Report of the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin to the Committee on Rules of Origin on Progress Made at its Seventeeth Session - Note by the Secretariat - Addendum

Chapters 85 [Chapter Notes][Chapter Rules][Legal Notes]: For the purposes of this chapter: [1. Limitations on change of classification rules: (US)] [[Notwithstanding the product specific rules in the matrix,] where a change of classification (i.e., change of heading, subheading, split heading or split subheading) results from one of the following circumstances, origin shall be determined as indicated: (US)] [Where satisfaction of the rules of this Appendix results solely from the following circumstances, origin shall be determined as indicated [herein] [in Appendix]. (Alternative US Text)] A. Disassembly Disassembly operations, including those which result in a change of tariff classification, shall not be considered origin conferring. (Basket 1) [(1) A change of classification which results from the disassembly of the good that can perform its original purpose shall not be considered as the change required by the rule set forth in the matrix. The part