Information for ruling 600014094
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Expiry date
- 12 Jan 2029
- Commodity code
- 9705100044 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A sideboard designed by Jean Royère in 1955. The sideboard is crafted from stained oak and features three cane-detailed front panels, a hallmark of Royère’s work. The piece features a lower plinth and rests on the floor with four round feet. The sideboard features clean lines, balanced proportions, and precise joinery, demonstrating Royère’s craftsmanship. Originally commissioned by a Lebanese family, it is documented in publications such as Jean Royère by Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier (Norma Editions, 2002 and 2017).
- Keywords
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- AS COLLECTOR ITEM
- OF WOOD
- ARTICLES OF WOOD
- FURNITURE
- 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)). GIR 1 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9705 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 970510 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic or historical interest. 10 Digit code 9705100044 - Property relating to history, including the history of science and technology and military and social history, to the life of national leaders, thinkers, scientists and artists and to events of national importance; other than more than 200 years old; collectors’ pieces of wood. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) to Chapter 97 - General Note (C). Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's to heading 9705 - Note (A) (3).