Rule 2 - Definitions - Customs Tariff (Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trade Agreement between the Governments of Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India) Rules, 2009

2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a.) " Agreement " means the Agreement on Trade in Goods under the Framework Agreement on the Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Republic of India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed on the 13 th day of August, 2009. (b.) " AIFTA " means the ASEAN-India Free Trade Area under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Republic of India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; (c) " ASEAN " means the Association of Southeast Asian Nations which comprises of the Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and whose members are referred to in the Agreement collectively as the ASEAN Member States and individually as an ASEAN Member State; (d) "CIF" means the value of the goods imported, the cost of freight and insurance up to the port or place of entry into the country of importation; (e) "FOB" means the free-on-board value as determined in the manner as specified in paragraph 1 of the Annexure I; (f) "Framework Agreement " means the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Republic of India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, signed in Bali, Indonesia on the 8 th October 2003; (g) "identical and interchangeable materials" means the materials being of the same kind possessing similar technical and physical characteristics, and after being incorporated into the finished product, they cannot be distinguished from one another for origin purposes; (h) "material" means raw materials, ingredients, parts, components, sub-assembly or goods that are physically incorporated into another goods or are subject to a process in the production of another goods; (i) "originating products" means products that qualify as originating in accordance with the provisions of rule 3; 1 [(j) "party" means India or an ASEAN Member State specified in Annexure IV annexed to these rules and "parties" means India and ASEAN Member States collectively, as specified in the said Annexure annexed to these rules.] (k) "product" means product which is wholly obtained or produced or being manufactured, even if it is intended for later use in another manufacturing operation; (l) "production" means methods of obtaining goods including growing, mining, harvesting, raising, breeding, extracting, gathering, collecting, capturing, fishing, trapping, hunting, manufacturing, producing, processing or assembling goods. ******************* Notes:- 1. Substituted vide notification no. 7/2010 Cus(NT) dated 19-1-2010 , before it was read as, " (j) " party " means India or an ASEAN Member State and " parties " means India and ASEAN member States collectively;"