Article 5 Insufficient working or processing operations

The following operations shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not the requirements of Article 4 of this Protocol are satisfied:

(a)

preserving operations to ensure that the products remain in good condition during transport and storage;

(b)

simple operations consisting of the removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, classifying, matching (including the making‐up of sets of articles), washing, cleaning, painting, polishing, cutting up;

(c)

removal of oxide, oil, paint or other coverings;

(d)

(i)

changes of packaging and breaking up and assembly of packages;
(ii)

simple placing in bottles, flasks, cans, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, etc., and all other simple packaging operations;

(e)

affixing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;

(f)

simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds; mixing of sugar with any material;

(g)

simple assembly of parts to constitute a complete product;

(h)

simple disassembly of products into parts;

(i)

ironing or pressing of textiles;

(j)

husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing, and glazing of cereals and rice;

(k)

operations to colour or flavour sugar or form sugar lumps; partial or total milling of crystal sugar;

(l)

peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables;

(m)

sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting;

(n)

a combination of two or more operations specified in subparagraphs (a) to (m);

(o)

slaughter of animals.

All operations carried out either in the European Union or in Ghana on a given product shall be considered together when determining whether the working or processing undergone by that product is to be regarded as insufficient within the meaning of paragraph 1 of this Article.