Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of MERCOSUR Member States comprising the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Republica Oriental del Uruguay and the Republic of India) Rules, 2009

Rule 1	:	Short title and commencement
Rule 2	:	Definitions
Rule 3	:	General requirements
Rule 4	:	Cumulation of origin
Rule 5	:	Wholly produced or obtained products
Rule 6	:	Not wholly produced or obtained products
Rule 7	:	Processes or operations considered as insufficient to confer originating status
Rule 8	:	Accessories, spare parts and tools
Rule 9	:	Fungible Materials
Rule 10	:	Sets
Rule 11	:	Packages and packing materials for retail sale
Rule 12	:	Containers and packing materials for transport
Rule 13	:	Neutral elements or indirect materials
Rule 14	:	Direct transport, Transit and Trans-shipment
Rule 15	:	Origin Certification
Rule 16	:	Operations carried out by third operators
Rule 17	:	Issue of Origin Certificates
Rule 18	:	ess of the presentation of an origin certificate ..........
Rule 19	:	The competent authorities from the exporting Signatory Party ..........
Rule 20	:	The information obtained under the provisions of Rule 19 ...........
Rule 21	:	In the cases in which the information requested under Rule 18..........
Rule 22	:	1. During the period of investigation, the competent authorities of the importing Signatory Party.........
Rule 23	:	The competent authorities of the importing Signatory Party shall immediately notify.........
Rule 24	:	During the investigation proceedings, the competent authorities of the importing Signatory Party may........
Rule 25	:	The competent authorities of the exporting Signatory Party shall provide the information and documentation..........
Rule 26	:	In relation to the proceedings as foreseen in Rule 24, the competent authorities of the importing Signatory Party may request ..........
Rule 27	:	In the cases in which the information or documentation requested to the competent authorities.........
Rule 28	:	The competent authorities of the importing Signatory Party shall engage to conclude the investigation.........
Rule 29	:	The competent authorities of the importing Signatory Party shall inform the importers and the competent authorities.........
Rule 30	:	During the investigation process, occasional modifications in the manufacturing conditions........
Rule 31	:	Once the investigation concludes in favour of the qualification of the origin of the goods and the validity...........
Rule 32	:	Once the investigation establishes the non-qualification of the origin criterion of the goods contained in the origin certificate..........
Rule 33	:	A Signatory Party may request another Signatory Party to investigate the origin of a good imported..........
Rule 34	:	The proceedings of verification and control of origin as foreseen in these Rules may ..........
Rule 35	:	Within sixty (60) days, from the receipt of the communication as provided in Rule 29..........
Rule 36	:	The time periods set in these Rules shall be calculated on a consecutive day basis.........
Rule 37	:	The provisions set out in these Rules shall also apply to Special Economic Zone and the competent authorities..........
Appendix-I	:	Form Agreed upon by India and Mercosur for the origin Certificate