CCFTA Rules of Origin Regulations (SOR/97-340)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26

PART V

AUTOMOTIVE GOODS

Definitions and Interpretation

 For purposes of this Part,

“class of motor vehicles”

“class of motor vehicles” means any one of the following categories of motor vehicles:

  • (a) motor vehicles of any of subheading 8701.20, tariff item Nos. 8702.10.10 and 8702.90.10, subheadings 8704.10, 8704.22, 8704.23, 8704.32 and 8704.90 and heading 87.05,

  • (b) motor vehicles of any of subheadings 8701.10 and 8701.30 through 8701.90,

  • (c) motor vehicles of any of tariff item Nos. 8702.10.20 and 8702.90.20 and subheadings 8704.21 and 8704.31, and

  • (d) motor vehicles of any of subheadings 8703.21 through 8703.90; (catégorie de véhicules automobiles)

“model line”

“model line” means a group of motor vehicles having the same platform or model name; (modèle)

“model name”

“model name” means the word, group of words, letter, number or similar designation assigned to a motor vehicle by a marketing division of a motor vehicle assembler

  • (a) to differentiate the motor vehicle from other motor vehicles that use the same platform design,

  • (b) to associate the motor vehicle with other motor vehicles that use different platform designs, or

  • (c) to denote a platform design; (nom de modèle)

“plant”

“plant” means a building, or buildings in close proximity but not necessarily contiguous, machinery, apparatus and fixtures that are under the control of a producer and are used in the production of any of the following:

  • (a) motor vehicles, and

  • (b) goods of a tariff provision listed in Schedule IV; (usine)

“platform”

“platform” means the primary load-bearing structural assembly of a motor vehicle that determines the basic size of the motor vehicle, and is the structural base that supports the driveline and links the suspension components of the motor vehicle for various types of frames, such as the body-on-frame or space-frame, and monocoques. (plate-forme)

  • SOR/2004-298, s. 3;
  • 222(E).

Regional Value-Content Requirement for Automotive Goods

 Notwithstanding the regional value-content requirement specified in an applicable rule in Schedule I for the tariff provision under which a good is classified, a good shall be an originating good where

  • (a) where the good is of a tariff provision listed in Schedule IV;

  • (b) the good is for use in a motor vehicle;

  • (c) each of the non-originating materials used in the production of the good undergoes the applicable change in tariff classification;

  • (d) the regional value content of that good is not less than 30 per cent under the net cost method; and

  • (e) the good satisfies all other applicable requirements of these Regulations.