Information for ruling 600006141
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 05 Apr 2023
- Expiry date
- 04 Apr 2026
- Commodity code
- 85318070 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Signal checking tool used to check and confirm that the coil of the hearing aid is working by holding the tool over the transmitting coil of the hearing aid. The red led light will illuminate providing a visual indication the hearing aid is working. Made from grey hard plastic, the tool has a long handle, at the end the signalling coil is sealed inside circle part with the small red led light in the centre. The product is sold online and via official authorised distributors and hospitals, not via commercial retail chains.
- Keywords
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- CHECKING INSTRUMENTS
- WITH VISUAL SIGNAL
- HEARING AIDS
- SIGNALS, CONTROLS, ALARMS
- LED
- 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)(a); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b) General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s: GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8531 electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530 GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 853180 other apparatus Code 85318070 other than bells, buzzers, door chimes and similar Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to Heading 8531