S.R.O. 1284(I)/2005, dated 24th December, 2005

SROS: S.R.O. 1284(I)/2005, dated 24th December, 2005 S.R.O. 1284(I)/2005, dated 24th December, 2005:- In pursuance of the Free Trade Agreement(FTA) between the Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Government of Malaysia, the Federal Government is pleased to make the following rules, namely: - 1. Short title, commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Malaysia-Pakistan Free Trade Area Rules of Origin, 2005. (2) They shall come into force with effect from 1st January, 2006. 2. Application.-These rules shall apply to products consigned from the territory of either of the Contracting Parties. 3. Definitions.-For the purpose of this Annex:- (a) materials shall include raw materials, ingredients, parts, components, sub-components, sub-assembly and/or goods that were physically incorporated into another goods or were subject to a process in the production of another goods; (b) originating products mean products that qualify as originating in accordance with the provisions of Rule 2; (c) production means methods of obtaining goods including growing, mining, harvesting, raising, breeding, extracting, gathering, collecting, capturing, fishing, trapping, hunting, manufacturing, producing, processing or assembling a goods; (d) products means products which are wholly obtained/produced or being manufactured, even if it is intended for later use in another manufacturing operation; (e) CIF means the value of the goods imported, and includes the cost of freight and insurance up to the port or place of entry into the country of importation; (f) FOB means the free-on-board value of the goods, inclusive of the cost of transport to the port or site of final shipment abroad; (g) Harmonized System means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System agreed to under the WCO; (h) Product Specific Rules are rules that specify that the materials have undergone a change in tariff classification or a specific manufacturing or processing operation, or satisfy an ad valorem criterion or a combination of any of these criteria, 4. Origin Criteria.-For the purposes of this Agreement, products imported by a Party shall be deemed to be originating and eligible for…