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NAFTA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations

SOR/93-593CUSTOMS TARIFF
Registration 1993-12-15
Regulations Respecting the Determination of the Origin of Casual Goods for the Purpose of Determining Entitlement to the Benefit of the United States Tariff or the Mexico Tariff
P.C. 1993-2093  1993-12-15His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to subsections 13(2)Footnote * and (3)Footnote ** of the Customs Tariff, is pleased hereby to revoke the United States Tariff Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations, made by Order in Council P.C. 1988-2874 of December 30, 1988Footnote ***, and to make the annexed Regulations respecting the determination of the origin of casual goods for the purpose of determining entitlement to the benefit of the United States Tariff or the Mexico Tariff in substitution therefor, effective on the day on which subsections 113(2) and (3) of An Act to implement the North American Free Trade Agreement, being chapter 44 of the Statutes of Canada, 1993, come into force.

Return to footnote *S.C. 1993, c. 44, s. 113(2)
Return to footnote **S.C. 1993, c. 44, s. 113(3)
Return to footnote ***SOR/89-50, 1989 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 794
Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the NAFTA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations, casual goods means goods other than goods imported for sale or for an industrial, occupational, commercial or institutional or other like use. (marchandises occasionnelles)

Casual Goods

3 Casual goods that are acquired in the United States

(a) are deemed to originate in the United States and are entitled to the benefit of the United States Tariff if

(i) the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of the United States and indicates that the goods are the product of the United States or Canada, or
(ii) the goods do not bear a mark and there is no evidence to indicate that the goods are not the product of the United States or Canada; and

(b) are deemed to originate in Mexico and are entitled to the benefit of the Mexico Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of the United States and indicates that the goods are the product of Mexico.

4 Casual goods that are acquired in Mexico

(a) are deemed to originate in Mexico and are entitled to the benefit of the Mexico Tariff if

(i) the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of Mexico and indicates that the goods are the product of Mexico or Canada, or
(ii) the goods do not bear a mark and there is no evidence to indicate that the goods are not the product of Mexico or Canada; and

(b) are deemed to originate in the United States and are entitled to the benefit of the United States Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of Mexico and indicates that the goods are the product of the United States.