Article 3

1. The following shall be considered as wholly obtained in an OCTs: mineral products extracted from its soil or from its seabed; plants and vegetable products grown or harvested there; live animals born and raised there; products from live animals raised there; products from slaughtered animals born and raised there; products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there; products of aquaculture where the fish, crustaceans and molluscs are born there or raised there from eggs, larvae or fry; products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea outside any territorial sea by its vessels; products made on board its factory ships exclusively from the products referred to in point (h); used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials; waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there; products extracted from the seabed or below the seabed which is situated outside any territorial sea but where it has exclusive exploitation rights; goods produced there exclusively from products specified in points (a) to (l). 2. The terms ‘its vessels’ and ‘its factory ships’ in points (h) and (i) of paragraph 1 shall apply only to vessels and factory ships which meet each of the following requirements: they are registered in an OCTs or in a Member State; they sail under the flag of an OCTs or of a Member State; they meet one of the following conditions: they are at least 50 % owned by nationals of the OCTs or of Member States; or they are owned by companies which have their head office and their main place of business in the OCTs or in Member States, and which are at least 50 % owned by OCTs, public entities of that country, nationals of that country or of Member States. 3. The conditions of paragraph 2 may each be fulfilled in Member States or in different OCTs. In that case, the products shall be deemed to have the origin of the OCTs where the vessel or factory ship is registered in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 2.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.