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ARTICLES

LEGAL RESOURSES

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    • Article 512. Cooperation

    1. Each Party shall notify the other Parties of the following determinations, measures and rulings, including to the greatest extent practicable those that are prospective in application:

  • A determination of origin issued as the result of a verification conducted pursuant to Article 506(1) (TLCAN: Art. 506);

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  • A determination of origin that the Party is aware is contrary to

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  • A ruling issued by the customs administration of another Party with respect to the tariff classification or value of a good, or of materials used in the production of a good, or the reasonable allocation of costs where calculating the net cost of a good, that is the subject of a determination of origin, or

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  • Consistent treatment given by the customs administration of another Party with respect to the tariff classification or value of a good, or of materials used in the production of a good, or the reasonable allocation of costs where calculating the net cost of a good, that is the subject of a determination of origin;

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  • A measure establishing or significantly modifying an administrative policy that is likely to affect future determinations of origin, country of origin marking requirements or determinations as to whether a good qualifies as a good of a Party under the Marking Rules; and

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  • An advance ruling, or a ruling modifying or revoking an advance ruling, pursuant to Article 509 (TLCAN: Art. 509).

    • 2. The Parties shall cooperate:

  • In the enforcement of their respective customs-related laws or regulations implementing this Agreement, and under any customs mutual assistance agreements or other customs related agreement to which they are party;

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  • For purposes of the detection and prevention of unlawful transshipments of textile and apparel goods of a non-Party, in the enforcement of prohibitions or quantitative restrictions, including the verification by a Party, in accordance with the procedures set out in this Chapter, of the capacity for production of goods by an exporter or a producer in the territory of another Party, provided that the customs administration of the Party proposing to conduct the verification, prior to conducting the verification

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  • Obtains the consent of the Party in whose territory the verification is to occur, and

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  • Provides notification to the exporter or producer whose premises are to be visited,

    • Except that procedures for notifying the exporter or producer whose premises are to be visited shall be in accordance with such other procedures as the Parties may agree;

     

  • To the extent practicable and for purposes of facilitating the flow of trade between them, in such customs related matters as the collection and exchange of statistics regarding the importation and exportation of goods, the harmonization of documentation used in trade, the standardization of data elements, the acceptance of an international data syntax and the exchange of information; and

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  • To the extent practicable, in the storage and transmission of customs-related documentation.