CCRFTA Rules of Origin Regulations — 1
1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Agreement means the Canada — Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement. ( Accord ) CCRFTA country means Canada or Costa Rica. ( pays ALÉCCR ) Customs Valuation Agreement means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 set out in Annex 1A of the Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations . ( Accord sur la valeur en douane ) excluded costs means sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service costs, royalties, shipping and packing costs and non-allowable interest costs. ( coûts exclus ) fungible goods means goods that are interchangeable for commercial purposes and the properties of which are essentially identical. ( produits fongibles ) fungible materials means materials that are interchangeable for commercial purposes and the properties of which are essentially identical. ( matières fongibles ) identical goods means, with respect to a good, goods that (a) are the same as that good in all respects, including physical characteristics, quality and reputation but excluding minor differences in appearance; (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, where no goods that satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) were produced by the producer of that good. ( produits identiques ) indirect material means a good used in the production, testing or inspection of a good but not physically incorporated into the good, or a good used in the maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the production of a good, and includes (a) fuel and energy; (b) tools, dies and moulds; (c) spare parts and materials used in the maintenance of equipment and buildings; (d) lubricants, greases, compounding materials and other materials used in production or used to operate equipment and buildings; (e) gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, safety equipment and supplies; (f) equipment, devices and supplies used for testing or inspecting the other goods; (g) catalysts and solvents; and (h) any other goods that are not incorporated into the good but the use of which in the production of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be part of that production. ( matière indirecte ) intermediate material means a material that is produced by a producer of a good and is used in the production of that good. ( matière intermédiaire ) material means a good that is used in the production of another good, and includes a part or ingredient. ( matière ) net cost means the total cost minus sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service costs, royalties, shipping and packing costs, and non-allowable interest costs that are included in the total cost. ( coût net ) net cost of a good means the net cost that can be reasonably allocated to a good using one of the methods set out in subsection 4(6). ( coût net d’un produit ) non-allowable interest costs means interest costs incurred by a producer that are more than 700 basis points above the applicable national government interest rate identified for comparable maturities. ( frais d’intérêt non admissibles ) non-originating good means a good that does not qualify as originating under these Regulations. ( produit non originaire ) non-originating material means a material that does not qualify as originating under these Regulations. ( matière non originaire ) originating good means a good that qualifies as originating under these Regulations. ( produit originaire ) originating material means a material that qualifies as originating under these Regulations. ( matière originaire ) producer means a person who grows, mines, harvests, fishes, hunts, manufactures, processes or assembles a good. ( producteur ) production means growing, mining, harvesting, fishing, trapping, hunting, manufacturing, processing or assembling a good. ( production ) royalties means paym