Correct Completion of Certificates of Origin for Egypt
An Arab-British Certificate of Origin must NOT be used for Egypt. Please use a European Certificate of Origin
These instructions are a generalisation of the rules. If in doubt, please contact the N I Chamber of Commerce on 90 244 113. The certificate should be typed using carbon for copies, or clearly hand-written in BLOCK letters. The appropriate boxes on the certificate should be completed as follows:
BOX 1 CONSIGNOR
Insert the name and address of the Exporter i.e. the company in the UK who will invoice the goods overseas. NOTE there must always be a UK company shown even it shows “Bloggs of Bristol on behalf of Dubois of Paris”, which with the addition of the addresses would be acceptable.
BOX 2 CONSIGNEE
This box should show the name and address of the overseas received of the goods shipped. If the goods are invoiced to a UK address, then To Order – Ruritania” should be inserted after the UK name and address.
BOX 3 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
For UK manufactured goods insert, “EUROPEAN COMMUNITY – UNITED KINGDOM” – NOT TO BE ABBREVIATED. For any goods manufactured in the European Community always give the full title – “EUROPEAN COMMUNITY” followed by the full name of the individual state. For non-community goods, again always use the full name of the country.
BOX 4 TRANSPORT DETAILS
Completion of this box is strongly recommended. If the means of transport is still unknown, the term “earliest available transport” is acceptable.
BOX 5 REMARKS
Information outside the Chambers’ knowledge such as Order Number, Letter of Credit etc may be included. Normally this information is preceded by the words “Consignor’s Statement”.
BOX 6 ITEM, MARKS, NUMBERS, PACKAGES, DESCRIPTION OF GOODS
An adequate commercial description must be given. If the space does not permit, a general description may be shown followed by the words “According to attached invoice number.” A copy of the invoice must then be attached to each copy of the certificate. Care must also be taken to ensure that any special description of the goods shown on a letter of credit is also shown. Also ensure that this box is signed on the original and all copies of the certificate. An additional signed yellow copy is also required (i.e. 1 original and 3 yellow copies).
BOX 7 QUANTITY
Gross weight and net weight in kilos, or any other appropriate measurement such as length or liquid measurement are acceptable.
RULING OFF – a horizontal line must be drawn immediately below the last entry i.e. box 6 & 7.
PINK APPLICATION FORM
BOX 8
Insert date and sign. The name of the signatory must also be given in block capitals. The signatory must be authorised by a Director of the Secretary of the applicant company, and the signature lodged with the Chamber along with the Formal Undertaking.
If the certificate is completed by an ‘Agent’, Box 9 must also be completed showing the full name and address of the Agent.
The application should be a carbon copy of the details typed on the original. This pink application copy will be retained by the Chamber along with a signed copy of the commercial invoice. The following additional information must be completed.
OTHER NOTES
The reverse of the certificate contains a declaration, which must in all cases be completed, giving details of the manufacturer of the goods. The name and address of the manufacturer must always be given and if the manufacturer is overseas, proof of the foreign origin must be appended.
COMMERCIAL INVOICES
In order to have one invoice legalised, we require 5 invoices i.e. the original and 4 copies all originally signed.
If legalisation is not required, we only require 3 copies of the invoice to back up the certificate i.e. a copy for our records and 2 copies to send, with your certificate, to the Egyptian British Chamber of Commerce.
