Circular 06/2020/TT-BCT amending Circular 03/2019/TT-BCT

CIRCULAR

On amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT dated January 22, 2019 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on providing the rules of origin under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

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Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 98/2017/ND-CP dated August 18, 2017 on defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 31/2018/ND-CP dated March 08, 2018 on detailing the Law on Foreign Trade Management regarding goods origin;

In furtherance of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership signed on March 08, 2018, in Chile;

At the proposal of the Director General of the Agency of Foreign Trade;

The Minister of Industry and Trade hereby promulgates a Circular on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT dated January 22, 2019 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on providing the rules of origin under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT).

Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of Articles of the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT

1. To add Clauses 4 and 5 to Article 29 as follows:

“4. The term “wholly formed” specified in Clause 3 herein means the entire manufacturing process and finishing stage, from extruding filament, strip, film or sheet, and including stretching filaments or films or sheets into strips, or the process of drawing fibers into yarns, or both, and finally acquiring a finished yarn or plied yarn.

5. Provisions of Clause 3 herein shall not apply with materials as prescribed in the Appendix VIII (the List of shortage supply).”

2. To amend and supplement Article 33 as follows:

“Article 33. Implementation organization and effect

1. This Circular takes effect on March 08, 2019.

2. Guidelines, unanimous interpretations related to the rules of origin that are circulated or agreed by member countries in the reports of meetings of the Committee on the Rules of Origin and procedures for certification of origin and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Council in the framework of implementing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership shall be the basis for agencies granting C/O and customs authorities to implement.

3. Regulation specified in Clause 2 of this Article shall be notified to agencies and authorities granting C/O and customs authorities through focal points as prescribed in the Decision No. 734/QD-TTg dated June 14, 2019 of the Prime Minister on assigning focal points to implement the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (hereinafter referred to as CPTPP).”

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