TITLE III
TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS

 

ARTICLE 11



Principle of territoriality

1.

The conditions set out in Title II relative to the acquisition of originating status must be fulfilled without interruption in the Community or Jordan.

2.

If originating goods exported from the Community or Jordan to another country are returned, they must be considered as non?originating, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:

(a)

the goods returned are the same goods as those exported; and

(b)

they have not undergone any operation beyond that necessary to preserve them in good condition while in that country or while being exported.

ARTICLE 12
Direct transport


1.

The preferential treatment provided for under the Agreement applies only to products, satisfying the requirements of this Protocol, which are transported directly between the Community and Jordan.  However, products constituting one single consignment may be transported through other territories with, should the occasion arise, trans?shipment or temporary warehousing in such territories, provided that they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.


Originating products may be transported by pipeline across territory other than that of the Community or Jordan.


2.

Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled shall be supplied to the customs authorities of the importing country by the production of:

(a)

a single transport document covering the passage from the exporting country through the country of transit; or

(b)

a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit:

 

(i)

giving an exact description of the products;

(ii)

stating the dates of unloading and reloading of the products and, where applicable, the names of the ships, or the other means of transport used; and

(iii)

certifying the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country; or

(c)

failing these, any substantiating documents.

ARTICLE 13
Exhibitions


1.

Originating products, sent for exhibition in another country and sold after the exhibition for importation in the Community or Jordan shall benefit on importation from the provisions of the Agreement provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:

(a)

an exporter has consigned these products from the Community or Jordan to the country in which the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there;

(b)

the products have been sold or otherwise disposed of by that exporter to a person in the Community or Jordan;

(c)

the products have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter in the state in which they were sent for exhibition; and

(d)

the products have not, since they were consigned for exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.

2.

A proof of origin must be issued or made out in accordance with the provisions of Title V and submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in the normal manner.  The name and address of the exhibition must be indicated thereon.  Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the conditions under which they have been exhibited may be required.

3.

Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or display which is not organized for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign products, and during which the products remain under customs control.