Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law concerning the determination of the country of origin of goods in accordance with the EU Customs Code

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law that aligns the procedure for determining the country of origin of goods with the EU Customs Code. It marks another step in the customs Euro-integration.

The information is available on the Verkhovna Rada's website.

According to the law, the country of origin of goods will be considered:

• the country where the goods were fully received;
• the country where the goods were subject to the last economically justified manufacturing and technological operations with processing, leading to the production of a new product or an important stage in production, provided that sufficient processing criteria are met in that country;
• the country of origin of the materials used in processing with the highest value, if there are no criteria for sufficient processing for a particular product.

The law also foresees restrictions on economically unjustified manufacturing and technological operations. Such operations are carried out to evade the application of measures.

So, the law, during martial law, allows the temporary movement of goods through third countries, if they are under customs control and remain in an unchanged state, except for the territory of the occupant state (aggressor). To confirm this, certificates issued by the customs authorities of transit countries containing relevant information about the whereabouts of the goods will be used.

Background. Mind earlier reported that the Parliament had aligned the definition of the country of origin of goods with the EU Customs Code.