# Council Decision (EU) 2019/1319 of 25 June 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee established under the Interim Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, on the other part, as regards the amendment of certain provisions of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, Article 14: Principle of territoriality

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

1. Except as provided for in Articles 3, 4 and 5 the conditions for acquiring originating status set out in Title II must be fulfilled without interruption in the ESA States or in the Community.
2. Except as provided for in Articles 3, 4, and 5 where originating goods exported from an ESA State or from the Community to another country return, they must be considered as non-originating, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:
(a) the returning goods are the same goods as those exported; and
(b) they have not undergone any operation beyond that necessary to preserve them in good condition while in that country or while being exported.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1319/annex/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1319/annex/article-14
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