Information for ruling 600013417
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 24 Jul 2025
- Expiry date
- 23 Jul 2028
- Commodity code
- 8703409090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A Ferrari prototype racing car manufactured in 2013. The 1.6 litre engine a Ferrari type 059/3 which is a hybrid petrol engine fuelled by 94.25% petrol and 5.75% biofuel. A unique engine as it was Ferrari’s first hybrid power unit (which the car was the testbed for) and was developed specifically and only for this car and the 2014 F1 cars. The system fitted to this car is ‘KERS’ – kinetic energy recovery system. It works by capturing energy lost during braking and storing it in a battery, giving the driver a short-term ‘free’ energy boost. Although the system did reduce CO2 emissions, the primary goal was to explore the potential of hybridisation as a means of enhancing performance of Ferrari F1 cars. As such the development team were tasked with using this car to help assess the trade-off between the system’s extra weight and the lap time gains the extra power resulted in. The high voltage battery pack consists of 120 cells split into eight modules, and was assembled by the F1 racing department. The pack was secured inside a Kevlar case and isolated from the cabin by a glass layer. Inverters and two direct current converters controlled the power delivery resulting in the correct integration between the combustion engine and the e-motor. This Ferrari prototype racing car was designed, built and solely used to test for Ferrari F1 for competitive racing, and is in its original state without any substantial changes to the chassis and bodywork. Please note the batteries are not currently fitted into the car. This car was revealed to the media in 2014 as the first and only prototype for Ferrari’s proposed entry into the World Endurance Sports Car Championship and was tested on track extensively by Ferrari drivers. It has since been on display for over a decade in the official Ferrari Factory Museum and will eventually go to shows for private or public display.
- Keywords
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- FOR TESTING
- HYBRID ENGINE
- HYBRIDS
- MOTOR CARS
- BY PETROL ENGINE
- RACING CARS
- USED
- 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 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 870340 - Other vehicles, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power 8 digit code 87034090 - Used 10 digit code 8703409090 - Other than of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000 cm3 Also classified in accordance with: Additional note 1 to chapter 97 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) part (A3) to heading 9705 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) (2a) to heading 8703