{"data":[{"id":"mexico","type":"rules_of_origin_scheme","attributes":{"scheme_code":"mexico","title":"UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement","countries":["MX"],"footnote":null,"unilateral":null,"fta_intro":"### UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA)\n\nThe UK has signed a trade agreement with Mexico which came into force on 1 June 2021.\n\n### What the agreement covers\n\nThe continuity 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 sets out the conditions required for all products to be considered as sufficiently worked or processed within the meaning of Article 5 of Annex III.\n\n### Note 2\n\n1. The first two columns in the list describe the product obtained. The first column contains the Harmonised System heading number or chapter number and the second column contains the description of goods used in that system for that heading or chapter. For each entry in the first two columns, a rule is specified in columns 3 or 4. Where, in some cases, the entry in the first column is preceded by “ex”, this signifies that the rules in columns 3 or 4 apply only to the part of that heading as described in column 2.\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 columns 3 or 4 apply to all products which in the Harmonised System are classified under such 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 columns 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 has to be applied.\n\n### Note 3\n\n1. The provisions of Article 5 of Annex III concerning products having acquired originating status which are used in the manufacture of other products apply, regardless of whether this product has been manufactured in the same factory or in another factory in Mexico or in the Community.\n\n   Example:\n\n   An engine of heading No 8407, for which the rule states that the value of the non-originating materials which may be incorporated may not exceed 40 %(¹) of the ex-works price, is made from “other alloy steel roughly shaped by forging” of heading No ex 7224.\n\n   If this forging has been forged in the Community from a non-originating ingot, it has already acquired originating status by virtue of the rule for heading No ex 7224 in the list. The forging can then count as originating in the value calculation for the engine regardless of whether it was produced in Mexico or the Community. The value of the non-originating ingot is thus not taken into account when adding up the value of the non-originating 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 states that “materials of any heading” may be used, materials of the same heading as the product may also be used, subject, however, to any specific limitations which may also be contained in the rule. However, the expression “manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No ...” means that only materials classified in the same heading as the product of a different description than that of the product as given in column 2 of the list may be used.\n\n4. The unit of qualification for the determination of origin is the particular product as classified under the nomenclature of the Harmonised System. It follows that packaging classified with the goods, for example the boxes in which a product is packed for presentation for retail sale, must be included as part of the product when determining the origin of the product. Packaging designed only for the transportation of the goods to the Party of importation shall be disregarded.\n\n   Example:\n\n   Computers of heading No 8471 have a rule where the value of the non-originating materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price. They are packed in boxes for retail sale and are exported in wooden containers with 10 computers in each container. In order to determine whether the computers comply with the percentage given for the product, the value of the wooden containers should be disregarded. However, the value of the retail packaging shall be included.\n\n5. When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from more than one material, this means that any 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 heading Nos 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\n6. Where a rule in the list specifies that a product must 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 in relation to textiles).\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   The rule for prepared foods of heading No 1904 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   Example:\n\n   In the case of an article of apparel of ex Chapter 62 (²) made from non-woven materials, if the use of only non-originating yarn is allowed for this class of article, it is not possible to start from non-woven cloth even if non-woven cloth 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\n7. 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 non-originating materials used may never exceed the highest of the percentages given. Furthermore, the individual percentages must not be exceeded in relation to the particular materials they apply to.\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 that have been carded, combed or otherwise processed, but not spun.\n2. The term “natural fibres” includes horsehair of heading No 0503, silk of heading Nos 5002 and 5003 as well as wool fibres, fine or coarse animal hair of heading Nos 5101 to 5105, cotton fibres of heading Nos 5201 to 5203 and other vegetable fibres of heading Nos 5301 to 5305.\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.\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 heading Nos 5501 to 5507.\n\n\n### Note 5\n\n1. Where for a given product in the list a reference is made to this note, the conditions set out in column 3 shall not apply to any basic textile materials used in the manufacture of this product, which, taken together, represent 8 % or less of the total weight of all the basic textile materials used. (See also notes 5.3 and 5.4).\n\n2. However, the tolerance mentioned in note 5.1 may only apply 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\n   - wool,\n\n   - coarse animal hair,\n\n   - fine animal hair,\n\n   - horsehair,\n\n   - cotton,\n\n   - paper-making materials and paper,\n\n   - flax,\n\n   - true hemp,\n\n   - jute and other textile bast fibres,\n\n   - sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave,\n\n   - coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres,\n\n   - synthetic man-made filaments,\n\n   - artificial man-made filaments,\n\n   - current conducting filaments,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polypropylene,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyester,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyamide,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyacrylonitrile,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyimide,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polytetrafluoroethylene,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyphenylene sulphide,\n\n   - synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyvinyl chloride,\n\n   - other synthetic man-made staple fibres,\n\n   - artificial man-made staple fibres of viscose,\n\n   - other artificial man-made staple fibres,\n\n   - yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether whether or not gimped,\n\n   - yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyester whether or not gimped,\n\n   - products of heading No 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\n   - other products of heading No 5605.