Buccal and saliva samples
Use: clinical trials, laboratory research and diagnostic testing
Packaging: saliva - collection tube or using a specialized collection device
Buccal - collected by using a sterile swab, placed in a transport medium or directly into a tube
Keywords
FOR DIAGNOSTIC USE
FOR LABORATORY USE
OF HUMAN ORIGIN
FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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 0511 - animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging - saliva - collection tube or using a specialized collection device, Buccal - collected by using a sterile swab, placed in a transport medium or directly into a tube
GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 051199 - other than specified elsewhere in this heading
8 digit code 05119985 - other than specified elsewhere in this heading
10 digit code 0511998590 other than elsewhere in the subheading
Also classified in accordance with
Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN)’s to chapter heading 0511
Note (A) to HSEN 30.01