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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 17 June 1991. For the Council The President J. F. POOS (1) OJ No L 136, 28.

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2. DECISION No 1/91 OF THE EEC-ISRAEL COOPERATION COUNCIL of 12 June 1991 amending, as a consequence of the introduction of the harmonized system, the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation THE COOPERATION COUNCIL, Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel, signed on 11 May 1975, Having regard to the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, and in particular Article 25 thereof,

Whereas the origin rules contained in Protocol are based on the use of the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature; whereas the Customs Cooperation Council approved the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (hereinafter referred to as the 'harmonized system') on 14 June 1983; whereas, since 1 January 1988, the harmonized system has replaced the previous nomenclature for the purposes of international trade; whereas it is therefore necessary to adapt the rules of origin contained in the said Protocol so that they are based on the use of the harmonized system; Whereas, in the light of experience, the presentation of the origin rules could be improved by grouping all the exceptions to the basic change of heading rule into one list and by providing detailed guidance on how it should be interpreted, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 3 of the Protocol shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 3 1. The expressions "Chapters" and "headings" used in this Protocol shall mean the chapters and the headings (four-digit codes) used in the nomenclature which makes up the "harmonized commodity description and coding system" (hereinafter referred to as the "harmonized system" or "HS"). The expression "classified" shall refer to the classification of a product or material under a particular heading.

2. For the purposes of Article 1, non-originating materials are considered to be sufficiently worked or processed when the product obtained is classified in a heading which is different from those in which all the non-originating materials used in its manufacture are classified, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4.

3. For a product mentioned in columns 1 and 2 of the List in Annex III, the conditions set out in column 3 for the product concerned must be fulfilled instead of the rule in paragraph 2.

4. For the purpose of implementing Article 1, the following shall always be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating product, whether or not there is a change of heading:

(a) operations to ensure the preservation of merchandise in good condition during transport and storage (ventilation, spreading out, drying, chilling, placing in salt, sulphur dioxide or other aqueous solutions, removal of damaged parts, and like operations); (b)simple operations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, classifying, matching (including the making up of sets of articles), washing, painting, cutting up;

(c) (i) changes of packaging and breaking up and assembly of consignments; (ii)simple placing in bottles, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, etc., and all other simple packaging operations; (d)affixing marks, labels or other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; (e)simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixture do not meet the conditions laid down in this Protocol to enable them to be considered as originating;

(f)simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article; (g)a combination of two or more operations specified in subparagraphs (a) to (f); (h)slaughter of animals.'