Consolidated TPP Text – Annex 3-D – Appendix 1: Provisions related to the product-specific rules of origin for certain vehicles and parts of vehicles

1. For the purpose of satisfying the regional value content requirement of the product-specific rule of origin applicable to a good of subheading 8701.10 through 8701.30, or heading 87.02 through 87.05, a material listed in Table A used in the production of that good is originating if:

• (a) it meets the applicable requirements for that material under this Annex; or
• (b) the production undertaken on that material in the territory of one or more of the Parties involves^{Footnote 1} one or more of the operations listed in Table B.

2. For the purpose of satisfying the regional value content requirement of the product-specific rule of origin applicable to a good listed in Table C, a material used in the production of that good is originating if:

• (a) it meets the applicable requirements for that material under this Annex; or
• (b) subject to paragraph 3, the production undertaken on that material in the territory of one or more of the Parties involves one or more of the operations listed in Table B.

3. The value of the materials that are originating under paragraph 2(b) shall be counted as originating content, provided that the value counted as originating content does not exceed the applicable threshold listed in Table C of the value (Build-up Method/ Build-down Method) or net cost (Net Cost Method) of the good.

Note 1: “Complex” means an operation that requires specialised skills and the use of machines, apparatus or tools that are especially produced or installed to carry out that operation, regardless of whether such machines, apparatus or tools were produced with the intention of carrying out that operation on a specific good.

Note 2: The operations referred to in Table B do not include the mere assembly of non-originating components classified as a good in accordance with Rule 2(a) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System.