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Information for ruling 600012839

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
10 Apr 2025
Expiry date
09 Apr 2028
Description
Used and spent lithium batteries. Their previous use was in electric vehicles. They will be sent for Recycling -
Keywords
  • LITHIUM BATTERIES
  • CONTAINING NICKEL
  • BY ELECTRICAL ACCUMULATORS
  • RECYCLED MATERIALS
  • BATTERIES
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 8549 - Electrical and electronic waste and scrap GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 854913 - Sorted by chemical type and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury 8 Digit Code 85491320 - Spent electric accumulators Also classified in accordance with: Sub-Heading Note 5 to Heading 8549 Harmonised system explanatory notes (HSENs) to 8549