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Information for ruling 600007443

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
06 Jul 2023
Expiry date
05 Jul 2026
Description
Hearing Aid Magnet Cover Bormed polypropylene (rf830mo) plastic magnet cover for hearing aid assembly. It is specifically designed and moulded to fit with the magnet and coil assembly to the hearing aid. It is primarily an aesthetic cover to improve the appearance of the hearing aid assembly. It comes in a black colour. Packed in a sealed bag and supplied via hospitals, audiologists and authorised medical distributors.
Keywords
  • COVERS
  • OF PLASTIC
  • MAGNETS
  • HEARING AIDS
  • HEARING AID PARTS
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)). 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 within this subheading 8 Digit code 90219010: Parts and accessories of hearing aids Also classified in accordance with: Chapter Note 2(b) to Chapter 90 Harmonized System Explanatory Note (HSEN's) to heading 90.21 (IV) HEARING AIDS & PARTS AND ACCESSORIES