The chamber issues it for one load
A certificate of origin says where your goods were made. In Italy the Camera di Commercio, the chamber of commerce, gives it out, and the Catania chamber serves firms based here. You set out the seller, the buyer, the goods and the marks on the cases, then the chamber signs and seals it. To apostille a Certificate of Origin in Catania you need that signed sheet.
Which desk stamps it
The chamber is a state body, so its sheet counts as a plain state paper. That sends it to the Prefettura, the prefect's local branch of the government. The Prefettura adds the apostille, a single stamp saying that the signature on the sheet is real. Notary deeds and court papers go elsewhere, to the Procura della Repubblica at the court.
Before you ask how to apostille a Certificate of Origin, read the sheet against your invoice. The seller's name, the buyer's name and the goods must match word for word. Change one letter later and the sheet is void, because the chamber's seal covers the text as signed. Put it right at the chamber, never with a pen.
Cost and the sailing date
The state fee is a tax stamp of €16 per document, and some papers are exempt. The apostille cost for a Certificate of Origin in Catania is that stamp, while the chamber charges for the sheet on its own terms. The real squeeze is the sailing date. Ask us as soon as the booking is made, because the desk cannot be hurried once the queue is set.
Customs desks and letters of credit
Customs desks in some countries will not release a load until the origin sheet carries the stamp. Banks ask for it too when payment runs through a letter of credit. Italy has been in the Hague Convention since 1978, so a member state accepts the stamp with nothing added. You can apostille a Certificate of Origin in Italy for goods leaving from any port.
Language and the longer chain
The stamp proves the signature and not the wording, so a customs desk may want the sheet in its own tongue. Ask the buyer to get that rule from their broker in writing. Where the country lies outside the Hague Convention, full legalisation of a Certificate of Origin in Catania is the route, ending at that country's consulate.