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ARTICLES

LEGAL RESOURSES

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    • ARTICLE 4: MERCHANDISE THAT CAN BE IMPORTED UNDER A PROGRAM

    Companies with the Program may temporarily import the following merchandise to carry out the manufacturing operation processes and may remain in the national territory for the following periods (LA: Art. 108) (RLA: Art. 173) (RLA: Art. 175):

  • For up to eighteen months, in the following cases (RGCE 2022: Apendice 2):

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  • Fuels, lubricants, and other materials to be consumed during the production process of export merchandise. (RGCE 2022: Regla 3.1.23)

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  • Raw materials, parts, and components that will be fully allocated to integrate export merchandise. (RGCE 2022: Regla 1.6.7) (RGCE 2022: Regla 4.3.3)

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  • Containers and packaging. (RGCE 2022: Regla 4.3.2)

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  • Labels and brochures. (RGCE 2022: Regla 4.3.2)

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  • Up to two years, in the case of containers and trailer boxes.

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  • For the validity of the Program, in the following cases:

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  • Machinery, equipment, tools, instruments, molds, and spare parts for the production process. (RGCE 2022: Regla 5.5.1)

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  • Equipment and gadgets for pollution control; for research or training, industrial security, telecommunications and computer, laboratory, measurement, product testing and quality control; as well as those involved in the management of materials directly related to export goods and others related to the production process.

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  • Equipment for administrative development.

    • The merchandise indicated in Annex I of this Decree (DECRETO IMMEX: Anexo I), may not be imported under the Program, unless derived from contingencies caused by fortuitous event, force majeure, or provisions, the Ministry publishes the Agreement to which Article 5 of this Decree refers (DECRETO IMMEX: Art. 5) in which it determines what is proceeding in relation to the importation of said merchandise and indicate the period in which the exceptional circumstances must be maintained. For what is established in this paragraph, the Ministry will take into account the information available from the competent authorities in the matter.

    The merchandise subject to transfer by means of a customs declaration (pedimento) for import or export of virtual operations subject to the Program will have a term of up to six months, counted from the date on which it was made, with the exception of those transferred by national suppliers without the Program, whose term of stay will be eighteen months.