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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016370
- Start date
- 14 Oct 2026
- Expiry date
- 13 Oct 2029
- Commodity code
- 9018509000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A curved aluminium mounting which is designed for installation between the headband assembly and optical unit of an indirect ophthalmoscope. The component supports and positions the optical unit on the head-mounted ophthalmic examination device used for examination of the eye.
- Keywords
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- OPHTHALMIC EQUIPMENT
- FOR TESTING
- EYES
- PARTS
- MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- OF STAINLESS STEEL
- 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 the goods to subheading level 901850 - Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances. 8-digit code 90185090 - Optical. Also classified in accordance with: - Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to Chapter 90 - Note 2(b) . Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9018 - Note (I) (C) (2).