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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016673
- Start date
- 15 Oct 2026
- Expiry date
- 14 Oct 2029
- Commodity code
- 9705100045 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A set of 10 dining chairs which were designed and made by Jean Royère in 1955. The chairs are made of stained oak wood, natural cane and upholstered in cotton fabric. The dimensions of each chair are 98.4cm x 44.5cm x 50.8 cm. The chairs were originally commissioned by a prominent Lebanese family and they have been documented in publications such as Jean Royère by Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier (Norma Edition 2017).
- Keywords
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- FABRIC
- OF CANE
- FURNITURE
- OAK WOOD
- OF COTTON
- FOR SITTING
- UPHOLSTERED
- CHAIRS
- DINING ROOM FURNITURE
- AS A COLLECTORS ITEM
- 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)). GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9705: 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: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to Chapter 97 - General Note (C). Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9705 - Note (A) (3).