Minimal Operations Sample Clauses

Minimal Operations. 1. A good shall not be considered to be originating merely by reason of having undergone one or more of the following operations or processes: (a) operations to preserve goods in good condition for the purpose of transport or storage; (b) facilitating shipment or transportation; (c) disassembly; (d) affixing of marks, labels or other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; (e) placing in bottles, cases, boxes and other simple packaging operations; (f) changes of packaging and breaking up and assembly of packages; or (g) mere reclassification of goods without any physical change. 2. Paragraph 1 shall prevail over the Product Specific Rules set out in Annex 2 (Product Specific Rules Schedule).
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Minimal Operations. Except for sets or assortments of goods referred to in Article 310 or Annex 301, a good shall not be considered to be an originating good merely by reason of one or more of the following operations: (a) packaging, re-packaging or breaking up for retail sale of the good; (b) oiling, or applying anti-rust paint or protective coatings to the good; or (c) disassembly of the good into its parts.
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Minimal Operations. A good shall not be considered to be originating solely by reason of: (a) mere dilution with water or another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics of the good; (b) preserving operations to ensure that the good remains in good condition during transport and storage; (c) bulk breaking and assembly of packages; (d) washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; (e) ironing or pressing of textiles; (f) simple painting and polishing operations; (g) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing and glazing of cereals and rice; (h) operations to color sugar or form sugar lumps; (i) peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables; (j) sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting; (k) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching; (including the making-up of sets of articles); (l) simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations; (m) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on goods or their packaging; (n) simple mixing of goods, whether or not of different kinds; (o) simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or disassembly of products into parts; (p) a combination of two or more operations specified in Articles 3.5(a)-(o); or (q) xxxxxxxxx of animals.
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Minimal Operations. 1. A good shall not be considered to be originating merely by reason of having undergone one or more of the following operations or processes: (a) operations to preserve goods in good condition for the purpose of transport or storage; (b) facilitating shipment or transportation; (c) disassembly;
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Minimal Operations. Notwithstanding any provision in this Chapter and Annex 3.1 (Exceptions for the General Rule of Origin under Article 3.5), a good shall not be considered to have satisfied the requirements for an originating good merely by reason of going through any or all of the following operations: (a) operations to ensure the conservation or preservation of goods in good condition during transport and storage, such as ventilation, cooling, freezing, extraction of damaged parts, drying or addition of substances; (b) sifting, peeling, classifying, selecting, washing, filtering, cutting, shelling, and drying; (c) packaging, re- packaging, breaking up and putting the good for retail sale; (d) affixing of marks, labels, trade marks or other distinguishing signs on goods; (i) simple 2 assembly of parts or goods to constitute a complete good. (e) simple mixing, dilution in water or in another watery substance, ionized or saline; (f) application of oil, salt, sugar or any sweetener; (g) disassembly of goods in its parts; (h) placing in bottles, cases, boxes and other packaging operation; and
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Minimal Operations. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Chapter, the following operations when undertaken on non-originating materials to produce a good shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer on that good the status of an originating good: (a) preserving operations to ensure that the good remains in good condition for the purposes of transport or storage; (b) packaging or presenting goods for transportation or sale; (c) simple (1) processes, consisting of sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, sharpening, cutting, slitting, grinding, bending, coiling, or uncoiling; (d) for textiles: attaching accessory articles such as straps, beads, cords, rings and eyelets; ironing or pressing of textiles; (e) affixing or printing of marks, labels, logos, or other like distinguishing signs on goods or their packaging; (f) mere dilution with water or another substance that does not materially alter the characteristics of the good; (g) disassembly of products into parts; (h) slaughtering (2) of animals; (i) simple painting and polishing operations; (j) simple peeling, stoning, or shelling; (k) simple mixing (3) of goods, whether or not of different kinds; or (I) any combination of two or more operations referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (k). 2. All operations carried out in a Party on a given good shall be considered together when determining whether the working or processing undergone by that good is to be regarded as insufficient within the meaning of paragraph 1. (1) For the purposes of this Article, "simple" describes activities which need neither special skills nor machines, apparatus or equipment especially produced or installed for carrying out the activity. (2) For the purposes of this Article, "slaughtering" means the mere killing of animals.
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Minimal Operations. The following operations alone do not confer origin: (a) Operations to ensure the preservation of goods such as: aeración, ventilation, refrigeration, freezing or addition of substances; removal of damaged parts; (b) desempolvamiento zarandeo descascaramiento deseeding, maceration, drying, entresaque, classification, selection, splitting, washing, cleaning or painted and cut; (c) The formation of sets or sets of goods; (d) Packaging, wrapping reenvase; or (e) The Division or assembly of packages or parcels; (f) The implementation of labels or marks, like other goods or distinguishing signs on their packaging; (g) Mixtures of materials; dilution in water or other substances, dosage, provided that the characteristics of the goods obtained are not essentially different from the characteristics of the materials which have been mixed; (h) The meeting or assembly of parts, assembled to constitute a complete product; (i) The mere xxxxxxxxx of animals; and (j) The combination of two or more operations.
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Minimal Operations. 1. Notwithstanding any provision in this Chapter, a good shall not be considered to have satisfied the requirements for anoriginating good under merelybyreasonofgoing throughanyor allofthe following operations: (a) operations to ensure the conservation or preservation of goods in good condition during transport and storage, such as ventilation, cooling, freezing, extraction of damaged parts, drying or additionofsubstances; (b) sifting, peeling, classifying, selecting, washing, filtering, cutting, shelling, marinating drying; (c) cleaning, including the removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings; (d) packaging, repackaging, breaking up and putting the good for retailsale; (e) affixing of marks, labels, trade marks or other distinguishing signs ongoods; (f) simple mixing, dilution in water or in another watery substance, ionized or saline; (g) applicationofoil,salt,sugar oranysweetener; (h) disassemblyofgoodsintotheirconstituent parts; (i) slaughtering ofanimals; (j) operationsofpainting and polishing; (k) placing in bottles, cases, boxes and other packaging operations; (l) simple assembly of parts or products to constitute a complete product unless it is for the production of a remanufactured good as listed in Annex 4B (Remanufactured Goods);or (m) the combination of two or more of the operations listed at subparagraphs (a) to (l) above.
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Minimal Operations. Certain operations, such as simple mixing, assembling, bottling, etc. never qualify as sufficient working or pro- cessing, not even if in so doing the listed requirements are met. The agreement with Canada contains some dero- gations from that rule.
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Related to Minimal Operations

