Made in EU Origin Assessment
Made in EU / Origin — Preliminary Non-Preferential Origin Assessment
We read your production flow on site and determine where your product is deemed to originate under EU rules. We show, on your own product, why "we have an A.TR" is not enough.
Promise
By reading your production flow on site we establish, on a preliminary basis, where your product is deemed to originate under the EU's non-preferential origin rules, and show why the documents you hold do not answer that question.
What is it?
There are three concepts and they can produce three different answers. An A.TR proves free circulation. A EUR.1 proves preferential origin. Made in EU thresholds, trade defence measures and public procurement rules look at non-preferential origin — the Union Customs Code and the Annex 22-01 list rules.
Origin is not a label applied to a product; it is a consequence of the production flow. For that reason the question can only be answered by someone able to read the production line.
Why is it necessary?
Telling a client "you have an A.TR, there is no problem" is a professional error. The misconception surfaces too late when a buyer requests an origin declaration or at the gate of a tender.
As the Made in EU framework matures, knowing today which side of the threshold your product falls on is an information advantage. If the position is unfavourable, changing it takes time — production and sourcing decisions run into months.
What do we promise?
- We map your production flow station by station and demonstrate technically where the last substantial operation occurs
- We establish the country of origin and value share of every input and calculate the proportion that cannot be documented
- We state a preliminary origin position for each product family, together with its confidence level
- We show, in a single risk map, which product falls on which side under each regime
- We tell you whether a deeper analysis or a binding information application is required for the items that remain uncertain
Who is it for?
Any manufacturer that imports a significant share of its inputs, works predominantly on an assembly basis, or has been asked by an EU buyer for an origin declaration. Aluminium, machinery, automotive supply and electrical equipment are priority sectors.
How do we work?
- 1Scope statement and expectation setting
- 2On-site mapping of the production flow
- 3Building the input origin and value table
- 4Document inventory and separation (A.TR / EUR.1 / certificate of origin)
- 5Applying the last substantial operation test
- 6Origin risk map and uncertainty note
Our limits
This work does not constitute a binding opinion. In non-preferential origin, a binding opinion is given only by the customs authority upon an application for Binding Origin Information. KORDINAT does not issue certificates; it prepares the application file and the technical reasoning.
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