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Summary

Keywords

1 . ORIGIN OF GOODS - DETERMINATION - MEAT - REGULATION NO 964/71 - SCOPE

( REGULATION NO 964/71 OF THE COMMISSION )

2.ORIGIN OF GOODS - DETERMINATION - SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION - CONCEPT

( REGULATION NO 802/68 OF THE COUNCIL , ART . 5 )

3.ORIGIN OF GOODS - DETERMINATION - BEEF - OPERATIONS SUBSEQUENT TO SLAUGHTER

( REGULATION NO 802/68 OF THE COUNCIL , ART . 5 )

Summary

1 . REGULATION NO 964/71 , ON DETERMINING THE ORIGIN OF THE MEAT AND OFFALS , FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN , OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC ANIMALS , DOES NOT HAVE THE EFFECT OF PREVENTING PROCESSING OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT ON MEAT AFTER SLAUGHTER FROM CONFERRING ON THAT MEAT THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THOSE OPERATIONS TOOK PLACE .

2 . THE LAST PROCESS OR OPERATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION NO 802/68 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS IS ONLY ' ' SUBSTANTIAL ' ' FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT PROVISION IF THE PRODUCT RESULTING THEREFROM HAS ITS OWN PROPERTIES AND A COMPOSITION OF ITS OWN , WHICH IT DID NOT POSSESS BEFORE THAT PROCESS OR OPERATION . ACTIVITIES ALTERING THE PRESENTATION OF A PRODUCT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ITS USE , BUT WHICH DO NOT BRING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT QUALITATIVE CHANGE IN ITS PROPERTIES , ARE NOT OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE SAID PRODUCT .

3 . ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION NO 802/68 MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT THE PROCESSING OF THE MEAT DERIVED FROM BEEF QUARTERS BY BONING , TRIMMING , DRAWING THE SINEWS , CUTTING INTO PIECES AND VACUUM-PACKING DOES NOT CONFER UPON THE MEAT THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THOSE OPERATIONS ARE CARRIED OUT .