Article 1, Point (3) · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/604

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(3)The following Article 69a is inserted:‘Article 69aPreferential origin of processed products obtained from goods having preferential originating status(Article 64(1) of the Code)1.Where non-Union goods having preferential originating status in the framework of a preferential arrangement between the Union and third countries, are placed under the inward processing procedure, processed products obtained therefrom shall, when released for free circulation, be deemed to have the same preferential originating status as those goods.2.Paragraph 1 shall not apply in any of the following cases:

(a)the processing operation also involves non-Union goods other than those referred to in paragraph 1, including goods having preferential originating status under a different preferential arrangement;

(b)the processed products are obtained from equivalent goods referred to in Article 223 of the Code;

(c)the customs authorities have authorised temporary re-export of the goods for further processing in accordance with Article 258 of the Code.

3.Where paragraph 1 applies, a document on origin issued or made out for the goods placed under the inward processing procedure shall be deemed to be a document on origin issued or made out for the processed products.’;