For the purposes of headings ex 2707, 2713 to 2715, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, simple operations, such as cleaning, decanting, desalting, water-separation, filtering, colouring, marking, obtaining a sulphur-content as a result of mixing products with different sulphur-contents, or any combination of these operations or like operations, do not confer origin.\n\n### Note 8:\n\nFor the purpose of Article 4 of Annex II agricultural and horticultural goods grown in the territory of a Party shall be treated as originating in the territory of that Party even if grown from seeds, bulbs, rootstock, cuttings, grafts, shoots, buds, or other live parts of plants imported from a non-Party.\n\n### Note 9:\n\nFor the purpose of Article 6 of Annex II \"simple\" describes activities which need neither special skills nor machines, apparatus or equipment specially produced or installed for carrying out the activity. However, simple mixing does not include chemical reaction. Chemical reaction means a process (including a biochemical process) which results in a molecule with new structure by breaking intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.\n","cumulation_methods":{"bilateral":["GB","HN","NI","SV","GT","PA","CR"],"extended":["EU","AD","SM","VE","CO","EC","PE","BO","CL","AR","UR","BR","GF","SR","GY","MX","ID","AG","BB","BS","BZ","DM","DO","GD","GY","JM","KN","LC","SR","TT","VC"]},"proof_intro":null,"proof_codes":{},"show_proofs_for_geographical_areas":[]},"relationships":{"rules":{"data":[]},"links":{"data":[{"id":"88946df9581b69c059084fc093830b2b","type":"rules_of_origin_link"},{"id":"54053aaf00f94abb58287be44ffb1675","type":"rules_of_origin_link"}]},"proofs":{"data":[{"id":"71b0dc1c3fdb8538fcf73c4064eb24e6","type":"rules_of_origin_proof"},{"id":"fb5387b76c930b1cda045820bab7b110","type":"rules_of_origin_proof"}]},"articles":{"data":[{"id":"central-america/cumulation-export","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/sufficiently-worked","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/wholly-obtained-verbatim","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/verification","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/direct-transport","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/originating_import","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/wholly-obtained","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/wholly-obtained-vessels","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/insufficient-processing","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/cumulation-import","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/tolerances","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/accessories","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/sets","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/neutral-elements","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/origin_processes","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/originating_export","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"central-america/packaging","type":"rules_of_origin_article"}]},"rule_sets":{"data":[{"id":"6d0076a47604536acb1a5966a1bdb1a7","type":"rules_of_origin_rule_set"}]},"origin_reference_document":{"data":{"id":"6c281898ff4c4d9b781ce1547bb5d792","type":"rules_of_origin_origin_reference_document"}}}}],"included":[{"id":"88946df9581b69c059084fc093830b2b","type":"rules_of_origin_link","attributes":{"text":"UK-Central America association agreement","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-central-america-association-agreement","source":"scheme"}},{"id":"54053aaf00f94abb58287be44ffb1675","type":"rules_of_origin_link","attributes":{"text":"Trade with Central America","url":"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/summary-of-the-uk-central-america-association-agreement","source":"scheme"}},{"id":"71b0dc1c3fdb8538fcf73c4064eb24e6","type":"rules_of_origin_proof","attributes":{"summary":"EUR.1 movement certificate","subtext":"","url":null,"content":"Use form EUR.1 to claim preferential duty rates on goods exported to or imported from countries that have a preferential trading agreement with the European Community.\n\n- [Download a copy of the EUR.1 movement certificate](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eur1-and-eur-med-movement-certificate)\n- [How to complete the EUR.1 movement certificate](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eur1-and-eur-med-movement-certificate/how-to-complete-the-movement-certificate)\n"}},{"id":"fb5387b76c930b1cda045820bab7b110","type":"rules_of_origin_proof","attributes":{"summary":"Invoice declaration","subtext":"","url":null,"content":"An 'invoice declaration', given by the exporter on an invoice, a delivery note or any other commercial document describes the products concerned in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified. The text of the invoice declaration appears in Appendix 4 of the [Origin Reference Document]({ord_url}).\n\nAn origin declaration may be made out:\n\n- by an approved exporter, _or_\n\n- by any exporter for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products whose total value does not exceed £5,400 / 6,000 euros.\n\nInvoice declarations are also known as origin declarations. Find out more about using [origin declarations](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-proof-of-origin-for-your-goods#origin-declaration).\n"}},{"id":"central-america/cumulation-export","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"cumulation-export","content":"1. Materials originating in the United Kingdom shall be considered as materials originating in Central America when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 6.\n\n2. Materials originating in Central America shall be considered as materials originating in the United Kingdom when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 6.\n\n3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, materials originating in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru or Venezuela shall be considered as materials originating in Central America when further processed or incorporated into a product obtained there.\n\n4. In order for the products referred to in paragraph 3 to acquire originating status, it shall not be necessary that the materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that:\n\n   1. the working or processing of the materials carried out in Central America went beyond the operations referred to in Article 6;\n\n   2. the materials were originating in one of the countries listed in paragraph 3, in application of rules of origin identical to those applicable if said materials were exported directly to the United Kingdom; and\n\n   3. the existing arrangements in force between Central America and the other countries referred to in paragraph 3 allow for adequate administrative cooperation procedures ensuring full implementation of this paragraph, as well as of certification and of verification of the originating status of the products.