Hong Kong Regulations

TRADE DESCRIPTIONS (PLACE OF ORIGIN) (WATCHES) ORDER - SECT 2

Specification of place of origin of watches

(Past version on 01/01/2004).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"the Mainland" (內地)

"Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement"
(《內地與香港關於建 立更緊密經貿關係的安排》)

(1) For the purposes of the Ordinance, the place in which the movement of a
watch was manufactured or produced is to be regarded as the place in which the
watch has been manufactured or produced. (L.N. 233 of 2003; 9 of 2005 s. 5)

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any watch that has been exported, or is
intended to be exported, from Hong Kong to the Mainland under the Mainland and
Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement and that is qualified for a
zero tariff under the Arrangement. (L.N. 233 of 2003)

(3) In this section—

"the Mainland" (內地) means any part of China other than Hong Kong, Macau
and Taiwan;

"Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement"
(《內地與香港關於建 立更緊密經貿關係的安排》) means
the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement entered
into between the Central People's Government and the Government of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region and signed on 29 June 2003 (including the
annexes signed on 29 September 2003), as amended from time to time. (L.N. 233
of 2003) (Enacted 1990)