# Council Decision (EU) 2017/560 of 21 March 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation (certain product-specific rules of origin for chemicals), Annex I

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Appendix II to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 is amended as follows:
1.. the following entry is inserted:
Applicable from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2019.
A ‘chemical reaction’ is a process (including a biochemical process) which results in a molecule with a new structure by breaking intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.
The following processes should not be considered for purposes of origin:
(a) dissolving in water or other solvents;
(b) the elimination of solvents including solvent water; or
(c) the addition or elimination of water of crystallization.’;
‘HS heading
Description of product
Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status
(1)
(2)
(3) or (4)
ex 2914
Diacetone alcohol
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Mesityl oxide
Manufacture from acetone
Manufacture in which a chemical reaction is made
2.. the entry for HS heading 2915 is replaced by the following:
Applicable from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2019.
A ‘chemical reaction’ is a process (including a biochemical process) which results in a molecule with a new structure by breaking intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.
The following processes should not be considered for purposes of origin:
(a) dissolving in water or other solvents;
(b) the elimination of solvents including solvent water; or
(c) the addition or elimination of water of crystallization.’.
‘HS heading
Description of product
Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status
(1)
(2)
(3) or (4)
2915
Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for:
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of headings 2915 and 2916 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product
Acetic anhydride, ethyl and n-butyl acetate, vinyl acetate, isopropyl and methylamyl acetate, mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, their salts and esters
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of heading 2916 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product
Manufacture in which a chemical reaction is made

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/560/annex/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-560/annex-I
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