\n\n5. The originating status of materials exported from one of the countries referred to in paragraph 3 to Central America to be used in further working or processing shall be established by a proof of origin under which these materials could be exported directly to the United Kingdom.\n\n6. Proof of the originating status, acquired under the terms of paragraph 4, of goods exported to the United Kingdom shall be established by a movement certificate EUR.1 issued or an invoice declaration made out in the exporting country in accordance with the provisions of Title IV (Proof of Origin) of this Origin Reference Document. These documents shall bear the mention \"cumulation with (name of country)\".\n\n7. At the request of a Republic of the CA Party or the United Kingdom, materials originating in Mexico, South American or Caribbean countries shall be considered as materials originating respectively in Central America or in the United Kingdom when further processed or incorporated into a product obtained there.\n\n8. The request shall be submitted to the Sub-Committee on Customs, Trade Facilitation and Rules of Origin established under Article 123 of Chapter 3 (Customs and Trade Facilitation) of Title II of Part IV of the Agreement.\n\n9. In order for the products referred to in paragraph 7 to acquire originating status, it shall not be necessary that the materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that:\n\n   1. the working or processing of the materials carried out in Central America or in the United Kingdom went beyond the operations referred to in Article 6;\n\n   2. the materials were originating in Mexico, South American or Caribbean country, in application of rules of origin identical to those applicable if said materials were exported directly to the United Kingdom;\n\n   3. the materials were originating in Mexico, South American or Caribbean country, in application of rules of origin identical to those applicable if said materials were exported directly to Central America; and\n\n   4. the Republics of the CA Party, the United Kingdom and the other country or countries concerned have an arrangement on adequate administrative cooperation procedures which will ensure full implementation of this paragraph as well as of certification and of verification of the originating status of the products.\n\n10. The Parties, on a common accord, shall notify to the Sub-Committee on Customs, Trade Facilitation and Rules of Origin the materials to which the provisions of paragraphs 7 to 12 shall apply.\n\n11. The cumulation established in paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of this Article may be applied provided that:\n\n    1. preferential trade agreements in accordance with Article XXIV GATT 1994 between the non-party concerned and the Republics of the CA Party and the United Kingdom respectively, are in force. This cumulation shall only be applied between the Parties for which those agreements are in force;\n\n    2. cumulation provisions equivalent to the ones provided under paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of this Article are contained in the Agreements referred to under (a), in order for the cumulation provisions to apply in a reciprocal manner between the Republics of the CA Party, the United Kingdom and the non-Party concerned, respectively; and\n\n    3. notices indicating the fulfilment of the necessary requirements to apply cumulation under paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of this Article have been published in the official publications of the Parties and of the non-Party countries concerned according to their own procedures.\n\n12. The Parties may establish additional conditions for the application of paragraphs 7 to 11.\n\n### Extended Cumulation of Origin\n\n1. The extended cumulation of origin provided for in this Article shall apply notwithstanding Article 3.\n\n2. Materials originating in the European Union shall be considered as materials originating in the United Kingdom when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 6.\n\n3. Materials originating in the European Union shall be considered as materials originating in Central America when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 6.\n\n4. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(1), working or processing carried out in the European Union shall be considered as having been carried out in the United Kingdom when the materials obtained undergo subsequent working or processing in the United Kingdom which goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 6.\n\n5. The cumulation provided for in this Article will apply provided that:\n\n   1. the countries involved in the acquisition of the originating status and the country of destination have arrangements on administrative cooperation which ensure a correct implementation of this Article;\n\n   2. materials and products have acquired originating status in application of the same rules of origin as provided in this Origin Reference Document.\n\n{{ Article 3 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/sufficiently-worked","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"sufficiently-worked","content":"### Sufficiently worked or processed products\n\n1. For the purposes of Article 2, products which are not wholly obtained are considered to be sufficiently worked or processed when the conditions set out in the list in Appendix 2 are fulfilled.\n\nThe conditions referred to above indicate, for all products covered by the Agreement, the working or processing which shall be carried out on non-originating materials used in manufacturing and apply only in relation to such materials. It follows that if a product which has acquired originating status by fulfilling the conditions set out in the list is used in the manufacture of another product, the conditions applicable to the product in which it is incorporated do not apply to it, and no account shall be taken of the non-originating materials which may have been used in its manufacture.\n\n2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, non-originating materials which, according to the conditions set out in the list, shall not be used in the manufacture of a product may nevertheless be used, provided that:\n\na) their total value does not exceed 10 per cent of the ex-works price of the product;\n\nb) any of the percentages given in the list for the maximum value of non-originating materials are not exceeded through the application of this paragraph.\n\nThis paragraph shall not apply to products falling within Chapters 50 to 63 of HS 2007 for which Appendix 1 shall apply. Additionally, this paragraph shall not apply to products wholly obtained in the Parties. However, without prejudice to Article 7, the tolerance provided for in this paragraph applies also to the materials which are used in the manufacture of a product and for which the rule laid down in the list in Appendix 2 for that product requires that such materials be wholly obtained.