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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600015542
- Start date
- 05 Aug 2026
- Expiry date
- 04 Aug 2029
- Commodity code
- 9018902000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A main channel connector. Designed for cleaning and disinfecting endoscopes in conjunction with both automatic and manual disinfectors. Made from aluminium, rubber, steel, and plastic. To operate, it is inserted into the valve housing of the endoscope, secured with the locking collar and biopsy valve cap. For videoscopes, a water-resistant cap is fitted to the endoscope.
- Keywords
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- ALUMINIUM
- ENDOSCOPES
- OF PLASTICS
- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PARTS
- OF STEEL
- OF RUBBER
- CONNECTORS
- TUBES
- PART OF
- 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 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 this product by the terms of heading 901890 -Other instruments and appliances. 8 Digit code 90189020 - Endoscopes. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 90 Note 2 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) General Notes to Chapter 90 HSENs to heading 9018