  • Safe Operations Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, an NTO may take, or cause to be taken, such action with respect to the operation of its facilities as it deems necessary to maintain Safe Operations. To ensure Safe Operations, the local operating rules of the ITO(s) shall govern the connection and disconnection of generation with NTO transmission facilities. Safe Operations include the application and enforcement of rules, procedures and protocols that are intended to ensure the safety of personnel operating or performing work or tests on transmission facilities.

  • Interim Operations Except as (x) required by applicable Law, (y) expressly contemplated or required by this Agreement or (z) set forth in Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company Parties covenant and agree that, from and after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, except with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), each of the Company Parties shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to, conduct their business in the ordinary course and shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to, use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to (1) preserve their business organizations intact and (2) maintain existing relations and goodwill with Governmental Entities and customers, suppliers, employees and business associates. (a) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, from and after the execution and delivery of this Agreement until the Company Merger Effective Time, except as (x) required by applicable Law, (y) expressly contemplated or required by this Agreement, or (z) as set forth in the relevant subsection of Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter (it being understood and hereby agreed that if any action is expressly permitted by any of the following subsections such action shall be expressly permitted under the first sentence of Section 6.1), except with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), none of the Company Parties will and the Company Parties will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to: (i) adopt any change in the Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws or DPA's limited liability company agreement, or adopt any material change in the applicable governing instruments of any of their Subsidiaries; (ii) merge or consolidate with any other Person or restructure, reorganize or completely or partially liquidate, except for (A) the Mergers or (B) any such transaction between wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company Parties, or between any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company Parties and the Company Parties, unless reasonably objected to by Parent following consultation; (iii) acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) (x) any corporation, partnership or other business organization or (y) any assets from any other Person (excluding ordinary course purchases of goods, products and off-the-shelf Intellectual Property), except, following reasonable advanced consultation with Parent, where the consideration in such transaction is not in excess of $2,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate; (iv) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, or encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock or equity interests or the capital stock or equity interests of any of its Subsidiaries (other than (A) the issuance of Class A Shares upon the exercise of Company Options and settlement of Company RSAs and Director RSAs in accordance with the Stock Plan, in each case that are outstanding as of the date hereof or that are issued after the date hereof in compliance with this Agreement, (B) the issuance of Class A Shares pursuant to that certain Exchange Agreement dated as of October 3, 2007, as amended through the date hereof, by and among the Company Parties and certain unitholders of DPA (the “Exchange Agreement”), (C) between wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company Parties or between a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company Parties and a Company Party), or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of such capital stock, or any options, stock units, stock awards, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, equity interests, convertible or exchangeable securities; (v) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to or investments in any Person (other than the Company Parties or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company Parties) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (including business expense advances to employees) in amounts not in excess of $750,000; (vi) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock or equity interests (except for (A) regular quarterly cash dividends at a rate not in excess of $0.09 per Class A Share and $0.09 per New Class A Unit, with record dates and payment dates consistent with the prior year, (B) tax distributions not in excess of those provided for pursuant to Section 4.4 of the limited liability company agreement of DPA or (C) dividends paid by any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary to the Company Parties or to any other direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary) or enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of its capital stock; (vii) reclassify, split, combine, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock or equity interests or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or equity interests (other than the acquisition in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice of any Class A Shares tendered by current or former Service Providers in connection with the cashless exercise of Company Options or in order to pay Taxes in connection with the exercise of Company Options or the vesting of Company RSAs and Director RSAs or in connection with any obligation under the Exchange Agreement); (viii) incur any Indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee such Indebtedness of another Person (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company Parties), or issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or other rights to acquire any debt security of the Company Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, in each case other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with a face value or principal amount not in excess of $2,500,000 in the aggregate, or (B) in the ordinary course under letters of credit, lines of credit or other credit facilities or arrangements in effect on the date hereof so long as the total Indebtedness incurred under all such letters of credit, lines of credit or credit facilities does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate; (ix) make or authorize any capital expenditures in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,500,000 in the aggregate, other than any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) consistent in all material respects with the 2013 capital expenditure budget of the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries in effect on the date of this Agreement (a copy of which has been previously provided to Parent); (x) make any material changes with respect to any method of Tax or financial accounting policies or procedures, except as required by changes in GAAP or by a Governmental Entity; (xi) compromise, settle or agree to settle any claims (A) involving amounts in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, except to the extent reflected or reserved against in the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2012 included in the Company Reports in respect of the claim being settled or (B) that would impose any material non-monetary