Information for ruling 600008010
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 26 Jul 2023
- Expiry date
- 25 Jul 2026
- Commodity code
- 9018908400 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A non sterile single use hearing aid indicator used by a surgeon. This device determines the correct position for a hearing aid implant. It is designed to look like the actual system it will be used for. The device is placed on the patient to indicate the spot where the implant will go and ensures that the sound processor and actuator units are horizontally aligned and there is no contact between them. Made from Biocompatible material as per ISO 10993-1 series of standards. Packed in clear plastic clamshell and sold to audiologists, hospitals and authorised distributors.
- Keywords
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- FOR PATIENTS
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- FOR POSITIONING
- 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 sub heading level 901890 - other instruments and appliances 8 Digit Code 90189084 - other than elsewhere specified within this heading Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 9018