For the purposes of Article 4.2 (Origin Criteria) the following goods shall be considered as wholly obtained or produced in the territory of one or both of the Parties if they are:
(a) a plant, plant good, or fungus, grown, cultivated, harvested, picked, or gathered there;
(b) alive animal born and raised there;
(c) a good obtained from a live animal there;
(d) an animal obtained by hunting, trapping, fishing, gathering, or capturing there but not beyond the outer limits of a Party's territorial sea;
(e) a good obtained from aquaculture there but not beyond the outer limits of a Party's territorial sea;
(f) a mineral or other naturally occurring substance, not included in subparagraphs (a) through (e), extracted or taken from there;
(g) fish, shellfish, and other marine life taken from the sea, seabed, or subsoil beyond the outer limits of:
(i) Australia's territorial sea but within the territory of Australia by vessels that are registered, listed, or recorded in Australia; or
(ii) the United Kingdom's territorial sea but within the territory of the United Kingdom by vessels that are registered in the United Kingdom and entitled to fly the flag of the United Kingdom;
(h) fish, shellfish, and other marine life taken from the sea, seabed, or subsoil beyond the outer limits of the territories of each Party and, in accordance with international law, outside the territorial sea of non-parties by vessels that are registered, listed, or recorded with a Party and entitled to fly the flag of that Party;
(i) a good produced from goods referred to in subparagraph (g) or subparagraph (h) on board a factory ship that is registered, listed, or recorded with a Party and entitled to fly the flag of that Party;
(j) a good other than fish, shellfish, and other marine life taken or extracted by a Party or a person of a Party from the seabed or subsoil outside the territories of the Parties, and beyond areas over which non-parties exercise jurisdiction provided that Party or person of that Party has the right to exploit that seabed or subsoil in accordance with international law;
(k) a good that is:
(i) waste or scrap derived from production there; or
(ii) waste or scrap derived from used goods collected there, provided that those goods are fit only for the recovery of raw materials; and
(l) a good produced there, exclusively from goods referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (k), or from their derivatives.
Article 4.4. Regional Value Content
1. Where a regional value content requirement is specified in this Chapter, including related Annexes, to determine whether a good is originating, the regional value content shall be calculated using one of the following methods:
Build-Down Method: based on the value of non-originating materials
RVC = value of the good - value of non-originating materials / value of the good x 100
Build-Up Method: based on the value of originating materials
RVC = value of originating materials / value of the good x 100
in each case where:
RVC is the regional value content of a good, expressed as a percentage;
value of non-originating materials is the value of non-originating materials, including materials of undetermined origin, used in the production of the good; and
value of originating materials is the value of originating materials used in the production of the good in the territory of one or both Parties.
2. All costs considered for the calculation of regional value content shall be recorded and maintained in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the territory of a Party where the good is produced.
Article 4.5. Materials Used In Production
1. If a non-originating material undergoes further production such that it satisfies the requirements of this Chapter, the material shall be treated as originating when determining the originating status of the subsequently produced good, regardless of whether that material was produced by the producer of the good.
2. If a non-originating material is used in the production of a good, the following may be counted as originating content in determining whether the resulting good meets a regional value content requirement:
(a) the value of production of the non-originating material undertaken in the territory of one or both Parties by one or more producers; and
(b) the value of any originating material used in the production of the non-originating material undertaken in the territory of one or both Parties by one or more producers.
Article 4.6. Value of Materials Used In Production
For the purposes of this Chapter, the value of a material is:
(a) for a material imported by the producer of the good, the price actually paid or payable for the material at the time of importation or other value determined in accordance with the Customs Valuation Agreement, including the costs incurred in the international shipment of the material;
(b) for a material acquired in the territory where the good is produced:
(i) the price paid or payable by the producer in the Party where the producer is located;
(ii) the value as determined for an imported material in subparagraph (a); or
(iii) the earliest ascertainable price paid or payable in the territory of the Party; or
(c) for a material that is self-produced:
(i) all the costs incurred in the production of the material, which includes general expenses; and
(ii) an amount equivalent to the profit added in the normal course of trade, or equal to the profit that is usually reflected in the sale of goods of the same class or kind as the self-produced material that is being valued.
Article 4.7. Further Adjustments to the Value of Materials
1. For an originating material, the following expenses may be added to the value of the material, if not included under Article 4.6 (Value of Materials Used in Production):
(a) the costs of freight, insurance, packing, and all other costs incurred to transport the material to the location of the producer of the good;
(b) duties, taxes, and customs brokerage fees on the material, paid in the territory of a Party, other than duties and taxes that are waived, refunded, refundable, or otherwise recoverable, which include credit against duty or tax paid or payable; and
(c) the cost of waste and spoilage resulting from the use of the material in the production of the good, less the value of reusable scrap or by-product.
2. For a non-originating material or material of undetermined origin, the following expenses may be deducted from the value of the material:
(a) the costs of freight, insurance, packing, and all other costs incurred in transporting the material to the location of the producer of the good;
(b) duties, taxes, and customs brokerage fees on the material paid in the territory of one or both Parties, other than duties and taxes that are waived, tefunded, refundable, or otherwise recoverable, which include credit against duty or tax paid or payable; and
(c) the cost of waste and spoilage resulting from the use of the material in the production of the good, less the value of reusable scrap or by-product.
3. For greater certainty, when a non-originating material is used in the production of a good, the values referred to in subparagraph 2(a) and subparagraph 2(b) of Article 4.5 (Materials Used in Production) may be:
(a) deducted from the value of the non-originating material if calculating the regional value content requirement using the Build-Down Method; or
(b) included in the value of originating materials if calculating the regional value content requirement using the Build-Up Method.
4. For the purposes of this Article, if a cost, expense, or value is unknown or documentary evidence of the amount of the adjustment is not available, then no adjustment is allowed for that cost, expense, or value.
Article 4.8. Recovered Materials and Remanufactured Goods
1. A recovered material derived in the territory of one or both of the Parties shall be treated as originating when it is used in the production of, and incorporated into, a remanufactured good.
2. For greater certainty:
(a) a remanufactured good shall be treated as originating only if it satisfies the applicable requirements of Article 4.2 (Origin Criteria); and
(b) a recovered material that is not used or incorporated in the production of a remanufactured good shall be treated as originating only if it satisfies the applicable requirements of Article 4.2 (Origin Criteria).
Article 4.9. Accumulation
1. A good shall be regarded as originating if the good is produced in the territory of one or both of the Parties by one or more producers, provided that the good satisfies the requirements of Article 4.2 (Origin Criteria) and all other applicable requirements in this Chapter.
2. An originating good or material of one Party shall be considered originating in the territory of the other Party when used in the production of a good in the territory of the other Party.
3. Production undertaken on a non-originating material in the territory of one or both Parties by one or more producers may contribute toward the originating content of a good for the purpose of determining its origin, regardless of whether that production was sufficient to confer originating status to the material itself.
Article 4.10. Tolerance
1. A good that contains non-originating materials that do not satisfy the applicable change in tariff classification requirement specified in Annex 4B (Product-Specific Rules) for the good shall nonetheless be regarded as originating if:
(a) in the case of goods in Chapters 1 through 24 and 50 through 63 of the Harmonized System:
(i) the total weight of those materials does not exceed 10 per cent of the weight of the good not including the weight of any packaging; or
(ii) the value of those materials does not exceed 10 per cent of the value of the good; or
(b) in the case of goods in Chapters 25 through 49 and 64 through 97 of the Harmonized System, the value of those materials does not exceed 10 per cent of the value of the good,
and the good meets all other applicable requirements of this Chapter.
2. If a good described in paragraph 1 is also subject to a regional value content requirement, the value of those non-originating materials shall be included in the value of non-originating materials for any applicable regional value content requirement.
Article 4.11. Fungible Goods or Materials
1. A fungible good or material shall be treated as originating based on the:
(a) physical segregation of each fungible good or material; or
(b) use of any inventory management method recognised in the generally accepted accounting principles of the Party where the production is performed, if originating and non-originating fungible goods or materials are comingled, provided that the inventory management method selected is used throughout the fiscal year of the person that selected the inventory management method.
