Territoriality principle
Also called: territorial requirement
The rule that the conditions for acquiring originating status must be met without interruption in the partner country or countries, so goods that leave for processing elsewhere generally lose eligibility. Many agreements allow limited exceptions, such as certain outward processing operations.
In practice
Sending semi-finished goods abroad for a processing step can break origin unless the agreement expressly permits it.
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