Division (d) Production in the Community

Company A is the second largest manufacturer of CFL-i in the Community, employing approximately 600 persons for the production and sales of the product under consideration. According to Company A another two production lines will be installed in its factory, adding another 15 to 20 million units thereby adding about half of its current production capacity. The new production lines are destined for production of the product concerned.

As also for the other manufacturers in the Community, Company A’s production in the Community mainly consists of assembling components from several sources. In this case, slightly less than half of these components are sourced from within the Community. Rules of origin are governed by Customs Law, particularly Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code^f1, in particular Articles 22 to 27. The investigation showed that the product concerned has a different customs classification than the imported components. This re-classification results from a substantial transformation of the components. On these grounds, and based on the information gathered in this investigation it can therefore be concluded that the products concerned manufactured by Company A are of Community origin.