Rule 17 - Issue of Origin Certificates - 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 17. Issue of Origin Certificates 1. For the issue of an Origin Certificate, the final producer or exporter of the good shall present the corresponding commercial invoice and a request containing a sworn declaration by the final producer certifying that the goods fulfil the origin criteria of these Rules, as well as the necessary documents supporting such a declaration. The said sworn declaration shall contain at least the following data: a) Individual's name or company name; b) Legal domicile; c) Description of the good to be exported and its tariff classification; d) FOB value of the goods to be exported; e) Information relating to the good to be exported, which must indicate: i) materials, components and/or parts originating from the exporting Signatory Party; ii) materials, components and/or parts originating from other Signatory Parties, indicating: 1) origin; 2) tariff classification; 3) CIF value, in US dollars; 4) Percentage on the total value of the final product. iii) materials, components and/or parts non-originating from the Signatory Parties, indicating: 1) exporting country; 2) tariff classification; 3) CIF value, in US dollars; 4) Percentage on the total value of the final product. iv) description of the manufacturing process. 2. The description of the good in the sworn origin declaration, which certifies the fulfilment of the origin requirements set out in these Rules, shall correspond to the respective tariff classification, as well as with the description of the good in the commercial invoice and in the Origin Certificate. 3. If the goods are regularly exported and their manufacturing process, as well as their materials are not modified, the Sworn Declaration of the Producer may be valid for a period of up to one hundred eighty (180) days counted from the date of the issue of the certificate. 4. The Origin Certificate shall be issued not later than five (5) working days after the request presentation and it shall be valid for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of its issue, which shall be extended, for the necessary period, if the goods are under a suspensive import regime which implies the deposit of the good and does not allow any alteration of the good. 5. The Origin Certificate shall be signed and issued by Government offices to be indicated by the Signatory Parties who may delegate the signing and issuing of origin certificates to other Government offices or to highly representative corporate bodies. 6. The origin certificates shall not be issued before the date of the issue of the commercial invoice relating to the consignment, but in the same date or within the following sixty (60) days. 7. The requesting party and the certifying offices or institutions shall keep the documents supporting the origin certificates for a period no less than five (5) years, from the date of its issue. The certifying offices or institutions shall enumerate the certificates issued by them in sequential order. 8. The certifying offices or institutions shall keep a permanent record of all issued origin certificates, which shall contain at least the certificate number, the requesting party's name and the date of its issue.