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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1480/77

OF 24 JUNE 1977

ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN KNITTED AND CROCHETED ARTICLES , CERTAIN ARTICLES OF APPAREL , AND FOOTWEAR , FALLING WITHIN CHAPTER 60 AND HEADING NOS EX 42.03 , 61.01 , 61.02 , 61.03 , 61.04 , EX 61.09 , 64.01 , 64.02 , 64.03 AND 64.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 14 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 5 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION LAYS DOWN THAT A PRODUCT IN THE PRODUCTION OF WHICH TWO OR MORE COUNTRIES WERE CONCERNED SHALL BE REGARDED AS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE LAST SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION WAS PERFORMED THAT WAS ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED , WAS CARRIED OUT IN AN UNDERTAKING EQUIPPED FOR THE PURPOSE , AND RESULTED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT OR REPRESENTED AN IMPORTANT STAGE OF MANUFACTURE ;

WHEREAS ALL KNITTED AND CROCHETED FABRICS AND MATERIALS USED IN THE MAKING UP OF GLOVES , HOSIERY AND GARMENTS AND OTHER KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS CAN BE SUBJECTED TO THE OPERATIONS OF CUTTING , SEWING AND ASSEMBLY ;

WHEREAS THE OPERATIONS OF SEWING OR ASSEMBLY IN THE PIECE OF KNITTED OR CROCHETED MATERIAL ( CUT OR OBTAINED DIRECTLY TO SHAPE ), OF FABRICS OR OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITE LEATHER , CONSTITUTES A SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION MEETING THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 , AND THEREFORE CONFERS ON THE GOODS PRODUCED THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNTRY WHERE IT IS CARRIED OUT OR THE COMMUNITY IF IT TOOK PLACE THERE ;

WHEREAS THE MANUFACTURE OF FOOTWEAR , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NOS 64.01 , 64.02 , 64.03 AND 64.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , FROM MATERIALS CLASSIFIED UNDER A HEADING OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , OTHER THAN THESE HEADINGS , OR FROM PARTS OF FOOTWEAR , REMOVABLE IN-SOLES , HOSE PROTECTORS AND HEEL CUSHIONS OF ANY MATERIAL , EXCEPT METAL ( WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ASSEMBLIES OF UPPERS AFFIXED TO INNER SOLES OR TO OTHER SOLE COMPONENTS , BUT WITHOUT OUTER SOLES ), CONSTITUTES A SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION MEETING THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 , AND THEREFORE CONFERS ON THE GOODS PRODUCED THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNTRY WHERE IT IS CARRIED OUT OR THE COMMUNITY IF IT TOOK PLACE THERE ;

WHEREAS , THE COMMITTEE ON ORIGIN NOT HAVING DELIVERED AN OPINION , THE COMMISSION WAS NOT ABLE TO ADOPT THE PROVISIONS PROPOSED BY THAT COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 14 ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION APPLIED THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPHS ( B ) AND ( C ) OF PARAGRAPH 3 AND SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL A PROPOSAL CONCERNING THE PROVISIONS TO BE ADOPTED ;

WHEREAS , AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN INFORMED , THE COUNCIL HAD NOT ADOPTED THE PROPOSITION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE GOODS DESCRIBED IN COLUMN 2 OF THE TABLE BELOW SHALL BE REGARDED AS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE OPERATIONS REFERRED TO IN COLUMN 3 TOOK PLACE , OR IN THE COMMUNITY IF THEY TOOK PLACE THERE :