CCRFTA Rules of Origin Regulations — 1
cesses or assembles a good. ( producteur ) production means growing, mining, harvesting, fishing, trapping, hunting, manufacturing, processing or assembling a good. ( production ) royalties means payments of any kind, including payments under technical assistance or similar agreements, made as consideration for the use or right to use any copyright, literary, artistic, or scientific work, patent, trademark, design, model, plan, secret formula or process, excluding those payments under technical assistance or similar agreements that can be related to specific services such as (a) personnel training, without regard to where performed; and (b) if performed in the territory of one or both of the CCRFTA countries, engineering, tooling, die-setting, software design and similar computer services, or other services. ( redevances ) sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service costs , means the following costs related to sales promotion, marketing and after-sales service: (a) sales and marketing promotion, media advertising, advertising and market research, promotional and demonstration materials, exhibits, sales conferences, trade shows and conventions; banners, marketing displays, free samples, sales, marketing and after-sales service literature (product brochures, catalogues, technical literature, price lists, service manuals, sales aid information), establishment and protection of logos and trademarks, sponsorships, wholesale and retail restocking charges, entertainment; (b) sales and marketing incentives, consumer, retailer or wholesaler rebates; merchandise incentives; (c) salaries and wages, sales commissions, bonuses, benefits (for example, medical, insurance, pension), travelling and living expenses, 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, where such 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, where such 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, where such 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, where such 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 ) 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, where no goods that satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b)