CUSMA Rules of Origin Regulations — 1
s, marketing and after-sales service literature (product brochures, catalogues, technical literature, price lists, service manuals, or sales aid information), establishment and protection of logos and trademarks, sponsorships, wholesale and retail restocking charges, or entertainment; (b) sales and marketing incentives, consumer, retailer or wholesaler rebates, or merchandise incentives; (c) salaries and wages, sales commissions, bonuses, benefits (for example, medical, insurance, pension), travelling and living expenses, or membership and professional fees, for sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service personnel; (d) recruiting and training of sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service personnel, and after-sales training of customers’ employees, if those costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer; (e) product liability insurance; (f) office supplies for sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service of goods, if those costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer; (g) telephone, mail and other communications, if those costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer; (h) rent and depreciation of sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service offices and distribution centres; (i) property insurance premiums, taxes, cost of utilities, and repair and maintenance of sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service offices and distribution centres, if those costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer; and (j) payments by the producer to other persons for warranty repairs. ( frais de promotion des ventes, de commercialisation et de service après-vente ) self-produced material means a material that is produced by the producer of a good and used in the production of that good. ( matière autoproduite ) shipping and packing costs means the costs incurred in packing a good for shipment and shipping the good from the point of direct shipment to the buyer, excluding the costs of preparing and packaging the good for retail sale. ( frais d’expédition et d’emballage ) similar goods means, with respect to a good, goods that (a) although not alike in all respects to that good, have similar characteristics and component materials that enable the goods to perform the same functions and to be commercially interchangeable with that good; (b) were produced in the same country as that good; and (c) were produced (i) by the producer of that good, or (ii) by another producer, if no goods that satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) were produced by the producer of that good. ( produits similaires ) similar materials means, with respect to a material, materials that (a) although not alike in all respects to that material, have similar characteristics and component materials that enable the materials to perform the same functions and to be commercially interchangeable with that material; (b) were produced in the same country as that material; and (c) were produced (i) by the producer of that material, or (ii) by another producer, if no materials that satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) were produced by the producer of that material. ( matières similaires ) subject to a regional value content requirement means, with respect to a good, that the provisions of these Regulations that are applied to determine whether the good is an originating good include a regional value content requirement. ( assujetti à une prescription de teneur en valeur régionale ) tariff provision means a heading, subheading or tariff item. ( poste tarifaire ) territory means, (a) for Canada, th