Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, any reference to materials except in regulation 3(3)(h) includes a reference to any raw materials, intermediate products, parts and components used in the process of production, repair, renovation or improvement of the goods. (2) “Chapters” and “tariff headings” in these Regulations shall mean the Chapters and headings in the First Schedule to the Customs and Excise Duties Act. (3) The expressions appearing in the columns headed “conditions to be complied with” in Parts A and B of the First Schedule and set out below shall be applied in the following manner– (a) “produced from regional materials of” the materials falling within the tariff headings or Chapters named may be used only if they qualify to be treated as of CARICOM origin within the meaning of regulation 3 of these Regulations. This does not preclude the use of regional materials in an earlier stage of production; (b) “produced from materials of” and “produced from”- the materials named or designated, as the case may be, must be used in the condition in which they are described. This does not preclude the use of the materials in an earlier stage of production; (c) “produced from materials not included in” the materials which fall in the tariff headings named may not be used if they are imported Customs and Excise Duties 37 from outside the CARICOM area or are of undetermined origin; (d) “extra-regional shall mean imported from outside the CARICOM area or of undetermined origin; (e) “chemical transformation” shall mean the forming of the molecule of the finished product by– (i) the combination of two or more elements; or (ii) any modification of the structure of the molecule of a compound with the exception of ionisation and the addition or removal of water or crystallisation. (4) The expression “More Developed Country” or “MDCs” in these Regulations shall refer to the following member States of CARICOM- Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname. (5) The expression “Less Developed Country” or “LDCs” in these Regulations shall refer to the following member States of CARICOM - Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.