2. The inventory management system must ensure that no more goods or material receive originating status than would have been the case if the fungible goods or materials had been physically segregated.
Article 4.12. Accessories, Spare Parts, Tools, and Instructional or other Information Materials
1. For the purpose of determining origin of a good, accessories, spare parts, tools, and instructional or other information materials classified and delivered with, but not invoiced separately from a good shall be:
(a) disregarded in determining whether a good is wholly obtained or satisfies a process or change in tariff classification requirement set out in Annex 4B (Product-Specific Rules) for the good; and
(b) taken into account as originating or non-originating materials, as the case may be, in calculating the regional value content of the good,
provided the quantities, value, and type of accessories, spare parts, tools, and instructional or other information material are customary for the good.
2. Accessories, spare parts, tools, and instructional or other information materials, described in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to have the same originating status as the good with which they are delivered.
Article 4. Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Sale
Packaging materials and containers in which a good is packaged for retail sale shall, if classified with the good, be:
(a) disregarded in determining whether the non-originating materials used in the production of the good have satisfied the applicable process or change in tariff classification requirement set out in Annex 4B (Product-Specific Rules), or whether the good is wholly obtained or produced; and
(b) taken into account as originating or non-originating materials, as the case may be, in calculating the regional value content of the good.
Article 4.14. Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment
Packing materials and containers for shipment shall be disregarded in determining whether a good is originating.
Article 4.15. Indirect Materials
An indirect material shall be considered to be originating without regard to where it is produced.
Article 4.16. Sets of Goods
1. For a set classified as a result of the application of rule 3(a) or rule 3(b) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System, the originating status of the set shall be determined in accordance with the product-specific rule of origin that applies to the set.
2. For a set classified as a result of the application of rule 3(c) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System, the set shall be originating only if each good in the set is originating and both the set and the goods meet the other applicable requirements of this Chapter.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, for a set classified as a result of the application of tule 3(c) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System, the set is originating if the value of all the non-originating goods in the set does not exceed 20 per cent of the value of the set.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, the value of the non-originating goods in the set and the value of the set shall be calculated in the same manner as the value of non- originating materials and the value of the good.
Article 4.17. Non-Alteration
1. An originating good shall retain its originating status if the good has been transported to the importing Party without passing through the territory of a non-party.
2. An originating good transported through the territory of one or more non-parties shall retain its originating status provided that the good:
(a) does not undergo further production or any other operation outside the territories of the Parties, other than unloading, reloading, separation from a bulk shipment or splitting of a consignment, storing, repacking, labelling or marking required by the importing Party or any other operation necessary to preserve it in good condition or to transport the good to the territory of the importing Party.
(b) is not released to free circulation in the territory of any non-party. (1)
Section B. Origin Procedures
Article 4.18. Claims for Preferential Tariff Treatment
1. Each Party shall provide that an importer may make a claim for preferential tariff treatment, based on a declaration of origin completed by the exporter, producer, or, in the case of an exporter or producer in Australia, an authorised representative of the exporter or producer, or the importer’s knowledge that a good is originating.
2. Each Party shall provide that a declaration of origin:
(a) need not follow a prescribed format;
(b) be in writing, including electronic format;
(c) specifies that the good is both originating and meets the requirements of this Chapter;
(d) be attached to, or provided on, an invoice or any other commercial document that describes the goods concerned in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified; and
(e) fulfils the data requirements as set out in Annex 4A (Data Requirements).
3. Each Party shall provide that a declaration of origin may apply to:
(a) a single shipment of a good into the territory of a Party; or
(b) multiple shipments of identical goods within any period specified in the declaration of origin, but not exceeding 12 months.
4. Each Party shall provide that a declaration of origin is valid for one year after the date that it was completed or for such longer period specified by the laws and regulations of the importing Party.
5. If unassembled or disassembled products within the meaning of rule 2(a) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System falling within Sections XV to XXI of the Harmonized System are imported by more than one shipment, a single declaration of origin for such products may be used on request of the importer and in accordance with the requirements laid down by the customs authority of the importing Party.
Article 4.19. Basis of a Declaration of Origin or Importer's Knowledge
1. Each Party shall provide that if a producer declares the origin of a good, the declaration of origin is completed on the basis of the producer having information that the good is originating.
