Common use of Minimal Operations or Processes Clause in Contracts

Minimal Operations or Processes. 1. A good shall not be considered to be originating only by reason of having undergone one or more of the following operations or processes: (a) operations or processes to ensure preservation of goods in good condition for the purposes of transport or storage; (b) packaging and repackaging; (c) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching (including the making-up of sets of articles); (d) placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases or boxes, fixing on cards or boards, and other simple packaging operations; (e) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; or (f) disassembly of goods. 2. Paragraph 1 shall prevail over the product specific rules set out in Annex II (Product Specific Rules of Origin).