Annex 3-A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN (SAMPLE ONLY- ORIGINALS TO BE SUPPLIED BY AUTHORISED BODIES) 1. Exporter’s name, address and country: Certificate No.: CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN Form for China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Issued in: 2. Producer’s name and address (if known): 3. Importer’s name, address and country (if known): For official use only: 4. Means of transport and route (if known) Departure date: Vessel/Flight/Train/Vehicle No.: Port of loading: Port of discharge: 5. Remarks: 6. Item number (max. 20) 7. Marks and numbers on packages (optional) 8. Number and kind of packages; description of goods 9. HS code (6-digit code) 10. Origin criterion 11.Gross or net weight or other quantity (e.g. Quantity Unit, litres, m3.) 12. Invoice number and date 13. Declaration by the exporter or producer The undersigned hereby declares that the information is correct and that the goods exported to ___________________________________ (Importing Party) comply with the origin requirements specified in the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Place, date and signature of authorised person 14. Certification On the basis of the control carried out, it is hereby certified that the information herein is correct and that the described goods comply with the origin requirements of the Free Trade Agreement. date, and signature and stamp of the Authorised Body Tel: Fax: Address:
Certificate No.: 6. Item number (max. 20) 7. and numbers on packages (Optional) 8. Number and kind of packages; description of goods 9. HS code (6-digit code) 10. Origin criterion 11. Gross or net weight or other quantity (e.g. Quantity Unit, litres, m3.) 12. Invoice number and date 13. Declaration by the exporter or producer The undersigned hereby declares that the information is correct and that the goods exported to ___________________________________ (Importing comply with the origin requirements specified in the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Place, date and signature of authorised person 14. Certification On the basis of the control carried out, it is hereby certified that the information herein is correct and that the described goods comply with the origin requirements of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Place, date, and signature and stamp of the Authorised Body Tel: Fax: Address:
(a) for Australia, the Department of Agriculture or its successor; and (b) for the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine or its successor. 4. The Committee shall meet at least once every two years unless the Parties agree otherwise. The Committee’s functions shall include: (a) promoting the objectives set out in Article 5.1; (b) reviewing and monitoring the implementation of this Chapter; (c) determining areas for cooperation and collaboration; (d) considering proposals for technical assistance and capacity building under this Chapter; (e) reviewing progress on and, as appropriate, seeking to address through mutual consent, sanitary and phytosanitary matters that may arise between the Parties; (f) as appropriate, reporting its findings and the outcomes of its discussions to the FTA Joint Commission; and (g) carrying out other functions as may be delegated to it by the FTA Joint Commission. 5. Each Party shall ensure that appropriate representatives with responsibility for sanitary and phytosanitary measures and food standards participate in meetings of the Committee. 6. The Committee may to establish technical working groups on human, animal and plant health or food safety, as necessary, including regionalisation and equivalence, to address issues arising from the implementation of this Chapter. 7. Each Party shall establish a contact point which shall have responsibility for coordinating the implementation of this Chapter. The contact points will be: (a) for Australia, the Department of Agriculture or its successor; and (b) for China, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine or its successor.
(b) may, pursuant to Article 9.18.2 or Article 9.19, adopt a joint decision of the Parties, declaring their interpretation of a provision of this Chapter and Annex 9-A; (c) may propose amendments to Section B in the light of experience of its operation. Article 9.8: General Exceptions 1. For the purposes of this Chapter and subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between investments or between investors, or a disguised restriction on international trade or investment, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a Party from adopting or enforcing measures: (a) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; (b) necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that are not inconsistent with this Agreement; (c) imposed for the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological or (d) relating to the conservation of living or non-living exhaustible natural resources. 2. The Parties understand that the measures referred to in subparagraph 1(a) include environmental measures to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and that the measures referred to in subparagraph 1(d) include environmental measures relating to the conservation of living or non-living exhaustible natural resources. Article 9.9: Future Work Program 1. Unless the Parties otherwise agree, the Parties shall conduct a review of the investment legal framework between them no later than three years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement. 2. The review shall include consideration of this Chapter and the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investments. 3. Unless the Parties otherwise agree, the Parties shall commence negotiations on a comprehensive Investment Chapter, reflecting outcomes of the review referred to in