2. Each Party shall provide that if the exporter is not the producer of the good, a declaration of origin may be completed by the exporter of the good on the basis of:
(a) the exporter having information that the good is originating; or
(b) reasonable reliance on the producer's information that the good is originating.
3. Each Party shall provide that if an importer of the good makes a claim for preferential tariff treatment on the basis of the importer's knowledge the good is originating, the claim is made on the basis of:
(a) the importer having documentation that the good is originating; or
(b) reasonable reliance on supporting documentation provided by the exporter or producer that the good is originating.
4. Australia shall also provide that a declaration of origin may be completed by an authorised representative of an exporter or producer of the good, on the basis of reasonable reliance on supporting documentation provided by the exporter or producer that the good is originating.
5. For greater certainty, nothing in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 shall be construed to allow a Party to require an exporter or producer to complete a declaration of origin or provide a declaration of origin to another person.
Article 4.20. Discrepancies
A Party shall not reject a declaration of origin due to minor errors or discrepancies, such as slight discrepancies between documents, omissions of information or typing errors, provided these minor discrepancies or errors do not create doubt as to the originating status of the good.
Article 4.21. Waiver of Declaration of Origin
A Party shall not require a declaration of origin if:
(a) the customs value of the importation does not exceed, in the case of Australia, 1,000 Australian Dollars or, in the case of the United Kingdom, 1,000 Pound Sterling, or any higher amount as the importing Party may establish; or
(b) it is a good for which the importing Party has waived the requirement or does not require the importer to present a declaration of origin,
provided that the importation does not form part of a series of importations, which the customs authority of the importing Party reasonably considers to have been carried out or planned for the purpose of evading compliance with the importing Party's laws and regulations governing claims for preferential tariff treatment under this Agreement.
Article 4.22. Obligations Relating to Importation
1. Except as otherwise provided for in this Chapter, each Party shall provide that, for the purpose of claiming preferential tariff treatment, the importer shall:
(a) declare that the good qualifies as an originating good;
(b) possess either:
(i) a valid declaration of origin; or
(ii) documentation that formed the basis for the importer's knowledge that the good is originating;
(c) provide to the importing Party a copy of any declaration of origin and other evidence that the good qualifies as an originating good, if required by the importing Party; and
(d) if required by an importing Party to demonstrate that the requirements in Article 4.17 (Non-Alteration) have been satisfied, provide relevant documents, such as transport documents, and in the case of storage, storage documents.
2. Each Party shall provide that if the importer has reason to believe that the claim for preferential tariff treatment is based on incorrect information that could affect the accuracy or validity of the declaration of origin, the importer shall correct the importation document and pay any customs duty and, if applicable, penalties owed.
3. Each Party may provide that if the exporter or producer has reason to believe that the declaration of origin is based on incorrect information that could affect the accuracy or validity of the declaration of origin, they shall be obliged to immediately notify the importer in writing of any change affecting the originating status of each good to which the declaration of origin applies.
4. Each Party shall encourage its customs authority, when considering imposing a penalty in relation to a claim for preferential tariff treatment, to consider as a significant mitigating factor a voluntary notification given prior to the discovery of that error by the Party and in accordance with paragraph 2 or paragraph 3, provided that in the case of a notification given by an importer, the importer corrects the error and repays any duties owing.
Article 4.23. Record Keeping Requirements
1. Each Party shall provide that an importer claiming preferential tariff treatment for a good imported into the territory of that Party shall maintain, for a period of four years from the date of importation of the good, or such longer period as the importing Party specifies:
(a) documentation related to the good's importation, including any declaration of origin that served as the basis for the claim; and
(b) all records necessary to demonstrate that the good is originating and qualified for preferential tariff treatment, if the claim was based on the importerâs knowledge that the good was originating.
2. Each Party shall provide that a producer or exporter in its territory that provides a declaration of origin shall maintain, for a period of four years from the date the declaration of origin was issued, or such longer period as the importing Party specifies, all records necessary to demonstrate that a good for which the exporter or producer provided a declaration of origin is originating.