NATIONAL COURT .
4 ALTHOUGH THE COURT HAS NO JURISDICTION UNDER ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY TO APPLY THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY LAW TO ACTUAL CASES , IT MAY NEVERTHELESS FURNISH THE NATIONAL COURT WITH THE INTERPRETATIVE CRITERIA NECESSARY TO ENABLE IT TO DISPOSE OF THE DISPUTE .
5 ACCORDING TO THE LAST RECITAL IN THE PREAMBLE TO REGULATION NO 802/68 AND TO ARTICLE 1 OF THAT REGULATION , A COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS CONSTITUTES AN INDISPENSABLE MEANS OF ENSURING THE UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND OF ALL OTHER MEASURES ADOPTED , IN RELATION TO THE IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION OF GOODS , BY THE COMMUNITY OR BY THE MEMBER STATES .
FOR THOSE PURPOSES , ARTICLES 4 AND 5 OF THE REGULATION BASE SUCH A DEFINITION ON OBJECTIVE CRITERIA , MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THE UNIFORM APPLICATION IN ALL THE MEMBER STATES OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS AND THUS TO AVOID DEFLECTIONS OF TRADE AND ABUSES .
IN PARTICULAR , THERE CAN BE SEEN IN ARTICLE 6 OF THE REGULATION THE INTENTION TO PREVENT THE ORIGIN OF GOODS IN THE PRODUCTION OF WHICH TWO OR MORE COUNTRIES ARE CONCERNED FROM BEING DETERMINED BY WAY OF A NON-SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO DEFEAT THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 1 OR TO CIRCUMVENT THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE MEMBER STATES IN RELATION TO IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION .
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES , IT WOULD NOT SEEM SUFFICIENT TO SEEK CRITERIA DEFINING THE ORIGIN OF GOODS IN THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROCESSED PRODUCTS , FOR THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF HAS BEEN CONCEIVED TO FULFIL SPECIAL PURPOSES AND NOT IN RELATION TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE ORIGIN OF PRODUCTS .
ON THE CONTRARY , IN ORDER TO MEET THE PURPOSES AND REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION NO 802/68 , THE DETERMINATION OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS MUST BE BASED ON A REAL AND OBJECTIVE DISTINCTION BETWEEN RAW MATERIAL AND PROCESSED PRODUCT , DEPENDING FUNDAMENTALLY ON THE SPECIFIC MATERIAL QUALITIES OF EACH OF THOSE PRODUCTS .
6 THEREFORE , THE LAST PROCESS OR OPERATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5 OF THE REGULATION IS ONLY ' SUBSTANTIAL ' FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT PROVISION IF THE PRODUCT RESULTING THEREFROM HAS ITS OWN PROPERTIES AND A COMPOSITION OF ITS OWN , WHICH IT DID NOT POSSESS BEFORE THAT PROCESS OR OPERATION .
IN PROVIDING THAT THE SAID PROCESS OR OPERATION MUST , IN ORDER TO CONFER A PARTICULAR ORIGIN , RESULT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT OR REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT STAGE OF MANUFACTURE , THE ABOVEMENTIONED ARTICLE 5 SHOWS IN FACT THAT ACTIVITIES AFFECTING THE PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ITS USE , BUT WHICH DO NOT BRING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT QUALITATIVE CHANGE IN ITS PROPERTIES , ARE NOT OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE SAID PRODUCT .
7 THE GRINDING OF A RAW MATERIAL SUCH AS