Information for ruling 600006386
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 11 May 2023
- Expiry date
- 10 May 2026
- Commodity code
- 9018908400 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The Laryngeal, Endotracheal Airway Fixator. This product is a specialised 'Y' shape Adhesive Foam Medical Tape used to secure orally inserted airway breathing devices in position to a patient’s face This product is used for general anaesthesia, to secure airway devices during spontaneous, hand and mechanical ventilation. The device may also be indicated for use during an emergency respiratory arrest, where the patient requires ventilation, cannot breathe unsupported but is not under general anaesthesia. It has a paper backing cover, that is removed for use. single use and non-sterile Ten individual devices are stored in a Primary Bag, the bag includes a grip-lock feature to allow the user to seal the bag after use. This will help protect the remaining devices from contaminants.
- Keywords
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- OF FOAM
- ADHESIVE TAPES
- FOR HOSPITAL USE
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- FOR SURGICAL USE
- 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 9018 instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments GIR 5 (b) has been used to identify the type of packaging. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 901890 other instruments and appliances 8-digit code 90189084 other than specified elsewhere in this heading Also classified in accordance with: General Notes (III) Parts and accessories to Chapter 90 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to Heading 9018