Information for ruling 600005736
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 19 Feb 2023
- Expiry date
- 18 Feb 2026
- Commodity code
- 8504406090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Compact battery charger is a transformer-based automotive battery charger suitable for charging 12V DC lead-acid and AGM batteries from a 230V AC power source. The compact battery charger is for use with batteries found in golf trolleys, lawn mowers, scooters, motorcycles, cars and caravans etc. The features and construction of this product include the following:- Fitted with 1.4m insulated copper output cables and battery crocodile clips for attachment to a 12V automotive battery, a twin insulated copper input cable and BS 3 pin plug for a 230V power supply, a 230V AC to 12V DC transformer, and LED indicators showing charging status. Other features include, fully automatic function, and built in safety features such as overload, reverse polarity and short circuit protection, and compact robust ABS plastic case with integral handle. Output current (amps), 4 Amp, for batteries with output capacity 10-60Ah. Compact battery charger is suitable for start/stop vehicles, and its packaging is a retail colour cardboard box.
- Keywords
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- ACCUMULATOR CHARGERS
- POWER SUPPLY UNITS
- STATIC CONVERTERS
- BATTERIES
- BATTERY CHARGERS
- ELECTRIC
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: - For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, reg 3 (1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect – a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1) b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)). GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8504: Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors GIR 5 (b) has been used to identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 850440: Static converters 8 Digit code 85044060: Accumulator chargers 10 Digit code 8504406090: Other than for use in civil aircraft Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 8504 (II) refers