Conditions for obtaining the benefits of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the UAE and Costa Rica
- For the purposes of implementing the Agreement, the owner of the goods, their delegate, or the authorized customs broker must submit the Certificate of Origin and all relevant documents electronically. The original copies must be retained and presented to the Customs Center upon request.
- Goods must be accompanied by an “Origin Declaration” issued by an Approved Exporter. The Origin Declaration must be handwritten in permanent ink, stamped, or printed on the invoice or packing list when no invoice is available. It does not need to be signed by the Approved Exporter, provided that it bears the “Approved Exporter Number.” The Origin Declaration will only be accepted if the name and number of the Approved Exporter appear on the Republic of Costa Rica’s list of Approved Exporters, as officially notified to the UAE by Costa Rica’s competent authority or published on its official website. An “Approved Exporter” is an exporter from Costa Rica authorized by its competent authority to use an Origin Declaration instead of a Certificate of Origin as proof of the Costa Rican origin of the goods.
- Goods must be transported directly from the Republic of Costa Rica to the UAE. Goods may also be accepted if transported, transshipped, or temporarily stored through one or more non-Party countries, provided that they remained under customs control in the territory of the non-Party and underwent no operation other than unloading, reloading, labeling, splitting consignments, preservation in good condition, or another process that does not transform or alter their original status.
- The goods must be transported directly from Costa Rica to the UAE without passing through the territory of a third party. If the goods are transported through the territory of a third party for transit or temporary storage, they will be granted preferential treatment if the importer submits documents to the General Administration of Customs demonstrating that the required conditions were met, the goods remained under customs control in the territory of the third party, did not enter the third party’s markets or enter into consumption there, and underwent no additional operations other than unloading, reloading, or any operation necessary to keep them in good condition.
- Filling out the field designated for obtaining an exemption in the customs declaration—using the special code No. (64) and selecting the “Apply” field—is considered submission of the application.