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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600015987
- Start date
- 11 Aug 2026
- Expiry date
- 10 Aug 2029
- Commodity code
- 9705100045 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A pair of Seguso Vetri d’Arte ceiling lights, made in Murano, Italy, in the 1950s for the Hotel Concordia in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Each light measures approximately 300 cm high and 80 cm in diameter and is made from pagliesco pulegoso glass, coloured glass and brass. Valued at £20,000–£30,000, they are rare examples of large-scale post-war Murano architectural lighting, with documented hotel provenance and archive confirmation from Seguso Vetri d’Arte.
- Keywords
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- AS A PAIR
- CEILING LIGHTS
- RARE
- 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 9075 - 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 9705100045 - 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. Also classified in accordance with: General Note (C) to Chapter 97 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) Note (A) (3) to heading 9705