The “Registered Exporter” status is applicable to the trade with the countries that operate the REX system with the Republic of Moldova – Switzerland and Norway, and the Customs Service does no longer issue Certificates of Origin Form A for exports to these countries.

The REX system replaced the system of certification of the origin of goods exported to Switzerland and Norway based on the Certificate of Origin Form A, issued by the Customs Service. The period of global transition from the system of certification of origin to the REX system ended on June 30, 2020. Thus, since that date, exporters make out only statements on origin when exporting to Switzerland and Norway.

The Registered Exporter is entitled to declare the origin of goods on his own responsibility by filling in a statement on origin on the invoice, regardless of the value of the export. To be entitled to make a statement on origin when exporting goods in a value higher than the threshold set, the exporter shall apply to the Customs Service to be registered in the REX database, thus becoming a "Registered Exporter".

Documents required to obtain the status

In order to register, exporters who wish to prove the origin of the goods based on a statement on origin, shall submit, to the Central Office of the Customs Service, an application according to the form specified in Annex 1 to the Order of the Customs Service no. 528-O/2023 on the Approval of the technical rules regarding some simplifications in the area of preferential origin of goods.

To confirm the information specified in the application, the applicants shall attach thereto the copies of the following documents:

1. the exporter’s incorporation documents
2. the certificate of registration in the trade register
3. description of the workflow of obtaining finished products
4. the price structure of the finished product, where non-originating materials are used in the manufacture thereof and the rule of origin implies a value
5. centralizing lists containing information about all the raw materials and materials to be effectively used in the manufacture of finished products, i.e. quantity, value, origin, tariff classification; this information should be sufficiently detailed to make a clear distinction between originating and non-originating materials, and materials purchased on the domestic market
6. supporting documents not provided for in sbp.1-5 available to the exporter and supporting the data declared in the application.

The Customs Service shall, within 30 days of receipt of the application and related supporting documents, register the exporter and provide the REX registration number.

Where the Customs Service establishes that the application does not contain all the information required, the exporter shall be requested to provide the additional information within a set deadline, as provided for in Article 15 (7) of the Customs Code.

The REX number is a unique number, and the exporter shall assume full responsibility for the use thereof, by making out written commitment, according to Annex 2.

Registration in the REX system is unlimited, and no new registration shall be required when a new trade agreement applies the REX system in relation to the Republic of Moldova.

Drawing up the statement on origin

The exporter can make out the statement on origin on any commercial document (tax invoice, packing list, other commercial document), which contains the full name and address of the exporter and of the consignee, the detailed description of the goods, including their origin in order to allow identification of the goods, and the date of the commercial document. The statement on origin shall be made out on a transport document.

The statement on origin shall be filled in by typescript, typing, printing, or handwriting. The date of preparation shall be indicated below the text of the statement on origin. The validity term of the statement on origin is 12 months from preparation.

The exporter can make out the statement on origin when exporting the goods referred to in the statement or after the export of such goods, provided that the statement on origin is presented in the importing country within 2 years from importation of the goods referred to.

The statement on origin must contain the following wording in one of the following languages:

1) English:

"The exporter ... (Number of Registered Exporter (1)) of the products covered by this document declares that, except where otherwise clearly indicated, these products are of... preferential origin (2) according to rules of origin of the Generalized System of Preferences of ... (3) and that the origin criterion met is ... ... (4)".

2) French:

"The exporter ... (Numéro d'exportateur enregistrement (1)) des produits couverts par le present document declares that, sauf indication claire du contraire, ces produits ont l'origine préférentielle ... (2) au sens des règles d'origine du Système des préférences tarifaires généralisées de … (3) et que le criterion d’origine satisfait est … … (4)”.

3) Spanish:

"The exporter ... (Número de exporter registrado (1)) de los productos includios en el presente documento declara que, salvo indicación en sentido contrario, estos productos enjoy de un origen preferential ... (2) en el sentido de las normas de origen del The system of generalized preferences from (3) and that the criterion of origin is satisfied …(4)”.(place and date).

Removal from the Registered Exporter system  

In accordance with the Order of the Director of the Customs Service no. 528-O/2023, removal from REX shall occur where:

1. the exporter has been removed from the State Register of Legal Entities, as notified by the exporter, or established by the Customs Service
2. the exporter has ceased its external economic activity or is under insolvency proceedings, as notified by the exporter, or established by the Customs Service
3. the exporter no longer fulfills the conditions set on the exporting of goods of preferential origin from the Republic of Moldova under GSP or for making out statements on origin, as notified by the exporter, or established by the Customs Service
4. the exporter fails to respond to the request to update the information in the application or to remedy the deficiencies identified by the Customs Service
5. the exporter has informed the Customs Service that it no longer intends to export goods under GSP
6. intentionally or through negligence, the exporter makes out, or allows making out, a statement on origin that contains erroneous information and that leads to obtaining of preferential tariff treatment in an incorrect manner
7. over 24 consecutive calendar months, the exporter no longer carries out export operations with products of preferential origin from the Republic of Moldova under GSP, as established by the Customs Service
8. at the request of the exporter.

Legislation:

- Customs Code no.95/2021
- Order of the Customs Service no. 528-O/2023 approving the Technical Rules on Certain Simplifications to the Preferential Origin of Goods, Annex 1