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REX system / Form A document

If you import from certain developing countries, you may qualify for a discount or total exemption on import duties. This is laid down in the General Preferential System (GSP). To prove that the imported goods actually come from those countries, the origin (Certificate of Origin) must be checked in the public REX system. Only registered exporters may use such a Certificate of Origin. These exporters are included in the self-certification system Registered Exporter (REX). This REX system can be consulted worldwide. If a country does not yet use the REX system, a Form A can still be used until June 2020 to prove the origin of the goods.

Purpose

The EU, together with other industrialised countries, has concluded the so-called GSP agreement with many developing and less developed countries in order to promote trade with and imports from these developing countries. The products from these countries will of course become much more attractive to import if they are exempt from import duties upon importation. The condition is that these goods meet the origin standards of the GSP protocol.

How do you obtain a Certificate of Origin or a Form A document?

Before having the products shipped, you should check that your supplier is included in the REX system. The supplier must state on the invoice that it is included in the REX system. In that case, you qualify for lower or no import duties. If the country of origin does not yet use the REX system, you must ask your supplier (shipper) in the developing country for a Form A. In that case, you will be eligible for lower or no import duties. The supplier must apply for a Form A in his country from a competent authority. When importing into the EU, this document must be showed it in its original form to Customs.

REX system / REX number

In the table below you will find the countries that qualify for a reduction of import duties. The second column shows the date on which the REX system was introduced in the country and the third column shows when the country should or should have officially passed to REX. Status of October 2018.

Country

Date entry REX system

Latest date entry REX

Afghanistan

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Angola

04/25/2018

06/30/2018

Armenia

01/01/2018

12/31/2018

Bangladesh

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Benin

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Bhutan

01/01/2017

06/30/2018

Bolivia

05/08/2018

12/31/2018

Burkina Faso

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Burundi

07/27/2018

06/30/2018

Cambodia

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Capo Verde

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Central African republic

No REX system yet

12/31/2017

Chad

No REX system yet

06/30/2018

Comoros

01/06/2017

06/30/2018

Congo

No REX system yet

06/30/2018

Cook Islands

04/17/2018

06/30/2018

Democratic Republic of Congo

No REX system yet

06/30/2018

Djibouti

No REX system yet

12/31/2017

Equatorial Guinea

No REX system yet

06/30/2018

Eritrea

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Ethiopia

07/03/2017

12/31/2017

Gambia

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Ghana

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Guinea

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Guinea Bissau

12/05/2017

06/30/2018

Haiti

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

India

01/01/2017

06/30/2018

Indonesia

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Ivory Coast

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Kenya

01/01/2017

12/31/2017

Kiribati

04/04/2018

06/30/2018

Kyrgyzstan

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Laos

01/01/2017

12/31/2017

Lesotho

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Liberia

No REX system yet

12/31/2017

Madagascar

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Malawi

01/01/2018

12/31/2018

Mali

06/22/2018

06/30/2018

Mauritanië

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Micronesië

No REX system yet

12/31/2017

Mongolië

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Mozambique

No REX system yet

06/30/2019

Myanmar

01/01/2018

12/31/2018

Nauru

No REX system yet

12/31/2017

Nepal

01/01/2017

06/30/2018

Niger

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Nigeria

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Niue Island

28/06/2017

12/31/2017

Pakistan

03/06/2017

12/31/2017

Paraguay

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Filippijnen

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Rwanda

03/07/2018

12/31/2018

Samoa

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Sao Tomé & Principe

06/29/2018

06/30/2018

Senegal

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Sierra Leone

08/16/2018

12/31/2017

Solomonseilanden

09/20/2017

06/30/2018

Somalia

No REX system yet

12/31/2017

Zuid-Soedan

No REX system yet

12/31/2017

Sri Lanka

01/01/2018

12/31/2018

Sudan

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Swaziland

01/01/2018

12/31/2018

Syrië

No REX system yet

12/31/2018

Tajikistan

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Tanzania

06/14/2018

12/31/2018

Timor Leste

No REX system yet

06/30/2018

Togo

07/27/2018

06/30/2018

Tonga

Nog geen REX-systeem

06/30/2018

Tuvalu

10/03/2018

12/31/2017

Uganda

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Uzbekistan

01/01/2019

12/31/2019

Vanuatu

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Vietnam

No REX system yet

12/31/2019

Jemen

06/09/2018

06/30/2018

Zambia

01/01/2017

06/30/2017