\n\n   Example:\n\n   A yarn of heading No 5205 made from cotton fibres of heading No 5203 and synthetic staple fibres of heading No 5506 is a mixed yarn. Therefore, non-originating synthetic staple fibres that do not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) may be used up to a weight of 8 % of the yarn.\n\n   Example:\n\n   A woollen fabric of heading No 5112 made from woollen yarn of heading No 5107 and synthetic yarn of staple fibres of heading No 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 that 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 their total weight does not exceed 8 % of the weight of the fabric.\n\n   Example:\n\n   Tufted textile fabric of heading No 5802 made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and cotton fabric of heading No 5210 is only a mixed product if the cotton fabric is itself a mixed fabric being 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 No 5205 and synthetic fabric of heading No 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 8 % 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 an adhesive between two layers of plastic film”, this tolerance is 30 % in respect of this strip.\n\n### Note 6\n\n1. In the case of those textile products which are marked in the list by a footnote referring to this note, textile materials, with the exception 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 % of the ex-works price of the product.\n\n2. Without prejudice to note 6.3, materials which are not classified in 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 must be used, this does not prevent the use of metal items, such as buttons, because buttons are not classified in 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 in Chapters 50 to 63 must be taken into account when calculating the value of the non-originating materials incorporated.\n\n### Note 7\n\n1. For the purposes of heading Nos 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 (³);\n   3. cracking;\n   4. reforming;\n   5. extraction by means of selective solvents;\n   6. the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolorisation 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 heading Nos 2710, 2711 and 2712, the “specific processes” are the following:\n   1. vacuum distillation;\n   2. redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process (³);\n   3. cracking;\n   4. reforming;\n   5. extraction by means of selective solvents;\n   6. the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolorisation 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 falling of heading No ex 2710 only, desulphurisation with hydrogen resulting in a reduction of at least 85 % of the sulphur content of the products processed (ASTM D 1266-59 T method);\n   11. in respect of products of heading No 2710 only, deparaffining by a process other than filtering;\n   12. in respect of heavy oils of heading No 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 No ex 2710 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolorisation) 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 No ex 2710 only, atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 % of these products distil, 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 No ex 2710 only, treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical brush-discharge.\n\n3. For the purposes of heading Nos 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 content, any combination of these operations or like operations do not confer origin.\n\n4. Redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process means distillation (other than topping) by a continuous or batch process employed in industrial installations using distillates of subheadings 2710 11 to 2710 99, 2711 11, 2711 12 to 2711 19, 2711 21 and 2711 29 (other than propane of a purity of 99 % or more) to obtain:\n\n   1. isolated high-purity hydrocarbons (90 % or more in the case of olefins and 95 % or more in the case of other hydrocarbons), mixtures of isomers having the same organic composition being regarded as isolated hydrocarbons.\n\n      Only those processes by means of which at least three different products are obtained are admissible, but this restriction does not apply in any instance where the process consists in the separation of isomers. Insofar as this concerns xylenes, ethylbenzene is included with xylene isomers;\n\n   2\\. Products of subheadings 2707 10 to 2707 30, 2707 50 and 2710 11 to 2710 99:\n\n   (a) with no overlapping of the final boiling point of one fraction and the initial boiling point of the succeeding fraction and a difference of not more than 60 °C between the temperatures at which 5 % and 90 % by the volume (including losses) distil by the ASTM D 86-67 method (re-approved 1972);\n\n   (b) with an overlapping of the final boiling point of one fraction and the initial boiling point of the succeeding fraction and a difference of not more than 30 °C between the temperatures at which 5 % and 90 % by volume (including losses) distil by the ASTM D 86-67 method (re-approved 1972).\n\n(¹) See note 11 Appendix II(a).\n(²) See note 6 Appendix II(a).\n(³) See introductory note 7.4.\n","cumulation_methods":{"bilateral":["GB","MX"],"extended":["EU","AD","SM"]},"proof_intro":null,"proof_codes":{},"show_proofs_for_geographical_areas":[]},"relationships":{"rules":{"data":[]},"links":{"data":[{"id":"2094c2c5a59140cc2a14c93205d2b8e1","type":"rules_of_origin_link"},{"id":"a38248a66d0c3eeb891d60a977acb904","type":"rules_of_origin_link"}]},"proofs":{"data":[{"id":"09162ce1381a44c75f2a148c91cd1cf5","type":"rules_of_origin_proof"},{"id":"773beb29d8aa0a037332a36d0813428f","type":"rules_of_origin_proof"}]},"articles":{"data":[{"id":"mexico/cumulation-import","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/wholly-obtained","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/origin_processes","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/wholly-obtained-vessels","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/cumulation-export","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/sufficiently-worked","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/tolerances","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/sets","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/duty-drawback","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/accessories","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/originating_import","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/direct-transport","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/wholly-obtained-verbatim","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/insufficient-processing","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/originating_export","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/neutral-elements","type":"rules_of_origin_article"},{"id":"mexico/verification","type":"rules_of_origin_article"}]},"rule_sets":{"data":[{"id":"59140f7f3fbb94f3347f194266fad448","type":"rules_of_origin_rule_set"}]},"origin_reference_document":{"data":{"id":"03d5126e9f9d4ee089794377d751c872","type":"rules_of_origin_origin_reference_document"}}}}],"included":[{"id":"2094c2c5a59140cc2a14c93205d2b8e1","type":"rules_of_origin_link","attributes":{"text":"UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-mexico-trade-continuity-agreement","source":"scheme"}},{"id":"a38248a66d0c3eeb891d60a977acb904","type":"rules_of_origin_link","attributes":{"text":"Trade with Mexico","url":"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/summary-of-the-uk-mexico-trade-continuity-agreement","source":"scheme"}},{"id":"09162ce1381a44c75f2a148c91cd1cf5","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\n#### Procedure for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate\n\n1. