Certificates of origin for ELETOR equipment in exports

In international trade, we are often asked to issue EU certificates of origin for our equipment, which allow importers to benefit from customs and tax preferences at their customs and tax offices.

A certificate of origin is often necessary when, for economic, political or environmental reasons, authorities need to know the country of origin of goods. This may occur when import quotas, boycotts or anti-dumping measures apply to a particular product.

Goods acquire preferential status when they are wholly obtained or when they have undergone sufficient processing or working in accordance with the conditions set out in the list contained in the relevant preferential rules.

Proof of origin may be an official certificate of origin issued by the customs authorities of the exporting country, such as a „movement certificate EUR.1“, or the exporter’s own declaration (often referred to as a „declaration of origin“ or „invoice declaration“).

A movement certificate EUR. 1 is issued for consignments of goods with preferential EU origin to countries that have signed special trade agreements with the European Union. It is essential for access to the markets of certain countries and also entitles the holder to benefit from reduced customs tariffs. These countries include, among others, Ukraine, Switzerland, Norway, Serbia and Turkey.

The EUR. 1 document is a certificate used in international trade to confirm the origin of goods. It confirms that a given product meets the criteria set out in specific trade agreements.

EUR. 1 is issued in Poland on strictly controlled forms by the relevant customs and tax offices. The document is prepared at the exporter’s request on a designated form to confirm the country of origin of the goods.

On several occasions, ELETOR has obtained a movement certificate EUR. 1 following its own application. Our products have acquired preferential origin through sufficient processing or working, meeting the conditions set out in Annex II concerning the definition of the term „Originating products“ and methods of administrative cooperation (Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, dated 13.11.2007 KOM(2007) 717 final. 2007/0250 - ACC), under the value rule (40%) for heading 9032 – Instruments and apparatus for automatic regulating or controlling.

Despite the complex legal terminology, this means just one thing: equipment manufactured by ELETOR in Poland 🇵🇱 (an EU member) is considered to originate in the European Union 🇪🇺, thereby obtaining preferential origin, which is of key financial importance to our overseas business partners.

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