¹ The applicant shall complete the certification application and, if necessary, the certificate of origin form. Commercial invoices and other commercial documents that are to be certified shall contain corresponding data.

² Hand-written applications shall be completed in ink or with a ballpoint pen using block letters.

³ The applicant shall:

a.

provide proof of the Swiss origin of the good by means of verifiable documentation;

b.

present a declaration of origin issued within the territory; or

c.

provide proof of the foreign origin of the good by presenting a basic or replacement certificate or an internal certification pursuant to Article 17 of the OCG or an equivalent attestation.

⁴ In examining whether the documents referred to in paragraph 3 correspond to the good, the certification office must be provided with further substantiating documents, in particular, the supplier’s invoice made out to the applicant, the commercial invoice and other documents related to the transaction.

⁵ If using the simplified or electronic procedure, the applicant must be in possession of the documents referred to in paragraph 3 at the time the certification application is submitted.

⁶ Equivalent attestations within the meaning of paragraph 3 letter c are documents providing proof of preferential origin as set out in:

a.

Article 1 and Article 9 paragraph 2 of the Free Trade Ordinance of 8 March 2002⁴;

b.

Article 1 and Article 4 of the Second Free Trade Ordinance of 27 June 1995⁵; and

c.

Articles 20 to 37 of the Rules of Origin Ordinance of 17 April 1996⁶.