\n\n3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply subject to the provisions of Article 6.\n\n{{ Article 5 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/wholly-obtained-verbatim","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"wholly-obtained-verbatim","content":"## Wholly obtained products\n\n1. The following shall be considered as wholly obtained in the United Kingdom or in Central America:\n\n   1. mineral products extracted from their soil or from their seabed;\n\n   2. vegetable products harvested or grown and gathered there;\n\n   3. live animals born and raised there;\n\n   4. products from live animals raised there;\n\n   5.\n      1. products obtained by hunting conducted there;\n\n      2. products obtained by fishing conducted in their inland waters or within twelve nautical miles measured from the baselines of the United Kingdom or of the Republics of the CA Party;\n\n      3. products of aquaculture, including mariculture where the fish, crustaceans, molluscs and others aquatic invertebrates are born or raised there;\n\n   6. products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea outside twelve nautical miles measured from the baselines of the United Kingdom or of the Republics of the CA Party by their vessels;\n\n   7. products made aboard their factory ships exclusively from products referred to in (f);\n\n   8. used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials, including used tyres fit only for retreading or for use as waste;\n\n   9. waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;\n\n   10. products extracted from marine soil or subsoil outside their territorial waters provided that they have sole rights to work that soil or subsoil;\n\n   11. goods produced there exclusively from the products specified in (a) to (j).\n\n2. The terms \"their vessels\" and \"their factory ships\" in paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall apply only to vessels and factory ships which:\n\n   1. are registered in the United Kingdom or in a Republic of the CA Party in accordance with the domestic legislation of each Party;\n\n   2. sail under the flag of the United Kingdom or of a Republic of the CA Party; and\n\n   3. meet one of the following conditions:\n\n      1. they are at least 50 per cent owned by nationals of the United Kingdom, the Member States of the European Union of the European Union or of the Republics of the CA Party; or\n\n      2. they are owned by companies:\n\n         - which have their head office and their main place of business in the United Kingdom, a Member State of the European Union or in a Republic of the CA Party, and\n\n         - which are at least 50 per cent owned by the United Kingdom, a Member State of the European Union or a Republic of the CA Party, public entities or nationals thereof.\n\n3. The conditions of paragraph 2 can be fulfilled in the different countries mentioned in Article 3 under conditions referred to in this Article.\n\n{{ Article 4 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/verification","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"verification","content":"## Verification of proof of origin\n\n1. Subsequent verifications of proof of origin shall be carried out at random or based on risk analysis or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country have reasonable doubts as to the authenticity of such documents, the originating status of the products concerned or the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n2. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph 1, the customs authorities of the importing country shall return the movement certificate EUR.1 and the invoice, if it has been submitted, the invoice declaration, or a copy of these documents, to the customs authorities of the exporting country giving, where appropriate, the reasons for the request for verification. Any documents and information obtained suggesting that the information given on the proof of origin is incorrect shall be forwarded in support of the request for verification.\n\n    The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting country. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate.\n\n3. If the customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the granting of preferential treatment to the products concerned while awaiting the results of the verification, release of the products shall be offered to the importer subject to any precautionary measures judged necessary.\n\n4. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of this verification as soon as possible. These results must indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic and whether the products concerned can be considered as products originating in a CARIFORUM State, in the United Kingdom or in one of the other countries referred to in Article 3, 4 and 5 and fulfil the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n5. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within ten months of the date of the verification request or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question or the real origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities shall, except in exceptional circumstances, refuse entitlement to the preferences.\n\n6. Where the verification procedure or any other available information appears to indicate that the provisions of this Origin Reference Document are being contravened, the exporting country on its own initiative or at the request of the importing country shall carry out appropriate enquires or arrange for such enquiries to be carried out with due urgency to identify and prevent such contraventions and for this purpose the exporting country concerned may invite the participation of the importing country in these enquiries.\n\n## Verification of suppliers' declarations\n\n1. Verification of suppliers' declarations shall be carried out at random or based on risk analysis or whenever the customs authorities of the importing State have reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the document or the accuracy or complete- ness of the information concerning the true origin of the materials in question.\n\n2. The customs authorities to which a supplier's declaration is submitted may request the customs authorities of the State where the declaration was made to issue an information certificate, a specimen of which appears in Annex VI to this Origin Reference Document. Alternatively, the customs authorities to which a supplier's declaration is submitted may request the exporter to produce an information certificate issued by the customs authorities of the State where the declaration was made.\n\n    A copy of the information certificate shall be preserved by the office which has issued it for at least three years.\n\n3. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results thereof as soon as possible. The results must indicate clearly whether the information given in the supplier's declaration is correct and make it possible for the customs authorities to determine whether and to what extent this supplier's declaration could be taken into account for issuing a movement certificate EUR.1 or for making out an invoice declaration.