Information for ruling 600014095
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 dining table, circa 1955, by the French designer Jean Royère. The table is crafted from stained oak-veneered wood, stained oak, glass, cane, painted wood, and brass. The tabletop features a cane-inlaid motif protected by a glass cover which enhances the detail of the pattern. The four tapered legs are finished with brass cuffs and decorative rods converging at a central brass ball. Measuring 76.5 x 370.2 x 110 cm, when fully extended the table was originally commissioned by a family in Lebanon. The balanced proportions, fine joinery, and mixtures of materials demonstrate Royère’s craftsmanship. The table is documented in publications, including Jean Royère by Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier (Norma Editions, 2002 and 2017), where it is photographed in its original setting.
- Keywords
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- FURNITURE
- OF WOOD
- OF HISTORIC INTEREST
- AS A COLLECTORS ITEM
- ARTICLES OF WOOD
- 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).