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country 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 EUR.1 movement certificate and the application form, specimens of which appear in Appendix III. These forms shall be completed in English or Spanish and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If they are handwritten, 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 lines blank. Where the box is not completely filled, a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description and the empty space must be crossed through.\n\n3. The exporter applying for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country where the EUR.1 movement certificate 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. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities or competent governmental authority if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in Mexico or the United Kingdom and fulfil the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n5. The issuing customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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 request any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate. The issuing customs authorities or competent governmental authority 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 EUR.1 movement certificate shall be indicated in box 11 of the certificate.\n\n7. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authority or the competent governmental authority and made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.\n\n#### EUR.1 movement certificates issued retrospectively\n\n1. Notwithstanding Article 16(7), an EUR.1 movement certificate may exceptionally be issued after exportation of the products to which it relates if:\n\n    (a) it was not issued at the time of exportation because of errors or involuntary omissions or special circumstances, or\n\n    (b) it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority that an EUR.1 movement certificate 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 EUR.1 movement certificate relates, and state the reasons for his request.\n\n3. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority may issue an EUR.1 movement certificate retrospectively only after verifying that the information supplied in the exporter's application agrees with that in the corresponding file, and will be accepted by the customs authority of the importing country, in accordance with the domestic law of each Party, as set out under Appendix V.\n\n4. EUR.1 movement certificates issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases:\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 EUR.1 movement certificate.\n\n#### Issue of a duplicate EUR.1 movement certificate\n\n1. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an EUR.1 movement certificate, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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 one of the following words:\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 EUR.1 movement certificate.\n\n4. The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the original EUR.1 movement certificate, shall take effect as from that date.\n\n#### Issue of EUR.1 movement certificates on the basis of proof of origin issued or made out previously\n\n1. It shall at any time be possible to replace one or more EUR.1 movement certificates by one or more other certificates provided that this is done by the customs office or the competent governmental authority responsible for controlling the goods.\n\n2. The replacement certificate shall be regarded as a definitive EUR.1 movement certificate for the purpose of the application of this Origin Reference Document, including the provisions of this Article.\n\n3. The replacement certificate shall be issued on the basis of a written request from the re-exporter, after the authorities concerned have verified the information supplied in the applicant's request.\n"}},{"id":"773beb29d8aa0a037332a36d0813428f","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\nThe invoice 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\n#### Conditions for making out an invoice declaration\n\n1. An invoice declaration as referred to in Article 15(1)(b) may be made out:\n\n    (a) by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 21, or\n\n    (b) by any exporter for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products whose total value does not exceed EUR 6 000.\n\n2. An invoice declaration may be made out if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in Mexico or the United Kingdom 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 customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country, 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 declaration, the text of which appears in Appendix IV, using one of the linguistic versions set out in that Appendix and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If the declaration is handwritten, 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 21 shall not be required to sign such declarations provided that he gives the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country 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 to the customs authority of the importing country no longer than the period established in the domestic law of each Party, as set out under Appendix V.\n\n#### Approved exporter\n\n1. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country may authorise any exporter who makes frequent shipments of products under the United Kingdom—Mexico 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 customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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 customs authorities or the competent governmental authority may grant the status of approved exporter subject to any conditions which they consider appropriate.\n\n3. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority shall grant to the approved exporter an authorisation number which shall appear on the invoice declaration.\n\n4. