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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600015932
- Start date
- 15 Sep 2026
- Expiry date
- 14 Sep 2029
- Commodity code
- 8479899790 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- An automated system for the contained sterile transfer of media between processing steps typically used in the pharmaceutical industry to protect products being produced from contamination and to reduce the potential release of toxic ingredients into the production environment. It is constructed mainly of stainless steel and consists of a connecting port interface and split butterfly valve connected to a retractable elastomeric chute housed within a chamber all controlled by a system of gears and motors. The passive will be packaged individually but several of these packages may be grouped together into one larger box or included in the active packaging where space allows.
- Keywords
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- SPECIAL MATERIALS
- TRANSFERS
- STERILE
- BY ELECTRIC MOTOR
- GEARS AND GEARING
- 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 8479 - Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter GIR 5 (b) has been used to identify normal packaging for transport GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 8479.89 – Other than elsewhere specified Code to 8 digits - 84798997 – Other than elsewhere specified Code to 10 digits - 8479899790 – Other than elsewhere specified Also classified in accordance with :- Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 8479 part (A)