Regarding the Acceptance of Certificates of Origin

Article 40 of the Customs Regulation contains provisions regarding the information that must be included in the Certificate of Origin, and in the 3rd paragraph of Article 40, it is stated that "(3) The country of origin of the goods must be stated in the certificate of origin in a way that leaves no room for doubt.".

According to the relevant regulation, the General Directorate of Customs has instructed that Certificates of Origin should not be accepted if the country of origin is not explicitly stated, but only indicated as "European Union".

On the other hand, Article 38 of the Customs Regulation also contains provisions regarding the issuance of Certificates of Origin. Article 38/1 of the Customs Regulation states that;

ARTICLE 38 – (1) 205 Trade policy based on origin, subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of the first article. measures, For goods subject to additional customs duties or other financial obligations, such as supplementary financial charges, to be released into free circulation, the measure must be such that the goods do not originate in the country subject to those measures, or are not considered to originate in another country due to changes and processes they have undergone there. To verify compliance, a certificate of origin issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin or the exporting country must be presented.It has been said.

According to the relevant regulation, the General Directorate of Customs has instructed that Certificates of Origin not issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin and the exporting country should not be accepted.

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