UK-India CETA Chapter 3: Rules of Origin
Text of chapter 3 of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.
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This chapter and its annexes specify the criteria a good or product must meet, as well as the compliance documents needed, to benefit from the preferential tariffs we have agreed in this deal.
To qualify for reduced tariffs, the rules of origin specify that a product must either be wholly obtained or significantly transformed through processing in either the UK or India. This ensures that only genuinely British or Indian goods can access preferential tariffs thereby preventing fraudulent activities such as circumvention or illegitimate competition. This chapter will also provide robust mechanisms for compliance to be checked.
The agreement is not yet in force. Both the UK and India are required to complete their respective domestic procedures for the agreement to come into effect. Once ratified by both countries, businesses will be able to trade under its terms.