obligations on the Company Parties or their Subsidiaries or Affiliates that would continue after the Company Merger Effective Time; (xii) make any material Tax election, file any material amended Tax Return, settle or compromise any material Tax liability, enter into any closing agreement with respect to any material Tax or surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund; (xiii) transfer, sell, lease, license, mortgage, pledge, surrender, encumber, divest, cancel, abandon or allow to lapse or expire, xxxxx x Xxxx (other than a Permitted Lien) on or otherwise dispose of any assets, properties or rights of the Company Parties or their Subsidiaries, including capital stock of any of their Subsidiaries that are material to the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (B) Liens granted in connection with any indebtedness permitted under this Section 6.1; (xiv) except as required under applicable Law or the terms of any Benefit Plan in effect as of the date hereof (A) grant, provide or increase (or commit to grant, provide or increase) any severance or termination payments or benefits to any current or former Service Provider who is or was an executive officer, a director or other Service Provider earning annual compensation (base salary and incentive opportunities) in excess of $750,000 (any such Service Provider, a “Material Service Provider”), grant or provide for (or commit to grant or provide for) any severance or termination payments or benefits to any other current or former Service Provider other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or increase (or commit to increase) any severance or termination payments or benefits; (B) increase in any manner the compensation or benefits of any current or former Service Provider, except (x) for increases in base salary in the ordinary course where the aggregate increase does not exceed 4.5% percent of the aggregate annualized salaries in 2012 and (y) the payment of bonuses for the 2012 performance year in the ordinary course of business and, with respect to Material Service Providers consistent with past practice, and otherwise in the aggregate consistent with past practice, and not in excess of the amounts set forth in Section 6.1(a)(xiv) of the Company Disclosure Letter; (D) become a party to, establish, adopt, terminate, materially amend (or commit to become a party to, establish, adopt, terminate, or materially amend) any Benefit Plan or arrangement that would have been a Benefit Plan if in effect on the date hereof (other than routine changes to welfare plans) or accelerate the vesting of, or lapse of restrictions on, any compensation for the benefit of any current or former Material Service Provider; (E) cause the funding of any rabbi trust or similar arrangement or take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any Benefit Plan; or (F) terminate the employment or services of any Material Service Provider other than for cause, or hire any Person that would reasonably be expected to be a Material Service Provider; (xv) abandon, convey title (in whole or in part), exclusively license or grant any right or other licenses to material Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed to the Company Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, or enter into licenses or agreements that impose material restrictions upon the Company Parties or any of their Subsidiaries with respect to its or their use of material Intellectual Property owned by any third party, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (A) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (1) modify or amend, or voluntarily or prematurely terminate, any Material Contract (other than extensions at the end of term that do not materially modify or amend the terms of such Contract or modifications or amendments to reflect actual services performed), (2) enter into any successor agreement to an expiring Material Contract that materially modifies or amends the terms of such expiring Material Contract or (3) enter into any new agreement that would have been considered a Material Contract if it were entered into at or prior to the date hereof other than any such Contracts that may be cancelled, terminated or withdrawn without material liability to the Company Parties or their Subsidiaries upon notice of 90 days or less or (B) enter into any new agreement that would have been considered a Material Contract pursuant to clause (B), (I), (O) or (Q) of Section 5.1(q) if it were entered into at or prior to the date hereof; (xvii) fail to maintain in full force and effect material insurance policies covering the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets and businesses in a form and amount consistent with past practice; or (xviii) agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing. (b) Each of the Buyer Parties agrees that, from and after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and until the Company Merger Effective Time, it shall not consummate or agree to consummate any purchase or other acquisition of any assets, licenses, operations, rights or businesses (other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement) that, individually or in the aggregate with any other such purchase or acquisition, is reasonably likely to (i) prevent or materially delay from obtaining any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained from any Governmental Entity in connection with the consummation of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) result in the imposition of a condition or conditions on any such consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations, or (iii) otherwise prevent or materially delay any party hereto from performing its obligations hereunder or consummating the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby. (c) Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give any Buyer Party, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company Parties' or their Subsidiaries' operations prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, and nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give the Company Parties or their Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Buyer Parties' operations. Prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, each of the Buyer Parties and the Company Parties shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries' respective operations. (d) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto, following the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to Parent: (i) an estimate of the amounts potentially payable to each Service Provider under any Benefit Plan in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the adoption of this Agreement by holders of shares constituting the Company Requisite Vote or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or in conjunction with any other event, including as a result of a termination of employment or service), including the amount of any “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and any excise tax gross-up that could become payable under any Benefit Plans; (ii) complete and correct copies of each Lease; and (iii) true and complete current copies of all material Benefit Plans and, where applicable, (A) the most recently prepared actuarial report or financial statement with respect thereto, (B) the most recent summary plan description, and all material modifications thereto with respect thereto, (C) the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) and accompanying schedule with respect thereto, (D) the most recent determination letter with respect thereto, (E) copies of any material written correspondence with a Governmental Entity with respect thereto and (F) any related funding arrangements with respect thereto.

