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General
criteria, if applicable for all products:
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Swiss origin Art.
9 (OCG)
A product shall be
considered to be of Swiss origin if it either has been wholly obtained or
produced or has been sufficiently worked or processed within the territory.
Sufficiently
worked or processed Art. 11 (OCG)
A product shall be
considered to be sufficiently worked or processed if:
a. the value of
all materials of foreign origin used in its production does not exceed 50% of
its ex-works price;
b. on
account of working or processing, it has to be classified under a heading in
the Harmonised System different from the one applicable to the products of
foreign origin used in its production.
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Product
specific rules of origin where applicable:
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Sufficiently
worked or processed Art. 11 (OCG)
A product shall be
considered to be sufficiently worked or processed if:
c. possible
specific origin-conferring processing or working has been undertaken.
Art.2 (OCG-EAER)
The EAER
may define specific origin-conferring working or processing for particular products.
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List
of minimal operations not conferring origin, if any:
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Insufficient
working or processing Art. 13 (OCG)
The following are
considered insufficient for conferring originating status:
a. treatments
intended to keep the products in the same state during transportation or
storage (ventilation, dispersion, drying, cooling, freezing, immersion in
brine or water containing sulphur or other added substances, removal of spoiled
parts and similar treatments);
b. simple dust
removal, sieving, segregation, classification, sorting (including the making
of assortments), washing, painting, cutting up;
c. simple packing
work, specifically:
1. the replacement
of packaging binders, the division or assembly of packing units,
2. simple placing
in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on boards and,
vacuum-packing and enclosure in a controlled atmosphere;
d. applying brand
names, labels or other similar distinguishing marks to the products
themselves or to their packaging;
e. simple mixing
of products, including different types of products, if one or more elements
of the mixture do not meet the conditions for products with originating
status;
f. simple assembly
of parts into a complete product;
g. the combination
of two or more operations specified in letters a to f;
h. the
slaughter of animals and the cutting up of meat (disjointing, shredding and
chopping).
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