Common use of Circulation of goods Clause in Contracts

Circulation of goods. 1. Customs duties shall be levied only once for goods originating in the EC Party or in the Pacific States. Once customs duties have been levied, goods originating in any of the Parties shall circulate within the territory of the EC Party or of the Pacific States respectively without any further payment of customs duties. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and for goods of tariff headings whose duties have not yet been eliminated in all of the Pacific States, any customs duty paid upon importation in a Pacific State shall be refunded fully and without delay when the goods leave the customs territory of first importation. Such product shall then pay the duty in the country of consumption. 3. The Parties agree to cooperate with a view to facilitating the circulation of goods and simplifying customs procedures as provided for under Chapter 4.