Common use of Repaired Goods Clause in Contracts

Repaired Goods. 1. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after the good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair, regardless of whether such repair could be performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was temporarily exported. 2. Paragraph 1 does not apply to a good imported in bond, into a free trade zone, or in similar status, that is exported for repair and is not re-imported in bond, into a free trade zone, or in similar status. 3. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair. 4. For the purposes of this Article, the term "repair" means any processing operation which is undertaken on a good to remedy operating defects or material damage and entailing the re-establishment of a good to its original function, or to ensure its compliance with technical requirements for its use, without which the good could no longer be used in the normal way for the purposes for which it was intended. Repair of a good includes restoring and maintenance. It shall not include an operation or process that: (a) destroys the essential characteristics of the good or creates a new or commercially different good; (b) transforms an unfinished good into a finished good; or (c) is used to improve or upgrade the technical performance of a good.

Repaired Goods. 1. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after the good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair, regardless of whether such repair could be performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was temporarily exported. 2. Paragraph 1 does not apply to a good imported in bond, into a free trade zone, or in similar status, that is exported for repair and is not re-imported in bond, into a free trade zone, or in similar status. 3. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair. 4. For the purposes of this Article, the term "repair" means any processing operation which is undertaken on a good to remedy operating defects or material damage and entailing the re-establishment of a good to its original function, function or to ensure its compliance with technical requirements for its use, without which the good could no longer be used in the normal way for the purposes for which it was intended. Repair of a good includes restoring and maintenance. It shall not include an operation or process that: (a) destroys the essential characteristics of the good or creates a new or commercially different good; (b) transforms an unfinished good into a finished good; or (c) is used to improve or upgrade the technical performance of a good.

Repaired Goods. 1. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after the good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair, regardless of whether such repair could be performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was temporarily exported. 2. Paragraph 1 does not apply to a good imported in bond, into a free trade zone, or in similar status, that is exported for repair and is not re-imported in bond, into a free trade zone, or in similar status. 3. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair. 4. For the purposes of this Article, the term "repair" means any processing operation which is undertaken on a good to remedy operating defects or material damage and entailing the re-re- establishment of a good to its original function, or to ensure its compliance with technical requirements for its use, without which the good could no longer be used in the normal way for the purposes for which it was intended. Repair of a good includes restoring and maintenance. It shall not include an operation or process that: (a) destroys the essential characteristics of the good or creates a new or commercially different good; (b) transforms an unfinished good into a finished good; or (c) is used to improve or upgrade the technical performance of a good.