Common use of Treatment of Packages, Packing Materials and Containers Clause in Contracts

Treatment of Packages, Packing Materials and Containers. 1. Packages and packing materials for retail sale: (a) If a good is subject to the QVC as set out in Annex 4.2, the value of the packages and packing materials for retail sale, shall be taken into account in determining the origin of that good as originating or non-originating, as the case may be, provided that the packages and packing materials are considered to be forming a whole with the good; and (b) If a good is subject to the change in tariff classification criterion as set out in Annex 4.2, packages and packing materials classified together with the packaged good, shall not be taken into account in determining origin. 2. The containers and packing materials exclusively used for the transport of a good shall not be taken into account for determining the origin of the said good.