Insufficient Operations. 1. The following operations or processes shall not be considered as the sufficient transformation provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 23:
Insufficient Operations. 1. The following operations or processes shall not be considered as sufficient production provided for in Article 3.4:
Insufficient Operations. 1. The following operations or processes shall not beconsidered as the sufficient transformation provided for inparagraph 2 of Article 23: (a) operations to ensure the preservation of productsin good condition during transport and storage(such as drying, freezing, keeping in brine) andother similar operations; (b) changes of packaging and breaking up and assemblyof packages; (c) affixing marks, labels and other likedistinguishing signs on products or theirpackaging; (d) disassembly; (e) placing in bottles, cases, boxes and other simplepackaging operations; (f) simple cutting; (g) simple mixing; (h) simple assembly of parts to constitute a completeproduct; (i) simple making-up of sets of articles; and (j) a combination of two or more operations referredto in sub-paragraphs (a) through (i) above. 2. A Party shall not exclude the value added through anyof the operations or processes provided for in paragraph 1above in calculating the qualifying value content of a good. 3. An originating good shall not lose its originatingcondition merely because it undergoes, outside theterritory of either of the Parties, any of the operationsprovided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.
