Non-preferential rules of origin of goods.

Non-preferential rules of the origin of goods, approved by the decision of the EEC Council, No. 49 of 13.07.2018 establish the declarant's obligation to confirm the origin of goods by submitting a Certificate of Origin in event of declaring goods similar to goods that are subject to domestic market protection measures (special, anti-dumping, countervailing duties) caused by the origin of goods. The Rules also establish Requirements for a Certificate of Origin of goods with a list of information that must be reflected in it.

According to p. 2 of Article 37 of the EEU Treaty dated May 29, 2014, the Rules for determining the origin of goods imported into the Customs Territory of the EEU (Non-Preferential Rules for determining the Origin of Goods), approved by the Decision of the EEC Council No. 49 dated 13.07.2018 are used to determine the origin of goods when they are imported into the customs territory of the EEU in non-preferential trade for the purposes of applying:

• non-tariff regulation measures;

• measures to protect the domestic market (special protective, anti-dumping, compensatory and other measures provided for by Article 50 of the EEU Treaty.);

• public (municipal) procurements;

• foreign trade statistics goods;

• establishing requirements for marking the origin of goods.

In accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 29 of the Customs Code of the EEU, non-preferential rules provide for the use of the following documents on the origin of goods:

• Declaration of origin of goods;

• Certificate of origin of goods.

A certificate of origin is a document of a certain form indicating the origin of goods and issued by an authorized state body or an authorized organization of the country (customs union, region or part of the country) of origin of goods or in cases established by the rules for determining the origin of imported goods or the rules for determining the origin of exported goods of a country (group of countries, customs union of countries, region or part of the country) of the export of goods (paragraph 1 of Article 31 of the Customs Code of the EEU).

In the domestic market protection measures related to the origin of the goods are applied, the origin of similar goods imported to one recipient from one sender by one transport document with a total customs value not exceeding the equivalent of 1,500 euros, from January 1, 2024 – 200 euros is not confirmed by a Certificate of Origin.