Information for ruling 600014868
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 05 Mar 2026
- Expiry date
- 04 Mar 2029
- Commodity code
- 9018908400 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- This product is a disposable “waste bag” designed for the collection and containment of general waste. It is part of the Siemens RP Series blood gas analyser. The bag goes into this medical device Siemens RAPID Point 500e blood-gas / blood-analysis system. The RAPID Point 500e is a compact, bench-top blood gas analyser designed for point-of-care or laboratory use. The RAPID Point 500e is especially useful for critically ill patients or emergency settings, where fast, accurate blood-gas, electrolyte and haemoglobin data are needed to monitor respiratory function, acid–base balance, oxygenation status, metabolic state and other vital.
- Keywords
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- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
- WASTE
- BAGS
- OF PVC
- OF PLASTIC
- 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 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub heading level 901890 - other instruments and appliances 8 Digit Code 90189084 - other than elsewhere specified within this heading Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 9018