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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016372
- Start date
- 22 Oct 2026
- Expiry date
- 21 Oct 2029
- Commodity code
- 9001900090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- An unmounted magnifying optical doublet made from optical glass, consisting of two optically worked lenses bonded together. It is designed for use within the illumination system of an ophthalmic testing instrument. The doublet provides magnification and does not alter light intensity by filtering or attenuating the light passing through it. It is presented separately and is not incorporated into another assembly.
- Keywords
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- OPHTHALMIC EQUIPMENT
- OF GLASS
- FOR TESTING
- EYES
- PARTS
- MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- 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 9001 - Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 8544; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 900190 - Other. 10 digit code 9001900090 - other than for use in civil aircraft. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 90 Note 2 (a). Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to 9001 (C).