Non-Qualifying Operations. 1. A good shall not be considered to be an originating good merely by reason of:
Non-Qualifying Operations. 1. A good shall not be considered to be an originating good of the exporting Party merely by reason of:
Non-Qualifying Operations. 1. The following operations shall be considered to be non-qualifying operations to confer the status of originating goods, whether or not the requirements under this Chapter are satisfied: (a) operations to ensure the preservation of goods in good condition during transport and storage; (b) changes of packing or breaking-up or 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) simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, and all other simple packing operations; (h) simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds; (i) simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or disassembly of products into parts; (j) xxxxxxxxx of animals; or (k) a combination of two or more operations specified in subparagraphs (a) through (j). 2. All operations carried out in a Party on a given good shall be considered together when determining whether the operations undergone by that good are to be regarded as non-qualifying within the meaning of paragraph 1. 3. For purposes of this Article: (a) simple means activities which need neither special skills nor machines, apparatus or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity; (b) simple mixing means activities which need neither special skills nor machines, apparatus, or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity but does not include chemical reaction; and (c) chemical reaction means a process (including a biochemical process) which results in a molecule with a new structure by breaking intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.
Non-Qualifying Operations. Each Party shall provide that, for purposes of Article 4.1, no good shall be considered a new or different article of commerce by virtue of having merely undergone (a) simple combining or packaging operations or (b) mere dilution with water or with another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics of the good.
Non-Qualifying Operations. Each Party shall provide that a good shall not be considered to be an originating good merely by reason of:
Non-Qualifying Operations. A good shall not be considered to satisfy the requirements of CTC or specific manufacturing or processing operation merely by reason of: (a) operations to ensure the preservation of products in good condition during transport and storage (such as drying, freezing, keeping in brine) and other similar operations; (b) changes of packaging and breaking up and assembly ofpackages; (c) disassembly; (d) placing in bottles, cases, and boxes and other simple packaging operations; (e) collection of parts and components classified as agood pursuant to Rule 2(a) of the General Rules forthe Interpretation of the Harmonized System; (f) mere making-up of sets of articles; or (g) any combination of operations referred to insubparagraphs (a) through (f).
Non-Qualifying Operations. 1. A good shall not be considered to be an originating good of a Party merely by reason of: (a) operations to ensure the preservation of goods in good condition during transport and storage (such as drying, freezing, keeping in brine) and other similar operations; (b) changes of packaging and breaking-up and assembly of packages; (c) placing in bottles, cases, boxes and other packaging operations, including packing, unpacking or repacking operations for retail sale purposes; (d) disassembly; (e) collection of parts and components classified as a good pursuant to Rule 2(a) of the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System; (f) mere making-up of sets of articles; or (g) any combination of operations referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (f). 2. Paragraph 1 shall prevail over the product specific rules set out in Annex 3.
Non-Qualifying Operations. Except for sets of Article IV.6 or of Annex IV.1 (Specific Rules of Origin) or except as specified in a product-specific rule of origin of Annex IV.1 (Specific Rules of Origin) applicable to the good, a good shall not be considered to be an originating good merely by reason of :
Non-Qualifying Operations. A good shall not be considered to satisfy the requirements of CTC or specific manufacturing or processing operation merely by reason of:
Non-Qualifying Operations. 1. A good shall not be considered to be an originatinggood merely by reason of: (a) dilution with water or another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics ofthe good; (b) simple operations for the maintenance of the goodduring transportation or storing, such asventilation, refrigeration, removal of damagedparts, drying or addition of substances; (c) sieving, classification, selection; (d) packing, repacking or packaging for retail sale; (e) collection of goods to form sets, kits orcomposite goods; (f) application of stamps, labels or similardistinctive signs; (g) washing, including removal of dust, oxide, oil,paint or other coverings; (h) mere collection of parts and componentsclassified as a good, according to Rule 2(a) ofthe General Rules for the Interpretation of theHarmonized System. Mere collection does not include the collection of parts and components ofdisassembled originating goods that werepreviously disassembled for consideration ofpackaging, handling or transportation; or (i) mere disassembly of the good into parts orcomponents. Disassembling originating goods that were previously assembled, for consideration ofpackaging, handling or transportation, shall notbe considered as mere disassembly. 2. The provisions of this Article shall prevail over thespecific rules of origin set out in Annex 4.
