Статья 4.2. Определения / Article 4.2. Definitions

Article 4.2
Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter:

"aquaculture" means the farming of aquatic organisms, including fish, molluscs, crustaceans, other aquatic invertebrates and aquatic plants from seed stock such as eggs, fry, fingerlings or larvae, by intervention in the rearing or growth processes to enhance production such as regular stocking, feeding or protection from predators;

"authorised body" means the competent authority designated by a Party to issue a Certificate of Origin under this Agreement;

"CIF value" means the value of the goods imported and includes the cost of freight, insurance and other costs accompanying such delivery up to the port or place of entry into the country of importation, excluding duties, taxes and customs brokerage fees;

"consignment" means goods that are sent simultaneously covered by one or more transport documents to the consignee from the exporter;

"exporter" means a person registered in the territory of a Party where the goods are exported from by such person;

"FOB value" means the free-on-board value of the goods, inclusive of the costs of transport to the port or site of final shipment abroad;

"fungible goods or materials" means goods or materials that are interchangeable for commercial purposes and whose properties are essentially identical;

"Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" refers to the recognised consensus or substantial authoritative support within a country at a particular time as to which economic resources and obligations should be recorded as assets and liabilities, which changes in assets and liabilities should be recorded, how the assets and liabilities and changes in them should be measured, what information should be disclosed and how it should be disclosed, and which financial statements should be prepared. These principles may encompass broad guidelines for general application, as well as detailed standards, practices and procedures;

"identical and interchangeable materials" means materials being of the same kind and commercial quality, possessing the same technical and physical characteristics, and which once they are incorporated into the finished goods cannot be distinguished from one another for origin purposes;

"importer" means a person registered in the territory of a Party where the goods are imported into by such person;

"material" means a good that is used in the production of another good;

"non-originating good or non-originating material" means a good or material that does not qualify as originating in accordance with this Chapter;

"originating good or originating material" means a good or material that qualifies as originating in accordance with this Chapter;

"packing material and container for shipment" means a good used to protect another good during its transportation, but does not include the packaging material or container in which the good is packaged for retail sale;

"producer" means a person who engages in the production of goods in the territory of a Party;

"production" means operations including growing, cultivating, raising, mining, harvesting, fishing, trapping, hunting, capturing, collecting, breeding, extracting, aquaculture, gathering, manufacturing, processing or assembling goods; and

"verification authority" means the competent governmental authority designated by a Party to conduct verification procedures.