\n\n4. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the country where the supplier's declaration was made out. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence or to carry out any inspection of the supplier's account or any other check which they consider appropriate in order to verify the correctness of any supplier's declaration.\n\n5. Any movement certificate EUR.1 or invoice declaration issued or made out on the basis of an incorrect supplier's declaration shall be considered null and void.\n\n{{ Articles 32 and 33 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/direct-transport","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"direct-transport","content":"1. The preferential tariff treatment provided for under the Agreement applies only to products, satisfying the requirements of this Origin Reference Document, which are transported directly between the United Kingdom and Central America, or through the European Union.  However, products may be transported through other territories with, should the occasion arise, trans-shipment or temporary warehousing in such territories, provided that they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.\n\n    Originating products may be transported by pipeline across territories other than those of the Parties.  For the avoidance of doubt, consignments that are transported through the European Union may undergo operations including unloading, reloading, splitting, storing, labelling, marking or any operation designed to preserved them in good condition provided they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the European Union Member State.\n\n2. Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled shall be supplied to the customs authorities of the importing Party by the production of:\n\n   1. a single transport document covering the passage from the exporting Party through the country of transit; or\n\n   2. certification issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit containing the following:\n\n      1. an exact description of the products;\n\n      2. the dates of unloading and reloading of the products and, where applicable, the names of the ships, or the other means of transport used; and\n\n      3. the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country; or\n\n   3. failing these, any substantiating documents to the satisfaction of the customs authority of the importing Party.\n\n{{ Article 12 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/originating_import","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"originating_import","content":"For the purpose of implementing Title II (Trade in Goods) of Part IV of the Agreement, the following products shall be considered as originating in Central America:\n\n- products **wholly obtained** in Central America;\n\n- products obtained in Central America incorporating materials which have not been wholly obtained there, provided that such materials have undergone **sufficient working or processing** in Central America.\n"}},{"id":"central-america/wholly-obtained","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"wholly-obtained","content":"The following shall be considered as wholly obtained in the United Kingdom or in Central America:\n\n1. **mineral products** extracted from their soil or from their seabed;\n\n2. **vegetable products** harvested or grown and gathered there;\n\n3. **live animals** born and raised there;\n\n4. **products from live animals** raised there;\n\n5.\n   1. products obtained by **hunting** conducted there;\n\n   2. products obtained by fishing conducted in their inland waters or within twelve nautical miles measured from the baselines of the United Kingdom or of the Republics of the CA Party;\n\n   3. products of **aquaculture**, including mariculture where the fish, crustaceans, molluscs and others aquatic invertebrates are born or raised there;\n\n6. products of **sea fishing and other products** taken from the sea outside twelve nautical miles measured from the baselines of the United Kingdom or of the Republics of the CA Party by their vessels;\n\n7. products made aboard their **factory ships** exclusively from products referred to in (f);\n\n8. used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of **raw materials**, including used tyres fit only for retreading or for use as waste;\n\n9. **waste and scrap** resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;\n\n10. products extracted from **marine soil or subsoil** outside their territorial waters provided that they have sole rights to work that soil or subsoil;\n\n11. goods produced there exclusively from the products specified in (a) to (j).\n\n{{ Article 4 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/wholly-obtained-vessels","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"wholly-obtained-vessels","content":"The terms \"their vessels\" and \"their factory ships\" in paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall apply only to vessels and factory ships which:\n\n1. are registered in the United Kingdom or in a Republic of the CA Party in accordance with the domestic legislation of each Party;\n\n2. sail under the flag of the United Kingdom or of a Republic of the CA Party; and\n\n3. meet one of the following conditions:\n\n   1. they are at least 50 per cent owned by nationals of the United Kingdom, the Member States of the European Union of the European Union or of the Republics of the CA Party; *or*\n\n   2. they are owned by companies:\n\n      - which have their head office and their main place of business in the United Kingdom, a Member State of the European Union or in a Republic of the CA Party, *and*\n\n      - which are at least 50 per cent owned by the United Kingdom, a Member State of the European Union or a Republic of the CA Party, public entities or nationals thereof.\n"}},{"id":"central-america/insufficient-processing","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"insufficient-processing","content":"The following operations shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not the requirements of Article 7 are satisfied:\n\n1. operations to ensure the preservation of products in good condition during transport and storage;\n\n2. breaking-up and assembly of packages;\n\n3. washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings;\n\n4. ironing or pressing of textiles;\n\n5. painting and polishing operations;\n\n6. husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing, and glazing of cereals and rice;\n\n7. operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps; partial or total milling of crystal sugar ( );\n\n8. peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables;\n\n9. sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting;\n\n10. sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching (including the making-up of sets of articles);\n\n11. simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations;\n\n12. affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;\n\n13. simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds; mixing of sugar with any other material ( );\n\n14. simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or disassembly of products into parts;\n\n15. a combination of two or more operations specified in (a) to (n);\n\n16. slaughter of animals.