Minimal Operations and Processes that do not Confer Origin Sample Clauses

Minimal Operations and Processes that do not Confer Origin. The following minimal operations or processes, undertaken exclusively by itself or in combination, do not confer origin: (a) operations to ensure the preservation of products in good condition during transport and storage such as drying, freezing, keeping in brine, ventilation, chilling and like operations; (b) sifting, classifying, washing, cutting, slitting, bending, coiling or uncoiling, sharpening, simple grinding, slicing; (c) cleaning, including removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; (d) painting and polishing operations; (e) testing or calibration; (f) placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations; (g) simple mixing of goods, whether or not of different kinds; (h) simple assembly of parts of products to constitute a complete good; (i) changes of packing, unpacking or repacking operations, and breaking up and assembly of consignments; (j) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on goods or their packaging; (k) mere dilution with water or another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics of the goods; (l) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing and glazing of cereals and rice; (m) disassembly; and (n) mere making-up of sets of goods. (3)

Minimal Operations and Processes that do not Confer Origin. 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the following operations shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating goods, whether or not the requirements set out in Article 3.4 (Goods not Wholly Produced or Obtained) are satisfied: (a) operations to ensure the preservation of goods in good condition during transport and storage; (b) sifting, classifying, washing, cutting, slitting, bending, coiling, uncoiling, sharpening, simple grinding, or slicing; (c) changes of packing, unpacking or repacking operations, and breaking up or assembly of consignments; (d) cleaning, including removal of dust, paint, oil or other coverings and simple removal of oxide; (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 all other simple packaging operations; (h) simple mixing of goods, whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixture do not meet the conditions laid down in this Chapter to enable them to be considered as originating goods; (i) simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or simple disassembly of goods into parts; (j) slaughtering (4) of animals; (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; (m) mere making-up of sets of goods; (n) ironing or pressing of textiles and textile articles; (o) operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps; (p) simple peeling, stoning, and shelling; (q) a combination of two or more of the operations specified in subparagraphs (a) through (p). 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, operations shall be considered simple when neither special skills nor machines, apparatus, or tools especially produced or installed for those operations are required for their performance. However, simple mixing does not include chemical reaction. âChemical reactionâ means a process (including a bio-chemical process) which results in a molecule with a new structure by breaking intra molecular bonds and by forming new intra molecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.