Common use of Verification of Origin Clause in Contracts

Verification of Origin. 1. Verification of origin shall be carried out whenever the customs authorities of the importing Party have doubts as to the authenticity of Certificate of Origin, the originating status of the products concerned or the fulfillment of the other requirements of this Chapter. 2. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph 1, the customs authorities of the importing Party shall return a photo-copy of Certificate of Origin, to the competent governmental authorities of the exporting Party, indicating the reasons for the enquiry. Any documents and information obtained establishing that the information given on the Certificate of Origin is incorrect shall be forwarded in support of the request for verification. 3. The verification shall be carried out by the competent governmental authorities of the exporting Party. For this purpose, they shall have the rights to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate. 4. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of this verification as soon as possible. These results must indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic, whether the products concerned can be considered as products originating and fulfill the other requirements of this Chapter, including the findings of facts and the legal basis for the determination. 5. If no reply within six months of the date of the verification request was received or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question or the real origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities shall deny preferential tariff treatment. 6. Where the customs authorities of the importing Party determines that it has been certified more than once falsely or without substantiation that a good qualifies as originating, the customs authorities of the importing Party may suspend preferential tariff treatment to identical goods imported by the same importer, until it demonstrates that it has complied with the provisions under this Agreement. 7. All the information requested, supporting documents, and all other related information exchange between the customs authorities of the importing Party and the competent governmental authorities regarding this Article may be communicated electronically.

Verification of Origin. 1. Verification of origin shall be carried out whenever the customs cus- toms authorities of the importing Party have doubts as to the authenticity au- thenticity of Certificate of Origin, the originating status of the products prod- ucts concerned or the fulfillment of the other requirements of this Chapter. 2. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph para- graph 1, the customs authorities of the importing Party shall return a photo-copy of Certificate of Origin, to the competent governmental govern- mental authorities of the exporting Party, indicating the reasons for the enquiry. Any documents and information obtained establishing establish- ing that the information given on the Certificate of Origin is incorrect incor- rect shall be forwarded in support of the request for verification. 3. The verification shall be carried out by the competent governmental authorities of gov- ernmental authoritiesof the exporting Party. For this purpose, they shall have the rights to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's ’s accounts or any other check considered consid- ered appropriate. 4. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of this verification as soon as possible. These results must indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic, whether the products concerned can be considered as products originating and fulfill the other requirements of this Chapter, including the findings of facts and the legal basis for the determinationdetermi- nation. 5. If no reply within six months of the date of the verification request was received or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question ques- tion or the real origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities au- thorities shall deny preferential tariff treatment. 6. Where the customs authorities of the importing Party determines deter- mines that it has been certified more than once falsely or without substantiation that a good qualifies as originating, the customs authorities au- thorities of the importing Party may suspend preferential tariff treatment to identical goods imported by the same importer, until it demonstrates that it has complied with the provisions under this Agreement. 7. All the information requested, supporting documents, and all other related information exchange between the customs authorities authori- ties of the importing Party and the competent governmental authorities authori- ties regarding this Article may be communicated electronically.