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority shall monitor the use of the authorisation by the approved exporter.\n\n5. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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, does not fulfil the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 or otherwise makes an incorrect use of the authorisation.\n"}},{"id":"mexico/cumulation-import","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"cumulation-import","content":"### Cumulation of origin\n\n#### Bilateral cumulation of origin\n\n1. Materials originating in the United Kingdom shall be considered as materials originating in Mexico 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(1).\n\n2. Materials originating in Mexico 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(1).\n\n#### Extended cumulation of origin\n\n1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(1), materials originating in the European Union shall be considered as materials originating in the United Kingdom when incorporated into a product obtained in the United Kingdom, provided that the working or processing carried out there goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 6.\n\n2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(2), materials originating in the European Union shall be considered as materials originating in Mexico when incorporated into a product obtained in Mexico, provided that the working or processing carried out there goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 6.\n\n3. 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\n4. For cumulation provided in paragraphs 1 and 2, when the working or processing carried out in the United Kingdom or Mexico does not go beyond the operations referred to in Article 6, the product obtained shall be considered as originating in the United Kingdom or Mexico only when the value added there is greater than the value of the materials used originating in any one of the other countries or territories.\n\n5. For cumulation provided in paragraph 3, when the working or processing carried out in the United Kingdom does not go beyond the operations referred to in Article 6, the product obtained shall be considered as originating in the United Kingdom only when the value added there is greater than the value added in any one of the other countries or territories.\n\n6. 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 the 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; and\n\n   3. the exporter, at the moment of the issue of a proof of origin, shall have a statement issued and signed by the supplier of the materials of the European Union, stating:\n\n      1. for paragraphs 1 or 2, that the material qualifies as a material originating in the European Union; or\n\n      2. for paragraph 3, the working or processing carried out in the European  Union.\n\n7. Paragraphs 1 to 6 will cease to apply three years after entry into force of the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement. Not more than 30 months after the entry into force of the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement the Parties shall consult as to whether the period should be extended. If they agree, the application of this paragraph may be extended by decision of the Joint Committee.\n\n{{ Articles 3 and 4 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/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 Mexico:\n\n1. **mineral products** extracted from their soil or from their seabed;\n\n2. **vegetable products** harvested there;\n\n3. **live animals** born and raised there;\n\n4. **products from live animals** raised there;\n\n5. products obtained by **hunting or fishing** conducted there;\n\n6. products of **sea fishing and other products** taken from the sea outside the territorial waters of the United Kingdom or Mexico by their vessels;\n\n7. products manufactured aboard their **factory ships**, exclusively from products referred to in subparagraph (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, provided that these articles are under the supervision of the customs authorities of the importing country;\n\n9. **waste and scrap** resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;\n\n10. products extracted from the **seabed or beneath the seabed** outside their territorial waters, provided that they have sole rights to exploit such seabed;\n\n11. goods produced there exclusively from the products specified in subparagraphs (a) to (j).\n\n{{ Article 4 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/origin_processes","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"origin_processes","content":"## Article 15 - General requirements\n\n1. Products originating in the United Kingdom shall, on importation into Mexico and products originating in Mexico shall, on importation into the United Kingdom benefit from the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement on submission of either:\n\n   1. an EUR.1 movement certificate, a specimen of which appears in Appendix III; or\n\n   2. in the cases specified in Article 20(1), a declaration, the text of which appears in Appendix IV, 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 (hereinafter referred to as the 'invoice declaration').\n\n2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, originating products within the meaning of this Origin Reference Document shall, in the cases specified in Article 25, benefit from the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement without it being necessary to submit any of the documents referred to above.\n\n\n\n## Article 16 - Procedure for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate\n\n1. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country 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 EUR.1 movement certificate and the application form, specimens of which appear in Appendix III. These forms shall be completed in English or Spanish and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If they are handwritten, 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 lines blank. Where the box is not completely filled, a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description and the empty space must be crossed through.\n\n3. The exporter applying for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country where the EUR.1 movement certificate 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. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities or competent governmental authority if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in Mexico or the United Kingdom and fulfil the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document.\n\n5. The issuing customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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 request any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate. The issuing customs authorities or competent governmental authority 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 EUR.1 movement certificate shall be indicated in box 11 of the certificate.\n\n7. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authority or the competent governmental authority and made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.