This basic seminar is aimed at department head and clerks in import, export and customs departments, who are responsible for or will be responsible for the origin of goods and customs preferences.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing the seminar, participants should be able to answer:
With which countries does the EU have preferential agreements?
How is it determined whether a product qualifies for preference?
What does "cumulation" mean?
How are preference proofs correctly issued?
When are supplier declarations required?
How are supplier declarations created and what must be considered?
What are the consequences of issuing invalid prefernce proofs?
How does one become an "Authorized Exporter" or "Registered Exporter (REX)"?
What is meant by non-preferential origin?
CONTENT
Participants will cover the following topics:
- Preferential agreements
- Structure of origin rules
- Sufficient processing / minimal treatment / cumulation
- Product composition
- Proofs of preference
- Supplier declarations
- Authorized exporter / Registered exporter (REX)
- Requirements for claiming customs preferences on import
- Risks of incorrect handling of preference proofs
- Non-preferential origin rules
