Information for ruling 600007158
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 16 May 2023
- Expiry date
- 15 May 2026
- Commodity code
- 3808949090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The product is a chemical spill kit, made as a single-use spill pack for fast containment and removal of hazardous chemicals and contaminating fluids. The pack absorbs up to 1 litre of chemical spill and is safe and efficient for cleaning up chemical spillages in a laboratory environment. The small pack makes it easy to keep ready for use in all areas and ensure accessibility where it may be needed. The one pack use format prevents fragmentation of components and ensures all items are present when opened.
- Keywords
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- CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
- SPILL KIT
- FOR HOSPITAL USE
- Justification
- Legal 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 3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) GIR 3b - has been used as the disinfectant wipes are considered to be the essential character. GIR 5 (b) - has been used to identify the type of packaging as a red plastic case GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 380894 Other than Goods specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter, Goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter; Disinfectants 8 Digit Code – 38089490 Other than Based on quaternary ammonium salts, Based on halogenated compounds 10 Digit Code – 3808949090 Other than Technical aerosols that contain hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) with global warming potential (GWP) of 150 or more Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 3808