\n\nAll operations carried out either in the United Kingdom or in the CARIFORUM States on a given product shall be considered together when determining whether the working or processing undergone by that product is to be regarded as insufficient.\n\n{{ Article 8 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/cumulation-import","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"cumulation-import","content":"1. Materials originating in the United Kingdom shall be considered as materials originating in Central America when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 6.\n\n2. Materials originating in Central America shall be considered as materials originating in the United Kingdom when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 6.\n\n3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, materials originating in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru or Venezuela shall be considered as materials originating in Central America when further processed or incorporated into a product obtained there.\n\n4. In order for the products referred to in paragraph 3 to acquire originating status, it shall not be necessary that the materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that:\n\n   1. the working or processing of the materials carried out in Central America went beyond the operations referred to in Article 6;\n\n   2. the materials were originating in one of the countries listed in paragraph 3, in application of rules of origin identical to those applicable if said materials were exported directly to the United Kingdom; and\n\n   3. the existing arrangements in force between Central America and the other countries referred to in paragraph 3 allow for adequate administrative cooperation procedures ensuring full implementation of this paragraph, as well as of certification and of verification of the originating status of the products.\n\n5. The originating status of materials exported from one of the countries referred to in paragraph 3 to Central America to be used in further working or processing shall be established by a proof of origin under which these materials could be exported directly to the United Kingdom.\n\n6. Proof of the originating status, acquired under the terms of paragraph 4, of goods exported to the United Kingdom shall be established by a movement certificate EUR.1 issued or an invoice declaration made out in the exporting country in accordance with the provisions of Title IV (Proof of Origin) of this Origin Reference Document. These documents shall bear the mention \"cumulation with (name of country)\".\n\n7. At the request of a Republic of the CA Party or the United Kingdom, materials originating in Mexico, South American or Caribbean countries shall be considered as materials originating respectively in Central America or in the United Kingdom when further processed or incorporated into a product obtained there.\n\n8. The request shall be submitted to the Sub-Committee on Customs, Trade Facilitation and Rules of Origin established under Article 123 of Chapter 3 (Customs and Trade Facilitation) of Title II of Part IV of the Agreement.\n\n9. In order for the products referred to in paragraph 7 to acquire originating status, it shall not be necessary that the materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that:\n\n   1. the working or processing of the materials carried out in Central America or in the United Kingdom went beyond the operations referred to in Article 6;\n\n   2. the materials were originating in Mexico, South American or Caribbean country, in application of rules of origin identical to those applicable if said materials were exported directly to the United Kingdom;\n\n   3. the materials were originating in Mexico, South American or Caribbean country, in application of rules of origin identical to those applicable if said materials were exported directly to Central America; and\n\n   4. the Republics of the CA Party, the United Kingdom and the other country or countries concerned have an arrangement on adequate administrative cooperation procedures which will ensure full implementation of this paragraph as well as of certification and of verification of the originating status of the products.\n\n10. The Parties, on a common accord, shall notify to the Sub-Committee on Customs, Trade Facilitation and Rules of Origin the materials to which the provisions of paragraphs 7 to 12 shall apply.\n\n11. The cumulation established in paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of this Article may be applied provided that:\n\n    1. preferential trade agreements in accordance with Article XXIV GATT 1994 between the non-party concerned and the Republics of the CA Party and the United Kingdom respectively, are in force. This cumulation shall only be applied between the Parties for which those agreements are in force;\n\n    2. cumulation provisions equivalent to the ones provided under paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of this Article are contained in the Agreements referred to under (a), in order for the cumulation provisions to apply in a reciprocal manner between the Republics of the CA Party, the United Kingdom and the non-Party concerned, respectively; and\n\n    3. notices indicating the fulfilment of the necessary requirements to apply cumulation under paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of this Article have been published in the official publications of the Parties and of the non-Party countries concerned according to their own procedures.\n\n12. The Parties may establish additional conditions for the application of paragraphs 7 to 11.\n\n{{ Article 3 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/tolerances","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"tolerances","content":""}},{"id":"central-america/accessories","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"accessories","content":"Accessories, spare parts and tools dispatched with a piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle, which are part of the normal equipment and included in the price thereof or which are not separately invoiced, shall be regarded as one with the piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle in question.\n\n{{ Article 8 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/sets","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"sets","content":"### Sets\n\nSets, as defined in paragraph 3 of Part Two, Section 1 of the Tariff of the United Kingdom, shall be regarded as originating when all component products are originating. Nevertheless, when a set is composed of originating and non-originating products, the set as a whole shall be regarded as originating, provided that the value of the non-originating products does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set.