  • Continuous Operations Any employee or group of employees engaged in an operation for which there is regularly scheduled employment on a twenty-four (24) hour a day, seven (7) day a week basis shall be known as continuous operations employees.

  • Business Operations Company will provide all necessary equipment, personnel and other appurtenances necessary to conduct its operations. Company will conduct its business operations hereunder in a lawful, orderly and proper manner, considering the nature of such operation, so as not to unreasonably annoy, disturb, endanger or be offensive to others at or near the Premises or elsewhere on the Airport.

  • Commercial Operation (i) On or before December 31, 2021, Interconnection Customer must demonstrate commercial operation of all generating units. Demonstrating commercial operation includes achieving Initial Operation in accordance with Section 1.4 of Appendix 2 to this ISA and making commercial sales or use of energy, as well as, if applicable, obtaining capacity qualification in accordance with the requirements of the Reliability Assurance Agreement Among Load Serving Entities in the PJM Region.

  • Processing operations The personal data transferred will be subject to the following basic processing activities (please specify):

  • System Operations Each party, at its own expense, shall provide and maintain the equipment, software, services and testing necessary to transmit Data Communications to, and receive Data Communications from the parties’ respective Receipt Computers.

  • Ongoing Operations From the Effective Date through Closing:

  • General Operations Tenant covenants and agrees to furnish to Landlord, within thirty (30) days after receipt or modification thereof, copies of: (a) all licenses authorizing Tenant or any Manager to operate any Facility for its Primary Intended Use; (b) all Medicare and Medicaid certifications, together with provider agreements and all material correspondence relating thereto with respect to any Facility (excluding, however, correspondence which may be subject to any attorney client privilege); (c) if required under Applicable Law with respect to any Facility, a license for each individual employed as administrator with respect to such Facility; (d) all reports of surveys, statements of deficiencies, plans of correction, and all material correspondence relating thereto, including, without limitation, all reports and material correspondence concerning compliance with or enforcement of licensure, Medicare/Medicaid, and accreditation requirements, including physical environment and Life Safety Code survey reports (excluding, however, correspondence which may be subject to any attorney client privilege); and (e) with reasonable promptness, such other confirmation as to the licensure and Medicare and Medicaid participation of Tenant as Landlord may reasonably request from time to time.

  • Operations Fire An “Operations Fire” is a fire caused by Purchaser’s Operations other than a Neg- ligent Fire.

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