CUSMA Rules of Origin Regulations — 1
on of equipment associated with the production of a good, including (a) fuel and energy; (b) tools, dies and moulds; (c) spare parts and materials used or consumed in the maintenance of equipment and buildings; (d) lubricants, greases, compounding materials and other materials used or consumed in production or used to operate equipment and buildings; (e) gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, safety equipment and supplies; (f) equipment, devices and supplies used or consumed for testing or inspecting the goods; (g) catalysts and solvents; and (h) any other material that is not incorporated into the good but for which the use in the production of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be part of that production. ( matière indirecte ) interest costs means all costs paid or payable by a person to whom credit is or is to be advanced, for the advancement of credit or the obligation to advance credit. ( frais d’intérêt ) intermediate material means a material that is self-produced and used in the production of a good and designated as an intermediate material under subsection 8 (6). ( matière intermédiaire ) location of the producer means (a) the place where the producer uses a material in the production of the good; or (b) the warehouse or other receiving station where the producer receives materials for use in the production of the good, if it is located within a radius of 75 km (46.60 miles) from the production site. ( emplacement du producteur ) material means a good that is used in the production of another good, and includes a part or ingredient. ( matière ) month means a calendar month. ( mois ) national means a natural person who is a citizen or permanent resident of a CUSMA country, and includes (a) with respect to Mexico, a national or citizen according to Articles 30 and 34, respectively, of the Mexican Constitution; and (b) with respect to the United States, a “national of the United States” as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act of the United States on the date of entry into force of the Agreement. ( ressortissant ) net cost means 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 method means the method of calculating the regional value content of a good that is set out in subsection 7 (3). ( méthode du coût net ) net cost of a good means the net cost that can be reasonably allocated to a good using the method set out in subsection 7 (3). ( coût net d’un produit ) non-allowable interest costs means interest costs – incurred by a producer on the producer’s debt obligations that are more than 700 basis points above the interest rate issued by the federal government for comparable maturities of the country in which the producer is located. ( 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 ) packaging materials and containers means materials and containers in which a good is packaged for retail sale. ( matières de conditionnement et contenants ) packing materials and containers means materials and containers that are used to protect a good during transportation, but does not include packaging materials and containers. ( matières d’emballage et contenants ) payments means – with respect to royalties and sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service costs – the costs expensed on the books of a producer, whether or not an actual payment is made. ( paiements ) person means a natural person or an enterpri