Ascertaining whether goods have undergone any operation or Process in CARICOM area

(1) For the purposes of regulation 3(1)(b) of these Regulations, in ascertaining whether goods have undergone any operation or process in the CARICOM area, no account shall be taken of any operation or process which consists only of one or more of the following, whether or not there is a change of tariff heading – (a) operations to ensure the preservation of goods during transport and storage (ventilation, spreading out, drying, chilling, placing in salt, sulfur dioxide or other aqueous solution, removal of damaged parts, and like (b) simple operations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, grading, classifying, matching (including the making up of sets of articles), washing, painting and cutting up resulting in the mere reduction in size; (c) (i) change of packing; (ii) simple placing in bottles, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and other simple packing operations; 32 Customs and Excise Duties (d) affixing marks, labels or other like distinguishing signs on goods or their packaging; (e) simple mixing of materials imported from outside the Common Market of undetermined origin if the characteristics of the goods as a whole are not essentially different from the characteristics of the materials which have been mixed; (f) operations which consist solely of welding, soldering, fastening, riveting, bolting and like operations or otherwise putting together of all finished parts or components to constitute a finished product. (2) For the purpose of subregulation (1) (f) of this regulation, the expression “finished parts or components” refers to those articles which are imported into the CARICOM area in a form or condition which does not require any further fabrication, change in shape or form, resulting in a change in identity or use, or the application of a permanent protective or decorative coating, for the purpose of incorporation in the finished product.