31977R2067

21 . 9 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 242/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2067/77

of 20 September 1977

concerning the determination of the origin of slide fasteners

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN or operation and which result in the manufacture of a COMMUNITIES, new product or represent an important stage of manu­ facture, consist of the forming and placing of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European scOops or other interlocking elements onto the tapes Economic Community, and the manufacture of the slider by processes such as stamping or moulding ; whereas the manufacture of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the end pieces does not constitute a substantial 802/68 of 27 June 1 968 concerning the common defi­ process or operation within the meaning of Article 5 ; nition of the concept of the origin of goods ('), and in particular Article 14 thereof, Whereas, in the absence of an opinion from the Committee on Origin, the Commission has not been Whereas Article 5 of that Regulation lays down that a able to adopt the provisions which it envisages, in product in the production of which two or more coun­ accordance with Article 14 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) tries were concerned shall be regarded as originating No 802/68 ; whereas the Commission has applied in the country in which the last substantial process or Article 14 (3) (b) and has submitted to the Council a operation that is economically justified was proposal with regard to the provisions to be adopted ; performed, haying been carried out in an undertaking equipped for the purpose, and resulting in the manu­ Whereas, at the end of the period of three months facture of a new product or representing an important after the Council had been informed, the Council had stage of manufacture ; not adopted the proposition,

Whereas a slide fastener consists essentially of two parallel tapes, scoops or other interlocking elements, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : slider and end pieces ; whereas the operation of assem­ bling a slide fastener from its constituent parts neither constitutes a substantial process Or operation nor results in the manufacture of a new product or repre­ Article 1 sents an important stage of manufacture within the meaning of Article 5 ; The products listed under the second column of the table below originate in the country in which the oper­ Whereas the processes or operations which may ations listed in the third column took place or in the together be considered as the last substantial process Community if they took place there. 1

Products obtained Working or processing that confers the status of originating products when CCT the following conditions are met Description 1 heading No

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ex 98.02 Slide fasteners Assembly including placing of the scoops or other inter­ locking elements onto the tapes accompanied by the manu­ facture of the slider and the forming of the scoops or other interlocking elements

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the 45th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(•) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 20 September 1977. For the Commission fitienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission