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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 Article 33

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 Article 33

Processing or working operations which are not economically justified

Article 33

Any processing or working operation carried out in another country or territory shall be deemed not to be economically justified if it is established on the basis of the available facts that the purpose of that operation was to avoid the application of the measures referred to in Article 59 of the Code. For goods covered by Annex 22-01, the Chapter residual rules for those goods shall apply. For goods not covered by Annex 22-01,where the last working or processing is deemed not to be economically justified, the goods shall be considered to have undergone their last substantial, economically justified processing or working, resulting in the manufacture of a new product or representing an important stage of manufacture, in the country or territory where the major portion of the materials originated, as determined on the basis of the value of the materials.

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CitationArticle 33 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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