Information for ruling 600010539
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 30 May 2024
- Expiry date
- 29 May 2027
- Commodity code
- 8907900000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The Hose Line Marker Beacon is a navigational aid for the marking of floating hose strings in hours of darkness or poor visibility. The body is made from galvanised and yellow painted steel tube which serves both as stanchion and battery housing. The top light comprises a flasher unit, lens, stanchion mounting flange and stainless steel protection cage, Stainless steel bolting and a rubber gasket seal the top light to the stanchion, preventing water ingress to the flasher unit and battery pack. The coder has a integral light emitting diode (LED) source is fitted, which enhances battery life. The coder electronics - Incorporate a “sun-switch” circuit for automatic light activation in low light conditions. Zinc-carbon battery pack - A sealed, multi-layer, zinc-carbon battery pack housed in PVC tubing provides power to the flasher unit. This sits inside the stanchion and is easily replaceable. Main Characteristics of the standard OHB 75/6B beacon are: - White Flash, 0.2seconds On / 4.8 seconds OFF. - 75mm acrylic lens - 1.5 nautical miles range Up to 12 months battery life
- Keywords
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- GALVANIZED
- BEACONS
- OF STEEL
- NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT
- LED
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in Accordance 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 (8907) Other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons.) GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level (8907 90 Other than inflatable rafts.) Also Classified in Accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) to 8907 Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) (7) to heading 8907.