Common use of Minimal Operations Clause in Contracts

Minimal Operations. A good shall not be considered to be originating solely by reason of: (a) mere dilution with water or another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics of the good; (b) preserving operations to ensure that the good remains in good condition during transport and storage; (c) bulk breaking and assembly of packages; (d) washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; (e) ironing or pressing of textiles; (f) simple painting and polishing operations; (g) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing and glazing of cereals and rice; (h) operations to color sugar or form sugar lumps; (i) peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables; (j) sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting; (k) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching; (including the making-up of sets of articles); (l) simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations; (m) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on goods or their packaging; (n) simple mixing of goods, whether or not of different kinds; (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 Articles 3.5(a)-(o); or (q) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of animals.