ANNEX 3A PRODUCT-SPECIFIC RULES Headnotes to the Annex

1 ANNEX 3A. PRODUCT-SPECIFIC RULES . Headnotes to the ANNEX 1. Pursuant to Article (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 (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.

2 (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.

3 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 : 3A-1. (a) RVC40 means that the good must have a regional value content (hereinafter referred to as RVC in this ANNEX ) of no less than 40 per cent as calculated under Article (Calculation of Regional Value Content);. (b) CC means that all non-originating materials used in the production of the good have undergone a CTC at the two- digit level of the Harmonized System.

4 (c) CTH means that all non-originating materials used in the production of the good have undergone a CTC at the four- digit level of the Harmonized System;. (d) CTSH means that all non-originating materials used in the production of the good have undergone a CTC at the six- digit level of the Harmonized System;. (e) WO means wholly obtained or produced in a Party as provided in Article (Goods Wholly Obtained or Produced). For greater certainty, where the rule for a good is WO, the good can still meet the requirements to be treated as an originating good by being produced in a Party exclusively from originating materials from one or more of the Parties in accordance with subparagraph (b) of Article (Originating Goods); and (f) CR means the chemical reaction rule.

5 Any good that is a product of a chemical reaction shall be considered to be an originating good if the chemical reaction occurred in a Party. A chemical reaction is a process, including a biochemical process, which results in a molecule with a new structure by breaking intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule. The following are not considered to be chemical reactions for the purposes of this definition: (i) dissolving in water or other solvents.

6 (ii) the elimination of solvents including solvent water;. or (iii) the addition or elimination of water of crystallisation. 8. Where a PRODUCT-SPECIFIC Rule provides a choice of RULES from an RVC-based rule of origin, a CTC-based rule of origin, a specific 3A-2. manufacturing or processing operation, or a combination of any of these, each Party shall permit the exporter of a good to decide which rule to use in determining whether the good qualifies as an originating good. 9. This ANNEX is based on the 2012 Edition of the Harmonized System, which entered into force on 1 January 2012 (hereinafter referred to as HS 2012 in this ANNEX ).

7 3A-3. HS Code (HS 2012) Product- Product Description Chapter Heading Subheading Specific Rule SECTION I. LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS. 01 CHAPTER 1: LIVE ANIMALS WO. CC except CHAPTER 2: MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT. 02 from Chapter OFFAL. 01. CHAPTER 3: FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, 03 MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC. INVERTEBRATES. Live fish WO. Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and CC. other fish meat of heading Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other CC. fish meat of heading Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen -- Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)

8 , catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.). -- Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) CC. -- Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., CC. Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.). -- Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) CC. -- Other CC. -- Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish -- Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, CC or Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus RVC40.)

9 Masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Huchohucho). -- Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus CC or aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, RVC40. Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster). 3A-4. HS Code (HS 2012) Product- Product Description Chapter Heading Subheading Specific Rule -- Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, CC or Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae RVC40. and Citharidae). -- Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, CC or Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and RVC40.

10 Muraenolepididae CC or -- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius). RVC40. CC or -- Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.). RVC40. -- Other CTH. - Other, fresh or chilled -- Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon CC. idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus). and snakeheads (Channa spp.). -- Salmonidae CC. -- Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, CC.