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2008/273/EC: Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the… Article 5

2008/273/EC: Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the… Article 5

Wholly obtained products

Article 5

1.   The following shall be considered as wholly obtained in the Community or in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: (a) mineral products extracted from their soil or from their seabed; (b) vegetable products harvested there; (c) live animals born and raised there; (d) products from live animals raised there; (e) products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there; (f) products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea outside the territorial waters of the Community or of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by their vessels; (g) products made aboard their factory ships exclusively from products referred to in (f); (h) used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials, including used tyres fit only for retreading or for use as waste; (i) waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there; (j) products extracted from marine soil or subsoil outside their territorial waters provided that they have sole rights to work that soil or subsoil; (k) goods produced there exclusively from the products specified in (a) to (j). 2.   The terms “their vessels” and “their factory ships” in paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall apply only to vessels and factory ships: (a) which are registered or recorded in a Member State or in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; (b) which sail under the flag of a Member State or of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; (c) which are owned to an extent of at least 50 per cent by nationals of a Member State or of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or by a company with its head office in one of these States, of which the manager or managers, Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board, and the majority of the members of such boards are nationals of a Member State or of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and of which, in addition, in the case of partnerships or limited companies, at least half the capital belongs to those States or to public bodies or nationals of the said States; (d) of which the master and officers are nationals of a Member State or of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; and (e) of which at least 75 per cent of the crew are nationals of a Member State or of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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