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As a rule, the industrial goods listed in Chapter 25-97 are covered by free trade agreements. Chapters 1-24 mostly govern separate agricultural agreements. The list of rules applicable to the various agreements can be found here: FSCA – Service Document D.30.
Preferential origin serves to make goods customs-exempt or subject to reduced customs when exported to a country with which Switzerland has a free trade agreement.
Fulfilment of non-preferential origin regulations does not make goods customs-free when imported to a third-party country – this origin rule is applied only if the country of destination demands a country of origin certificate for the import.
It is essentially the case that Swiss companies are not permitted to issue EU supplier declarations. When it comes to trade in goods between the EU and Switzerland, movement certificates (EUR.1) or country of origin declarations always have to be used on the invoice as proof of preferential status. Because EU companies are often unaware of this, they frequently demand supplier declarations from Swiss companies. However, supplier declarations issued by Swiss companies are not valid in the EU.
Movement certificates EUR.1 or EUR.MED are available from the Swiss Federal Customs Authority or from the cantonal chambers of commerce.
The licensing request must be submitted to the responsible regional customs office (Schaffhausen, Basel, Geneva or Lugano). Further information and forms are available here: SFCA – Authorised Exporter .
1. As soon as you operate in the EU as an importer (e.g. pursuant to the Incoterm Clause DDP), 2. For certain chain transactions, 3. For internal deliveries (within a country).
Registration results in various monthly or quarterly declaration obligations (value added tax declarations, Intrastat declarations, summary declarations).
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