PART IGENERAL IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS

TITLE IVORIGIN OF GOODS

F1CHAPTER 2Preferential origin

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Section 1Generalised system of preferences

Subsection 1Definition of the concept of originating products

Article 79

1

Originating products sent from a beneficiary country for exhibition in another country and sold after the exhibition for importation into the Community shall benefit, on importation, from the tariff preferences referred to in Article 67, provided that the products meet the requirements of this section entitling them to be recognised as originating in the beneficiary country and provided that it is shown to the satisfaction of the competent Community customs authorities that:

a

an exporter has consigned these products from the beneficiary country directly to the country in which the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there;

b

the products have been sold or otherwise disposed of by that exporter to a person in the Community;

c

the products have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter to the Community in the state in which they were sent for exhibition;

d

the products have not, since they were consigned for exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.

2

A certificate of origin Form A shall be submitted to the Community customs authorities in the normal manner. The name and address of the exhibition must be indicated thereon. Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the nature of the products and the conditions under which they have been exhibited may be required.

3

Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or display which is not organized for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign products, and during which the products remain under customs control.