\n\n{{ Article 11 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/neutral-elements","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"neutral-elements","content":"\nIn order to determine whether a product is originating, it shall not be necessary to determine the origin of the following which might be used in its manufacture:\n\n- energy and fuel;\n\n- plant and equipment;\n\n- machines and tools;\n\n- goods which do not enter, and which are not intended to enter into the final composition of the product.\n\n{{ Article 12 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/origin_processes","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"origin_processes","content":"## Article 14 - General requirements\n\n1. Products originating in the United Kingdom shall, on importation into Central America, and products originating in Central America shall, on importation into the United Kingdom, benefit from the Agreement upon submission of either:\n\n    1. a movement certificate EUR.1, a specimen of which appears in Appendix 3; or\n\n    2. in the cases specified in Article 19, paragraph 1, a declaration, subsequently referred to as the \"invoice declaration\", given by the exporter on an invoice, a delivery note or any other commercial document which describes the products concerned in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified; the text of the invoice declaration appears in Appendix 4.\n\n2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, originating products within the meaning of this Origin Reference Document shall, in the cases specified in Article 24, benefit from the Agreement without it being necessary to submit any of the documents referred to above.\n\n\n\n## Article 15 - Procedure for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1\n\n1. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the competent public authority of the exporting Party on application having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorised representative.\n\n2. For this purpose, the exporter or his authorised representative shall fill out both the movement certificate EUR.1 and the application form, specimens of which appear in Appendix 3. These forms shall be completed in one of the languages in which the Agreement is drawn up and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic legislation of the exporting Party. If they are hand-written, they shall be completed in ink in printed characters. The description of the products must be given in the box reserved for this purpose without leaving any blank lines. Where the box is not completely filled, a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description, the empty space being crossed through.\n\n3. The exporter applying for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1 shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the competent public authority of the exporting Party where the movement certificate EUR.1 is issued, all appropriate documents proving the originating status of the products concerned as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n4. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the competent public authority of the United Kingdom or of a Republic of the CA Party if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in the United Kingdom or in Central America and fulfil the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n5. The competent public authorities issuing movement certificates EUR.1 shall take any steps necessary to verify the originating status of the products and the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounting records  or any other check considered appropriate. They shall also ensure that the forms referred to in paragraph 2 are duly completed. In particular, they shall check whether the space reserved for the description of the products has been completed in such a manner as to exclude all possibility of fraudulent additions.\n\n6. The date of issue of the movement certificate EUR.1 shall be indicated in box 11 of the certificate.\n\n7. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the competent public authorities and made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.\n\n\n\n## Article 16 - Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively\n\n1. Notwithstanding Article 15, paragraph 7, a movement certificate EUR.1 may exceptionally be issued after exportation of the products to which it relates if:\n\n   1. it was not issued at the time of exportation because of errors or involuntary omissions or special circumstances; or\n\n   2. it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competent public authorities that a movement certificate EUR.1 was issued but was not accepted at importation for technical reasons.\n\n2. For the implementation of paragraph 1, the exporter must indicate in his application the place and date of exportation of the products to which the movement certificate EUR.1 relates, and state the reasons for his request.\n\n3. The competent public authorities may issue a movement certificate EUR.1 retrospectively only after verifying that the information supplied in the exporter's application agrees with that in the corresponding file.\n\n4. Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively must be endorsed with the phrase \"issued retrospectively\" in one of the following languages:\n\n    ES \"EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI\"\n\n    EN \"ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY\"\n\n5. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 4 shall be inserted in the \"Remarks\" box of the movement certificate EUR.1.\n\n\n\n## Article 17 - Issue of a duplicate movement certificate EUR.1\n\n1. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of a movement certificate EUR.1, the exporter may apply to the competent public authorities which issued it for a duplicate made out on the basis of the export documents in their possession.\n\n2. The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with the phrase \"duplicate\" in one of the following languages:\n\n    ES \"DUPLICADO\"\n\n    EN \"DUPLICATE\"\n\n3. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 2 shall be inserted in the \"Remarks\" box of the duplicate movement certificate EUR.1.\n\n4. The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the original movement certificate EUR.1, shall take effect as from that date.\n\n\n\n## Article 18 - Issue of movement certificates EUR.1 on the basis of a proof of origin issued or made out previously\n\nWhen originating products are placed under the control of a customs office in a Party, it shall be possible to replace the original proof of origin by one or more movement certificates EUR.1 for the purpose of sending all or some of these products elsewhere within the United Kingdom or Central America. The replacement movement certificate(s) EUR.1 shall be issued by the customs office under whose control the products are placed.