OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE , DOES NOT ENTAIL THE CLASSIFICATION , UNDER ANOTHER TARIFF HEADING , OF THE PRODUCTS TO WHICH IT IS APPLIED ; WHEREAS SUCH IS THE CASE IN RESPECT OF FELTS OR BONDED FIBRE FABRICS WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE VISIBLE IMPREGNATION OR COATING ;
WHEREAS EMBROIDERY ALSO CONFERS ON THOSE TEXTILE FABRICS THE ORIGIN OF THE COMMUNITY OR OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT WAS CARRIED OUT WHEN IT LEADS TO THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT OR REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT STAGE OF MANUFACTURE , THAT CONDITION BEING CONSIDERED SATISFIED WHEN THE EMBROIDERED AREA REPRESENTS AT LEAST 5 % OF THE TOTAL AREA OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT ;
WHEREAS APART FROM THE ABOVE FORMS OF HANDLING , THE WOVEN TEXTILES , WOVEN PILE FABRICS , BONDED FIBRE FABRICS AND KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS MAY UNDERGO ONLY BLEACHING OR FINISHING OPERATIONS , SUCH AS DRESSING , CALENDERING , DRYING , STEAMING , BURLING , ETC . ; WHEREAS THE ONLY PURPOSE OF THOSE OPERATIONS IS NORMALLY TO GIVE THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED A PARTICULAR FORM OF PRESENTATION , APPEARANCE OR PROPERTY WITH A VIEW TO MARKETING THEM ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THEY CANNOT BE CONSIDERED , EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY , AS SUBSTANTIAL PROCESSES OR OPERATIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 802/68 ;
WHEREAS CERTAIN READY-MADE WOVEN TEXTILE ARTICLES , SUCH AS HANDKERCHIEFS AND SHAWLS , HOUSEHOLD LINEN , TARPAULINS AND SACKS AND BAGS OF A KIND USED FOR THE PACKING OF GOODS ARE USUALLY MANUFACTURED BY SIMPLE OPERATIONS WHICH COULD NOT , EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR TOGETHER , BE TAKEN TO CONSTITUTE A SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION THAT WOULD CONFER ON THESE ARTICLES THE ORIGIN OF THE COMMUNITY OR OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THESE OPERATIONS TOOK PLACE ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THIS IS NOT THE CASE WHERE THE MANUFACTURE OF THE ARTICLES IN QUESTION INCLUDES EMBROIDERY WORK RESULTING IN AN EMBROIDERED AREA WHICH REPRESENTS AT LEAST 5 % OF THE TOTAL AREA ;
WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORIGIN ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . WOVEN TEXTILE FABRICS , WOVEN PILE FABRICS , FELT , BONDED FIBRE FABRICS AND KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS MADE FROM ANY KIND OF TEXTILE MATERIALS FALLING WITHIN SECTION XI OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE ONE OF THE OPERATIONS LISTED BELOW SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY OR IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH SUCH OPERATION TOOK PLACE ;
( A ) PRINTING ;
( B ) DYEING , IF IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY ANY FINISHING OPERATION WHICH HAS THE EFFECT OF RENDERING THE DYED PRODUCT DIRECTLY USABLE ;
( C ) IMPREGNATION OR COATING , IF THAT OPERATION RESULTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN ANY OF THE HEADINGS N S 59.07 TO 59.12 AND EX 60.06 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF OR , WHEN SUCH OPERATION IS CARRIED OUT ON FELT OR BONDED FABRICS FALLING