\n\n\n\n## Article 17 - EUR.1 movement certificates issued retrospectively\n\n1. Notwithstanding Article 16(7), an EUR.1 movement certificate 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 customs authorities or the competent governmental authority that an EUR.1 movement certificate 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 EUR.1 movement certificate relates, and state the reasons for his request.\n\n3. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority may issue an EUR.1 movement certificate retrospectively only after verifying that the information supplied in the exporter's application agrees with that in the corresponding file, and will be accepted by the customs authority of the importing country, in accordance with the domestic law of each Party, as set out under Appendix V.\n\n4. EUR.1 movement certificates issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases:\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 EUR.1 movement certificate.\n\n\n\n## Article 18 - Issue of a duplicate EUR.1 movement certificate\n\n1. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an EUR.1 movement certificate, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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 one of the following words:\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 EUR.1 movement certificate.\n\n4. The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the original EUR.1 movement certificate, shall take effect as from that date.\n\n\n\n## Article 19 - Issue of EUR.1 movement certificates on the basis of proof of origin issued or made out previously\n\n1. It shall at any time be possible to replace one or more EUR.1 movement certificates by one or more other certificates provided that this is done by the customs office or the competent governmental authority responsible for controlling the goods.\n\n2. The replacement certificate shall be regarded as a definitive EUR.1 movement certificate for the purpose of the application of this Origin Reference Document, including the provisions of this Article.\n\n3. The replacement certificate shall be issued on the basis of a written request from the re-exporter, after the authorities concerned have verified the information supplied in the applicant's request.\n\n\n\n## Article 20 - Conditions for making out an invoice declaration\n\n1. An invoice declaration as referred to in Article 15(1)(b) may be made out:\n\n   1. by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 21, 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 EUR 6 000.\n\n2. An invoice declaration may be made out if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in Mexico or the United Kingdom 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 customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country, 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 declaration, the text of which appears in Appendix IV, using one of the linguistic versions set out in that Appendix and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If the declaration is handwritten, 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 21 shall not be required to sign such declarations provided that he gives the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country 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 to the customs authority of the importing country no longer than the period established in the domestic law of each Party, as set out under Appendix V.\n\n\n\n## Article 21 - Approved exporter\n\n1. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country may authorise any exporter who makes frequent shipments of products under the United Kingdom-Mexico 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 customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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 customs authorities or the competent governmental authority may grant the status of approved exporter subject to any conditions which they consider appropriate.\n\n3. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority shall grant to the approved exporter an authorisation number which shall appear on the invoice declaration.\n\n4. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority shall monitor the use of the authorisation by the approved exporter.\n\n5. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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, does not fulfil the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 or otherwise makes an incorrect use of the authorisation.\n\n\n\n## Article 22 - Validity of proof of origin\n\n1. A proof of origin shall be valid for 10 months from the date of issue in the exporting country, and must be submitted within the said period to the customs authorities of the importing country.\n\n2. Proofs of origin which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the purpose of applying preferential 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 country may accept the proofs of origin where the products have been submitted before the said final date.\n\n\n\n## Article 23 - Submission of proof of origin\n\nProofs of origin shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in accordance with the procedures applicable in that country. 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 this Origin Reference Document.\n\n\n\n## Article 24 - Import by instalments\n\nWhere, at the request of the importer and on the conditions laid down by the customs authorities of the importing country, dismantled or non-assembled 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 heading Nos 7308 and 9406 of HS 2002 are imported by instalments, a single proof of origin for such products shall be submitted to the customs authorities on importation of the first instalment.\n\n\n\n## Article 25 - 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 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 intended.\n\n3. Furthermore, the total value of these products shall not exceed EUR 500 in the case of small packages or EUR 1 200 in the case of products forming part of travellers' personal luggage.\n\n\n\n## Article 26 - Supporting documents\n\nThe documents referred to in Articles 16(3) and 20(3) used for the purpose of proving that products covered by an EUR.1 movement certificate or an invoice declaration can be considered as products originating in Mexico or the United Kingdom and fulfil the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document may consist of inter alia:\n\n- direct evidence of the processes carried out by the exporter or supplier to obtain the goods concerned, contained for example in his accounts or internal bookkeeping;\n\n- documents proving the originating status of materials used, issued or made out in Mexico or the United Kingdom where these documents are used, as it shall be provided in its domestic law;\n\n- documents proving the working or processing of materials in Mexico or the United Kingdom, issued or made out in Mexico or the United Kingdom where these documents are used, as it shall be provided in its domestic law; or\n\n- EUR.1 movement certificates or invoice declarations proving the originating status of materials used, issued or made out in Mexico or the United Kingdom in accordance with this Origin Reference Document.