\n\n\n\n## Article 19 - Conditions for making out an invoice declaration\n\n1. An invoice declaration as referred to in Article 14, paragraph 1(b) may be made out:\n\n   1. by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20; or\n\n   2. by any exporter for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products whose total value does not exceed the amount in Euros established in Appendix 6 (Amounts referred to in Articles 19, paragraph 1(b) and 24, paragraph 3 of this Origin Reference Document, concerning the Definition of the Concept of \"Originating Products\" and Methods of Administrative Cooperation).\n\n2. An invoice declaration may be made out if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in the United Kingdom or in Central America and fulfil the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n3. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the competent public authorities of the exporting Party, all appropriate documents proving the originating status of the products concerned as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n4. An invoice declaration shall be made out by the exporter by typing, stamping or printing on the invoice, the delivery note or another commercial document, the text of the declaration included in Appendix 4, by using one of the linguistic versions set out in that Appendix and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic legislation of the exporting Party. If the declaration is hand-written, it shall be written in ink in printed characters.\n\n5. Invoice declarations shall bear the original signature of the exporter in manuscript. However, an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20 shall not be required to sign such declarations provided that he gives the competent public authorities of the exporting Party a written undertaking that he accepts full responsibility for any invoice declaration which identifies him as if it had been signed in manuscript by him.\n\n6. An invoice declaration may be made out by the exporter when the products to which it relates are exported, or after exportation on condition that it is presented in the importing Party no longer than the period established in Appendix 5.\n\n\n\n## Article 20 - Approved exporter\n\n1. The competent public authorities of the exporting Party may authorise any exporter, hereinafter referred to as \"approved exporter\", who makes frequent shipments of products under the Agreement to make out invoice declarations irrespective of the value of the products concerned. An exporter seeking such authorisation must offer to the satisfaction of the competent public authorities all guarantees necessary to verify the originating status of the products as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n2. The competent public authorities may grant the status of approved exporter subject to any conditions which they consider appropriate.\n\n3. The competent public authorities shall grant to the approved exporter an authorisation number which shall appear on the invoice declaration.\n\n4. The competent public authorities shall monitor the use of the authorisation by the approved exporter.\n\n5. The competent public authorities may withdraw the authorisation at any time. They shall do so where the approved exporter no longer offers the guarantees referred to in paragraph 1, no longer fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 or otherwise makes an incorrect use of the authorisation.\n\n\n\n## Article 21 - Validity of proof of origin\n\n1. A proof of origin shall be valid for twelve months from the date of issue in the exporting Party, and shall be submitted within said period to the customs authorities of the importing Party.\n\n2. Proofs of origin which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing Party after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the purpose of applying preferential tariff treatment, where the failure to submit these documents by the final date set is due to exceptional circumstances.\n\n3. In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing Party may accept the proofs of origin where the products have been submitted before said final date.\n\n4. According to the domestic legislation of the importing Party, a preferential tariff treatment may be awarded, when it proceeds, through the reimbursement of the tariffs in a period no longer than the period established in Appendix 5 from the date of acceptance of the import declaration, where a proof of origin is presented indicating that the imported goods were at that date eligible for preferential tariff treatment.\n\n\n\n## Article 22 - Submission of proof of origin\n\nProofs of origin shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing Party in accordance with the procedures applicable in that Party. The said authorities may require a translation of a proof of origin and may also require the import declaration to be accompanied by a statement from the importer to the effect that the products meet the conditions required for the implementation of the Agreement.\n\n\n\n## Article 23 - Importation by instalments\n\nWhere, at the request of the importer and on the conditions laid down by the customs authorities of the importing Party, dismantled or nonassembled products within the meaning of paragraph 2(a) of Part Two, Section 1 of the Tariff of the United Kingdom falling within Sections XVI and XVII or headings 7308 and 9406 of the HS 2007 are imported by instalments, a single proof of origin for such products shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing Party upon importation of the first instalment.\n\n\n\n## Article 24 - Exemptions from proof of origin\n\n1. Products sent as small packages from private persons to private persons or forming part of travellers' personal luggage shall be admitted as originating products without requiring the submission of a proof of origin, provided that such products are not imported by way of trade and have been declared as meeting the requirements of this Origin Reference Document and where there is no doubt as to the veracity of such a declaration. In the case of products sent by post, this declaration can be made on the customs declaration CN22/CN23 or on a sheet of paper annexed to that document.\n\n2. Imports which are occasional and consist solely of products for the personal use of the recipients or travellers or their families shall not be considered as imports by way of trade if it is evident from the nature and quantity of the products that no commercial purpose is in view.\n\n3. Furthermore, the total value of these products shall not exceed in the case of small packages or of products forming part of travellers' personal luggage, the amounts in Euros established in Appendix 6 (Amounts referred to in Articles 19, paragraph 1(b) and 24, paragraph 3 of this Origin Reference Document, concerning the Definition of the Concept of \"Originating Products\" and Methods of Administrative Cooperation).