Information for ruling 600008036
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 15 Aug 2023
- Expiry date
- 14 Aug 2026
- Commodity code
- 9021901000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Compact rechargeable battery for a hearing aid, comes in 5 different colours of sand-beige, brown, black, charcoal-grey and white and is specifically designed and essential component for implantable hearing devices. Material is made from plastic bio and is compatible with the skin, also provides weight and power via the rechargeable battery that it houses to the processor that is linked to the implant device behind the ear. Standard 30.5 X 19.6 X 9 MM. Compact 21.4 X 19.6 X 9 MM Packed in a cardboard box 90 X 90 X 19 MM, with paper insert. This product is sold to implant recipients via online store, Authorised distributors and hospitals , not sold in commercial retail outlets.
- Keywords
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- RECHARGEABLE, BATTERIES
- IMPLANTS
- IN A HOUSING
- 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 (GIR)s: 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 in this heading. 8 digit code 90219010 - parts and accessories of hearing aids. Also Classified in Accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) 9021