\n\n\n\n## Article 27 - Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents\n\n1. The exporter applying for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate shall keep for at least three years the documents referred to in Article 16(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 20(3).\n\n3. The customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country issuing an EUR.1 movement certificate shall keep for at least three years the application form referred to in Article 16(2).\n\n4. The customs authorities of the importing country shall keep for at least three years the EUR.1 movement certificates and the invoice declarations submitted to them.\n\n\n\n## Article 28 - 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 29 - Amounts expressed in euro\n\n1. Amounts in the national currency of the exporting country equivalent to the amounts expressed in euro in this Origin Reference Document shall be fixed by the exporting country and communicated to the importing country by the relevant Party.\n\n2. When the amounts exceed the corresponding amounts fixed by the importing country, the latter shall accept them if the products are invoiced in the currency of the exporting country. When the products are invoiced in the currency of the other Party, the importing country shall recognise the amount notified by the country concerned.\n\n3. The amounts to be used in any given national currency shall be the equivalent in that national currency of the amounts expressed in euro as at the first working day of June 2000.\n\n4. The amounts expressed in euro in this Origin Reference Document and their equivalents in the national currencies of the United Kingdom and Mexico shall be reviewed by the Joint Committee at the request of Mexico or the United Kingdom. When carrying out this review, the Joint Committee shall ensure that there will be no decrease in the amounts to be used in any national currency and shall furthermore 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 in this Origin Reference Document.\n\n\n\n{{ Articles 15 to 29 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/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:\n\n1. which are registered or recorded in Mexico or in the United Kingdom;\n\n2. which sail under the flag of Mexico or the United Kingdom;\n\n3. which are owned to an extent of at least 50 % by nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico, or by a company with its head office in the United Kingdom, one of the Member States of the European Union or Mexico, of which the manager or managers, chairman of the board of directors or the supervisory board, and the majority of the members of such boards are nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico and of which, in addition, in the case of partnerships or limited companies, at least half the capital belongs to the United Kingdom, one of the Member States of the European Union or Mexico or to public bodies or nationals( ) of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico;\n\n4. of which the master and officers are nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico;\n\n5. of which at least 75 % of the crew are nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico.\n\n{{ Article 4 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/cumulation-export","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"cumulation-export","content":"### Cumulation of origin\n\n#### Bilateral cumulation of origin\n\n1. Materials originating in the United Kingdom shall be considered as materials originating in Mexico 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(1).\n\n2. Materials originating in Mexico 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(1).\n\n#### Extended cumulation of origin\n\n1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(1), materials originating in the European Union shall be considered as materials originating in the United Kingdom when incorporated into a product obtained in the United Kingdom, provided that the working or processing carried out there goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 6.\n\n2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(2), materials originating in the European Union shall be considered as materials originating in Mexico when incorporated into a product obtained in Mexico, provided that the working or processing carried out there goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 6.\n\n3. 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\n4. For cumulation provided in paragraphs 1 and 2, when the working or processing carried out in the United Kingdom or Mexico does not go beyond the operations referred to in Article 6, the product obtained shall be considered as originating in the United Kingdom or Mexico only when the value added there is greater than the value of the materials used originating in any one of the other countries or territories.\n\n5. For cumulation provided in paragraph 3, when the working or processing carried out in the United Kingdom does not go beyond the operations referred to in Article 6, the product obtained shall be considered as originating in the United Kingdom only when the value added there is greater than the value added in any one of the other countries or territories.\n\n6. 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 the 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; and\n\n   3. the exporter, at the moment of the issue of a proof of origin, shall have a statement issued and signed by the supplier of the materials of the European Union, stating:\n\n      1. for paragraphs 1 or 2, that the material qualifies as a material originating in the European Union; or\n\n      2. for paragraph 3, the working or processing carried out in the European  Union.\n\n7. Paragraphs 1 to 6 will cease to apply three years after entry into force of the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement. Not more than 30 months after the entry into force of the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement the Parties shall consult as to whether the period should be extended. If they agree, the application of this paragraph may be extended by decision of the Joint Committee.\n\n{{ Articles 3 and 4 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/sufficiently-worked","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"sufficiently-worked","content":"Sufficiently worked or processed products\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 Appendix II are fulfilled.\nThe conditions referred to above indicate, for all products covered by the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement, the working or processing which must be carried out on non-originating materials used in manufacturing and apply only in relation to such materials. Accordingly, 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.