\n\n\n\n## Article 25 - Supporting documents\n\nThe documents referred to in Articles 15, paragraph 3 and 19, paragraph 3 used for the purpose of proving that products covered by a movement certificate EUR.1 or an invoice declaration can be considered as products originating in the United Kingdom or in Central America, and fulfil the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document may consist inter alia of the following:\n\n- direct evidence of the processes carried out by the exporter or supplier to obtain the goods concerned, contained for example in his accounting records or internal book-keeping;\n\n- documents proving the originating status of materials used, issued or made out in a Party, where these documents are used in accordance with domestic legislation;\n\n- documents proving the working or processing of materials in the United Kingdom or in Central America, issued or made out in the United Kingdom or a Republic of the CA Party, where these documents are used in accordance with domestic legislation;\n\n- movement certificates EUR.1 or invoice declarations proving the originating status of materials used, issued or made out in a Party in accordance with this Origin Reference Document.\n\n\n\n## Article 26 - Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents\n\n1. The exporter applying for the issuance of a movement certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three years the documents referred to in Article 15, paragraph 3.\n\n2. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall keep for at least three years a copy of this invoice declaration as well as the documents referred to in Article 19, paragraph 3.\n\n3. The competent public authority of the exporting Party issuing a movement certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three years the application form referred to in Article 15, paragraph 2.\n\n4. The customs authorities of the importing Party shall keep for at least three years the movement certificates EUR.1 and the invoice declarations submitted to them, which may be kept in electronic format.\n\n\n\n## Article 27 - Discrepancies and formal errors\n\n1. The discovery of slight discrepancies between the statements made in the proof of origin and those made in the documents submitted to the customs office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the products shall not ipso facto render the proof of origin null and void if it is duly established that this document does correspond to the products submitted.\n\n2. Obvious formal errors such as typing errors on a proof of origin should not cause this document to be rejected if these errors are not such as to create doubts concerning the correctness of the statements made in this document.\n\n\n\n## Article 28 - Amounts expressed in euro\n\n1. For the application of the provisions of Article 19, paragraph 1(b) and Article 24, paragraph 3 in cases where products are invoiced in a currency other than euro, amounts in the national currencies of the United Kingdom or of the Republics of the CA Party equivalent to the amounts expressed in euro shall be fixed annually by the United Kingdom or each Republic of the CA Party concerned.\n\n2. A consignment shall benefit from the provisions of Article 19, paragraph 1(b) or Article 24, paragraph 3 by reference to the currency in which the invoice is drawn up, according to the amount fixed by the United Kingdom or Republic of the CA Party concerned.\n\n3. The amounts to be used in any given national currency shall be the equivalent in that currency of the amounts expressed in euro as at the first working day of October. The amounts shall be communicated by October 15th, and shall apply from January 1st, the following year. The Parties shall notify each other of the relevant amounts.\n\n4. The United Kingdom and the Republics of the CA Party may round up or down the amount resulting from the conversion into its national currency of an amount expressed in euro. The rounded-off amount may not differ from the amount resulting from the conversion by more than 5 per cent. The United Kingdom or a Republic of the CA Party may retain unchanged its national currency equivalent of an amount expressed in euro if, at the time of the annual adjustment provided for in paragraph 3, the conversion of that amount, prior to any rounding-off, results in an increase of less than 15 per cent in the national currency equivalent. The national currency equivalent may be retained unchanged if the conversion would result in a decrease in that equivalent value.\n\n5. The amounts expressed in euro shall be reviewed by the Association Committee at the request of a Party. When carrying out this review, the Association Committee shall consider the desirability of preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms. For this purpose, it may decide to modify the amounts expressed in euro.\n\n\n\n{{ Articles 14 to 28 }}\n"}},{"id":"central-america/originating_export","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"originating_export","content":"For the purpose of implementing the Agreement, the following products shall be considered as originating in the United Kingdom:\n\n- products **wholly obtained** in the United Kingdom;\n\n- products obtained in the United Kingdom incorporating materials which have not been wholly obtained there, provided that such materials have undergone **sufficient working or processing** in the United Kingdom.\n"}},{"id":"central-america/packaging","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"packaging","content":"Where, under paragraph 5 of Part Two, Section 1 of the Tariff in the United Kingdom, packaging is included with the product for classification purposes, it shall be included for the purposes of determining origin.\n\n{{ Article 7 }}\n"}},{"id":"e044dc0164b2b717eab4f6dfd735a209","type":"rules_of_origin_v2_rule","attributes":{"rule":"Manufacture in which:\n\n- all the fruit and nuts are wholly obtained, *and*\n\n- the value of all the materials of [chapter\u0026nbsp;17](/chapters/17) used does not exceed **30%** of the value of the ex-works price of the product.","rule_class":["MAXNOM","WO"],"operator":null,"footnotes":[]}},{"id":"6d0076a47604536acb1a5966a1bdb1a7","type":"rules_of_origin_rule_set","attributes":{"heading":"Chapter 8","subdivision":"Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons"},"relationships":{"rules":{"data":[{"id":"e044dc0164b2b717eab4f6dfd735a209","type":"rules_of_origin_v2_rule"}]}}},{"id":"6c281898ff4c4d9b781ce1547bb5d792","type":"rules_of_origin_origin_reference_document","attributes":{"ord_title":"The Origin Reference Document implementing the Agreement between the United Kingdom and Central America signed on 18 July 2019 ('the Central America Origin Reference Document')","ord_version":"1.2","ord_date":"22 February 2022","ord_original":"220214_ORD_Central_America_V1.2.odt"}}]}