Information for ruling 600006143
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 13 Apr 2023
- Expiry date
- 12 Apr 2026
- Commodity code
- 9021901000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Hearing aid sound processor with surgical firmware. It is intended to be used in conjunction with a surgical app during cochlear implantation surgery. The surgical processor is not used to process audio. It is grey and yellow in colour and has a microphone cover. It is loaded with surgical/clinical firmware programming via pc and programming adaptor and connection cable (not included). It is packaged in a cardboard box and is only sold to surgeons/hospitals. It is not for retail or public sale
- Keywords
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- HEARING AID PARTS
- HEARING AIDS
- IMPLANTS
- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
- 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 (GIRs): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9021 - orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability GIR 5(b) has been used to identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 902190 - other than elsewhere specified in this heading 8-digit code 90219010 - parts and accessories of hearing aids Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to chapter 90 note 2(b) Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 9021 - parts and accessories