\n2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the products which are not wholly obtained and which are listed in Appendix II(a) shall be considered to be sufficiently worked or processed, for the purposes of Article 2, when the conditions set out in the list in that Appendix are fulfilled.\nThe provisions of this paragraph shall apply for the periods or to the products listed in Appendix II(a).\n3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, non-originating materials which, according to the conditions set out in the list, should not be used in the manufacture of a product may nevertheless be used, provided that:\n(a) their total value does not exceed 10 % of the ex-works price of the product;\n(b) 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.\nThis paragraph shall not apply to products falling within Chapters 50 to 63 of HS 2002. Appendix I shall apply to these products.\n4. Paragraphs 1 to 3 shall apply except as provided in Article 6.\n\n{{ Article 5 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/tolerances","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"tolerances","content":""}},{"id":"mexico/sets","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"sets","content":"Sets, 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.\n\nNevertheless, 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 10 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/duty-drawback","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"duty-drawback","content":"1.\tNon-originating materials, used in the manufacture of products originating in the United Kingdom or in Mexico or in the European Union within the meaning of this Origin Reference Document for which a proof of origin is issued or made out in accordance with the provisions of Title V shall not be subject in the United Kingdom or Mexico to drawback of, or exemption from, import duties.\n\n2.\tFor the purpose of this Article, the term 'import duties' shall include customs duties, as defined in Article 3(8) of the Decision , and anti-dumping and countervailing duties applied in conformity with Article 14 of the Decision.\n\n3.\tThe prohibition in paragraph 1 shall apply to any arrangement for refund, remission or non-payment, partial or complete, of import duties applicable in the United Kingdom or Mexico to materials used in the manufacture, where such refund, remission or non-payment applies, expressly or in effect, when products obtained from the said materials are exported and not when they are retained for home use there( ).\n\n4.\tThe exporter of products covered by a proof of origin shall be prepared to submit at any time, on request from the customs authorities, all appropriate documents proving that no drawback has been obtained in respect of the non-originating materials used in the manufacture of the products concerned and that all import duties applicable to such materials have actually been paid.\n\n5.\tThe provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3 shall apply also to the packaging within the meaning of Article 7(2), accessories, spare parts and tools within the meaning of Article 9 and products in a set within the meaning of Article 10, when such items are non-originating\n\n6.\tThe provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4 shall apply only to exported products which benefit from any preferential tariff treatment in the other Party. Furthermore, they shall not preclude the application of an export-refund system for agricultural products.\n"}},{"id":"mexico/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 9 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/originating_import","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"originating_import","content":"For the purpose of implementing the United Kingdom-Mexico Agreement, the following products shall be considered as originating in Mexico:\n\n- products **wholly obtained** in Mexico;\n\n- products obtained in Mexico incorporating materials which have not been wholly obtained there, provided that such materials have undergone **sufficient working or processing** in Mexico.\n\nProducts manufactured exclusively from materials which comply with the provisions set out in Articles 4 or 5 shall also be considered as originating in Mexico or the United Kingdom.\n"}},{"id":"mexico/direct-transport","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"direct-transport","content":"1. The preferential treatment provided for under the United Kingdom—Mexico Agreement applies only to products satisfying the requirements of this Origin Reference Document, which are transported directly between Mexico and United Kingdom. However, products constituting one single consignment may be transported through other territories with, should the occasion arise, transhipment 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    Consignments that are transported through the territory of a non-Party, with, should the occasion arise, trans-shipment or temporary warehousing in the territory of the non-Party, may additionally be split, stored, labelled or marked, provided they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the non-Party of transit, trans-shipment or temporary warehousing so as to ensure that the products are not otherwise altered or transformed.\n\n2.\tEvidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled shall be supplied to the customs authorities of the importing country by the production of:\n\n   1. a single transport document covering the passage from the exporting country through the country of transit; or\n\n   2. a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit:\n\n      1. giving an exact description of the products,\n\n      2. stating 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. certifying the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country, or\n\n   3. failing these, any other substantiating documents.\n\n{{ Artile 13 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/wholly-obtained-verbatim","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"wholly-obtained-verbatim","content":"\n\n1. The following shall be considered as wholly obtained in the United Kingdom or Mexico:\n\n   1. mineral products extracted from their soil or from their seabed;\n\n   2. vegetable products harvested there;\n\n   3. live animals born and raised there;\n\n   4. products from live animals raised there;\n\n   5. products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there;\n\n   6. products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea outside the territorial waters of the United Kingdom or Mexico by their vessels;\n\n   7. products manufactured aboard their factory ships, exclusively from products referred to in subparagraph (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, provided that these articles are under the supervision of the customs authorities of the importing country;\n\n   9. waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;\n\n   10. products extracted from the seabed or beneath the seabed outside their territorial waters, provided that they have sole rights to exploit such seabed;\n\n   11. goods produced there exclusively from the products