This notice was issued in 2021.

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Pursuant to Schedule 2, clause 1 of the Legislation Act 2019, I, the Acting Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service, gives notice of the intention to incorporate by reference the documents listed below into the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996. The documents set out the product specific rules of origin in relation to a number of free trade agreements to which New Zealand is a party. I propose incorporating these documents by reference in the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996 as an alternative to their full text being stated in those regulations.

The documents I propose incorporating by reference into Customs and Excise Regulations 1996 are:

Agreement Document to be incorporated by reference
Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement Product Specific Rules for Australian Goods - Annex G (2022)
Malaysia - New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Malaysia - New Zealand Product Specific Rules - Annex 2 (2022)
Singapore New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Partnership Agreement ANZSCEP Product Specific Rules of Origin - Annex 3.1 (2022)
New Zealand - Thailand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement Thailand - New Zealand Goods containing non-originating materials - Annex 2 (2022)
Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement Specific Rules of Origin for Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement goods - Annex II (2022)
New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement Product Specific Rules of Origin for Chinese goods - Annex 5 (2022)
Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Product Specific Rules of Origin for AANZFTA goods (2022)
New Zealand - Hong Kong, China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement Product Specific Rules of Origin for Hong Kong-China Goods - Annex 1 (2022)
Agreement between New Zealand and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan Product Specific Rules (PSR) Schedule Chinese - Taipei (2022)
Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea Product Specific Rules Korea - New Zealand - Annex 3-A (2022)
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus PACER Plus Schedule of Product Specific Rules - Annex 3-B (2022)

These documents are available for inspection on this website. Alternatively, these documents are available for inspection, at no charge, between the hours of 9am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) at The Customhouse, 1 Hinemoa Street, Wellington 6011.

You are invited to make comment on the proposal to incorporate the above documents by reference in the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996. To submit comments, email: web@customs.govt.nz.

Comments must be provided by 12.00pm, Friday 5 November 2021.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of October 2021


RICHARD BARGH, Acting Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service