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ANNEX 3A

PRODUCT-SPECIFIC RULES

Headnotes to the Annex

1. Pursuant to Article 3.2 (Originating Goods), this Annex sets out
the conditions required for a good to be treated as an originating
good.

2. For greater certainty, the origin criteria of “wholly obtained or
produced in a Party” and “produced in a Party exclusively from
originating materials from one or more of the Parties”, as provided
in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of Article 3.2 (Originating Goods),
apply to all tariff lines.

3. For the purposes of interpreting the Product-Specific Rules set
out in this Annex:

(a) Section means a section of the Harmonized System;

(b) Chapter means the first two digits of the tariff classification
number under the Harmonized System;

(c) heading means the first four digits of the tariff classification
number under the Harmonized System; and

(d) subheading means the first six digits of the tariff
classification number under the Harmonized System.

4. Where a good is subject to alternative Product-Specific Rules, the
rule will be considered to be met if the good satisfies one of the
alternative Product-Specific Rules.

5. A requirement of a change in tariff classification (hereinafter
referred to as “CTC” in this Annex) applies only to non-originating
materials.

6. Where the CTC rule expressly excludes a change from other tariff
classifications, the exclusion applies only to non-originating
materials.

7. For the purposes of this Annex:

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