specified in subparagraphs (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:\n\n   1. which are registered or recorded in Mexico or in the United Kingdom;\n\n   2. which sail under the flag of Mexico or the United Kingdom;\n\n   3. which are owned to an extent of at least 50 % by nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico, or by a company with its head office in the United Kingdom, one of the Member States of the European Union or Mexico, of which the manager or managers, chairman of the board of directors or the supervisory board, and the majority of the members of such boards are nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico and of which, in addition, in the case of partnerships or limited companies, at least half the capital belongs to the United Kingdom, one of the Member States of the European Union or Mexico or to public bodies or nationals( ) of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico;\n\n   4. of which the master and officers are nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico;\n\n   5. of which at least 75 % of the crew are nationals of the United Kingdom, Member States of the European Union or Mexico.\n\n{{ Article 4 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/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 5 are satisfied:\n\n1. operations to ensure the preservation of products in good condition during transport and storage (ventilation, spreading out, drying, freezing, chilling, placing in salt, sulphur dioxide or other aqueous solutions, removal of damaged parts, and like operations);\n\n2. dilution with water or another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics of the product;\n\n3. simple operations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, classifying, matching (including the making-up of sets of articles), washing, painting, husking or unshelling, removing of grains and cutting up;\n\n4.\n    1.  changes of packaging and breaking up and assembly of packages,\n\n    2.  simple placing in bottles, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, etc, and all other simple packaging operations;\n\n5.  affixing marks, labels and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;\n\n6.  cleaning, including the removal of oxide, oil, paint or other coverings;\n\n7.  simple mixing of products , whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixtures do not meet the conditions laid down in Appendix II to enable them to be considered as originating in the United Kingdom or Mexico;\n\n8.  simple assembly of parts to constitute a complete product ;\n\n9.  a combination of two or more operations specified in subparagraphs (a) to (h);\n\n10. slaughter of animals.\n\nAll the operations carried out in either the United Kingdom or Mexico 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 6 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/originating_export","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"originating_export","content":"For the purpose of implementing the United Kingdom-Mexico 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\nProducts manufactured exclusively from materials which comply with the provisions set out in Articles 4 or 5 shall also be considered as originating in Mexico or the United Kingdom.\n"}},{"id":"mexico/neutral-elements","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"neutral-elements","content":"In order to determine whether a product originates, 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- plant and equipment, including goods to be used for their maintenance;\n(c) machines, tools, dies and moulds;\n- any other goods which do not enter and which are not intended to enter into the final composition of the product.\n\n{{ Article 11 }}\n"}},{"id":"mexico/verification","type":"rules_of_origin_article","attributes":{"article":"verification","content":"## Verification of proofs of origin\n\n1. Subsequent verifications of proofs of origin shall be carried out at random 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 EUR.1 movement certificate and the invoice, if it has been submitted, the invoice declaration, or a copy of these documents, to the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country giving, where appropriate, the reasons for the inquiry. 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    When appropriate, the customs authority of the importing country may request, pursuant to paragraph 2, specific documentation and information from the customs authority of the exporting country.\n\n1. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority 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\n2. 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\n3. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed by the customs authorities or the competent governmental authority of the exporting country of the results of this verification as soon as possible. The results must be presented in a written report, clearly indicating whether the products concerned can be considered as originating, the authenticity and the fulfilment with the other requirements of this Origin Reference Document. The written report shall include:\n\n   1. the results of the verification;\n\n   2. the description of the product subject to verification including its tariff classification when relevant for the application of the rule of origin;\n\n   3. a description and explanation of the rationale concerning the originating status of the product;\n\n   4. information on the manner in which the verification was conducted;\n\n   5. information regarding any verification procedure; and\n\n   6. supporting documentation.\n\n    For greater certainty, the customs authority requesting the verification may determine whether the information contained within a written report is adequate for the purposes of the verification. In making such a determination, the customs authority shall act reasonably and with regard to all of the relevant information available to it.\n\n4. If in cases of reasonable doubts there is no reply within 10 months after 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 origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities are entitled to refuse to grant preferential tariff treatment.\n\n{{ Article 30 }}\n"}},{"id":"9b6dd95fa30a0f3a08f99f54742a6e6f","type":"rules_of_origin_v2_rule","attributes":{"rule":"Manufacture in which:\n\n- all the materials of chapter used must be wholly obtained, *and*\n\n- the value of any 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"],"operator":null,"footnotes":[]}},{"id":"59140f7f3fbb94f3347f194266fad448","type":"rules_of_origin_rule_set","attributes":{"heading":"Chapter 8","subdivision":"Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons"},"relationships":{"rules":{"data":[{"id":"9b6dd95fa30a0f3a08f99f54742a6e6f","type":"rules_of_origin_v2_rule"}]}}},{"id":"03d5126e9f9d4ee089794377d751c872","type":"rules_of_origin_origin_reference_document","attributes":{"ord_title":"The Mexico Origin Reference Document","ord_version":"1.2","ord_date":"5 December 2023","ord_original":"231205_Mexico_ORD_V1.2.docx"}}]}