Title II, Chapter 2, Section 2, Section 1, Article 61 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447

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Article 61Supplier’s declarations and their use(Article 64(1) of the Code)#

1.Where a supplier provides the exporter or the trader with the information necessary to determine the originating status of goods for the purposes of the provisions governing preferential trade between the Union and certain countries or territories (preferential originating status), the supplier shall do so by means of a supplier’s declaration.A separate supplier’s declaration shall be established for each consignment of goods, except in the cases provided for in Article 62 of this Regulation.

1a.In trade between the Contracting Parties to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin^note (‘PEM Convention’), where two or more sets of rules of origin apply, the preferential origin of goods may be determined according to one or more sets of rules of origin.Suppliers shall specify the legal framework used to determine the origin of the goods. For the supplier’s declarations made out until 31 December 2025, where such a legal framework is not specified, by default, the supplier’s declaration shall be considered as stating that the rules of origin of the PEM Convention, in its original version, have been used to determine the origin of the goods.

1b.For the purpose of trade between the Contracting Parties to the PEM Convention, the exporter may use the supplier’s declarations as supporting documents to apply for the issue of a movement certificate or to make out an origin declaration in accordance with the rules of origin of the PEM Convention, as amended by Joint Committee Decision No 1/2023^note, when the supplier’s declarations state the originating status in accordance with the rules of origin of the PEM Convention, in its original version, for products classified under Chapters 1, 3, 16 (for processed fishery products) and 25 to 97 of the Harmonised System.The exporter shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the conditions for cumulation and for issuing or making out a proof of origin according to a specific set of rules of origin are fulfilled.

2.The supplier shall include the declaration on the commercial invoice relating to that consignment, on a delivery note or on any other commercial document which describes the goods concerned in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified.

3.The supplier may provide the declaration at any time, even after the goods have been delivered.