Thông tư 01/2013/TT-BCT

CIRCULAR

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE’S CIRCULAR NO. 06/2011/TT-BCT OF MARCH 21, 2011, ON PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING PREFERENTIAL CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 95/2012/ND-CP of November 12, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 19/2006/ND-CP of February 20, 2006, detailing the Commercial Law regarding origin of goods;

The Minister of Industry and Trade promulgates the Circular amending and supplementing the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circular No.06/2011/TT-BCT of March 21, 2011, on procedures for issuing preferential certificates of origin (below referred to as the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BCT) as follows:

Article 1. To amend and supplement Clause 3, Articles 3 and Clause 3, Article 9 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BCT of March 21, 2011

1. To amend Clause 3, Article 3 on applicants for preferential certificates of origin (C/O) as follows:

“3. Applicants for preferential C/O (below referred to as C/O applicants) are Vietnamese traders, including exporters, producers and lawful representatives of exporters or producers.”

2. To add the following Clause 9 to Article 9 on C/O application dossiers:

“9. For exports kept in bonded warehouses, in addition to the vouchers and documents specified in Claus e 1 thru Clause 8 of

Article 9, the C/O applicant must submit the following vouchers and documents:

a/ Declaration of goods brought into and out of the bonded warehouses,

with the customs office’s certification of goods arriving the border gate of exportation and the ex-warehousing bill: 1 (one) copy with the trader’s true copy mark;

b/ Contract or agreement signed between the Vietnamese trader and the foreign customer consigning goods at the bonded warehouse, which provides that the Vietnamese trader delivers goods to the importer in a country having the Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam: 1 (one) certified copy with the trader’s true copy mark; or

c/ Contract or agreement signed by the foreign customer consigning goods at the bonded warehouses and the importer in a country having the Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam, which provides that the Vietnamese trader delivers goods to the importer: 01 (one) certified copy with the trader’s true copy mark

Article 2. Effect

This Circular takes effect on February 16, 2013.- For the Minister of Industry and Trade