Insufficient working or processing Clause Samples

Insufficient working or processing. 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the following operations shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not the requirements of Article 5 are satisfied: (a) preserving operations to ensure that the products remain in good condition during transport and storage; (b) breaking-up and assembly of packages; (c) washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; (d) ironing or pressing of textiles; (e) simple3 painting and polishing operations; (f) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing, and glazing of cereals and rice; (g) operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps; (h) peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables; (i) sharpening, simple4 grinding or simple5 cutting; (j) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching (including the making- up of sets of articles); 3 “Simple” generally describes activities which need neither special skills nor machines, apparatus or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity. 4 “Simple” generally describes activities which need neither special skills nor machines, apparatus or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity. 5 “Simple” generally describes activities which need neither special skills nor machines, apparatus or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity. (k) simple6 placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations; (l) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; (m) simple mixing7 of products, whether or not of different kinds; (n) simple8 assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or disassembly of products into parts; (o) a combination of two or more operations specified in (a) to (n); and (p) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of animals. 2. All operations carried out either in MERCOSUR or in SACU on a given product shall be considered together when determining whether the working or processing undergone by that product is to be regarded as insufficient within the meaning of paragraph 1.

Insufficient working or processing. 1. The following operations undertaken exclusively by themselves or in combination with each other are considered to be insufficient to meet the requirements of Article 4.3 of this Agreement: a) preserving operations to ensure that a product retains its condition during transportation and storage; b) freezing or thawing; c) packaging and re-packaging; d) washing, cleaning, removing dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; e) ironing or pressing of textiles; f) colouring, polishing, varnishing, oiling; g) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing and glazing of cereals and rice; h) operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps; i) peeling and removal of stones and shells from fruits, nuts and vegetables; j) simple sharpening, grinding; k) cutting; l) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying; m) placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on surface and all other simple packaging operations; n) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; o) simple mixing of products (components) which does not lead to a sufficient difference of product from the original components; p) simple assembly of a product or disassembly of products into parts; and q) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of animals, sorting of meat. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, “simple” describes activities which do not require special skills or machines, apparatus or equipment especially designed for carrying out such activities.

Insufficient working or processing. 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the following operations shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not the requirements of Article 6 are satisfied: a) preserving operations to ensure that the products remain in good condition during transport and storage; b) breaking-up and assembly of packages; c) washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; d) ironing or pressing of textiles; e) simple painting and polishing operations; f) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing, and glazing of cereals and rice; g) operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps; h) peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables; i) sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting; j) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching; (including the making-up of sets of articles); k) simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations; l) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; m) simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds, n) mixing of sugar with any material, o) simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or disassembly of products into parts; p) a combination of two or more operations specified in (a) to (o); q) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of animals. 2. All operations carried out either in Turkey or in Moldova on a given product shall be considered together when determining whether the working or processing undergone by that product is to be regarded as insufficient within the meaning of paragraph 1.

Insufficient working or processing. Goods shall not be treated as originating if they are produced by any operation or process which consists only of one or more of the following: (i) operations to ensure the preservation of goods or products during transportation or storage, such as ventilation, refrigeration, freezing, addition of preservatives or salt, removal of damaged parts and the like; (ii) operations such as dust removal, washing or cleaning, sifting, peeling, shelling, winnowing, maceration, drying, sorting, classification, grading, selection, crushing, filtering, diluting in water, painting or cutting up; (iii) the simple formation of sets of goods; (iv) the packing, placing in containers or repackaging; (v) the dividing up or assembly of packages; (vi) the affixing of brands, labels, or other similar distinctive signs; (vii) the simple mixture of materials, if the characteristics of the product obtained are not essentially different from the characteristics of the materials which have been mixed; (viii) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of animals.

Insufficient working or processing. 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the following operations shall be considered to be insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products whether or not the requirements of Article 5 are satisfied: (a) preserving operations to ensure that the products remain in good condition during transport and storage;

Insufficient working or processing. 1. The following operations shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating goods, whether or not the requirements of Article

Insufficient working or processing. The provisions regarding insufficient working or processing operations contained in Article 6 of Annex I to the ESFTA shall apply. Any references therein to “EFTA States” shall be taken to refer to Iceland in this Annex.

Insufficient working or processing. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Chapter, the following operations, when undertaken on non-originating materials to produce a good, shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer on that good the status of an originating good: (a) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of animals; (b) operations to ensure the preservation of products in good condition during transport and storage such as drying, freezing, ventilation, chilling and like operations; (c) sifting, washing, cutting, slitting, bending, coiling or uncoiling, sharpening, simple grinding, slicing; (d) cleaning, including removal of oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; (e) simple painting and polishing operations; (f) testing or calibration; (g) placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, and packaging operations; (h) simple mixing of goods, whether or not of different kinds; (i) simple assembly of parts of products to constitute a complete good or disassembly of products into parts; (j) changes of packing, unpacking or repacking operations, and breaking up and assembly of consignments; (k) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on goods or their packaging; (l) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing and glazing of cereals and rice; and (m) mere dilution with water or another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics of the goods. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the terms “simple” and “simple mixing” mean: (a) “Simple” generally describes an activity which does not need special skills, machines, apparatus, or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity. (b) “Simple mixing” generally describes an activity which does not need special skills, machine, apparatus, or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity. However, simple mixing does not include chemical reaction.

Insufficient working or processing. The following shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating or manufactured or produced or made in Nepal, to an article, whether or not there is a change in heading classification at four digit level, of the Harmonized Commodities Description and Coding system, different from those in which all the third country origin materials used in its manufacture are classified: -