Conducting expert examinations to determine the country of origin of the goods

Conducting examinations to determine the country of origin of goods exported from the customs territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan is regulated by the provisions of the following bilateral and multilateral Agreements, Regulations and domestic legislation to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party:

• “Rules for determining the country of origin of goods”, approved by the Resolution of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States dated 24.09.1993;
• “Rules for determining the country of origin of goods”, approved by the Resolution of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States dated 30.11.2000;
• Rules for determining the country of origin of goods in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 1046 dated 17.07.2010 (Yalta city, 20.11.2009);
• Preferential Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey and its Annex 2: Rules on preferential rules of origin of goods and methods of administrative cooperation;
• Preferential Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan”;
• Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the United Arab Emirates”;
• “Rules for determining the country of origin of goods in connection with the Agreement on the establishment of a free trade zone between the GUAM member states”;
• “Rules for determining the preferential and non-preferential origin of goods” approved by the Resolution No. 3 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 14.01.2014.

The tariffs for the services provided by the "Center for Consumer Goods Expertise" LLC were approved by the Resolution No. 11 of the Tariff (Price) Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 28.10.2015.

According to the "Rules for Issuing a Certificate of Origin of Goods" approved by the Resolution No. 02 of the Board of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 25.04.2012, the applications of customers are sent to the Center for conducting an examination to determine the country of origin of goods by the State Agency for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Supervision under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The following documents are attached to the application submitted by the customer:

• if the customer is a legal entity, a copy of the certificate of state registration and an extract from the state register of legal entities;
• if the customer is a natural person engaged in entrepreneurial activity without forming a legal entity, a copy of the certificate of tax accounting of the natural person;
• a copy of the contract concluded between the customer and the buyer (if any);
• a copy of the invoice;
• a copy of the contract or other supporting documents confirming the purchase of the raw materials, semi-finished products or other materials involved in the preparation of the products for export;
• if the raw materials, semi-finished products or other materials involved in the preparation of the products for export are of foreign origin, a document (calculation) confirming that the value of the materials used has reached a certain percentage of the price of the goods shipped as a result of processing, or if the ad valorem share rule is applied.

Expertise acts confirming the results of the expertise conducted by the Center in order to determine the country of origin of the goods are prepared and submitted to the State Agency for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Supervision.