Information for ruling 600008006
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 21 Jul 2023
- Expiry date
- 20 Jul 2026
- Commodity code
- 9021901000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A programming tool for the sound processor of a hearing aid. Helps programme the device using fitting software for optimised performance (not part of this ATaR). One of the methods on how to program and adjust the device is using the button programming option. The button programming tool is a piece of plastic moulded in shape that allows it to fit exactly over the buttons of the sound processor. Shaped to press and hold the buttons at the same time, designed specifically for this purpose and cannot be used with anything else. Made from black plastic, packed in plastic sealed bag. Sold to audiologists, hospitals, authorised distributors and to patients via online store.
- Keywords
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- OF PLASTIC
- PARTS
- HEARING AIDS
- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
- 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)). 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 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 Harmonised System Explanatory Note (HSENs) to heading 9021 (IV) Hearing aids & parts and accessories