Information for ruling 600011610
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Expiry date
- 30 Oct 2027
- Commodity code
- 9021901000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Monitor earphone adaptor This product is a monitor earphone adaptor (MEA) is a sandwich module which is connected between the processing unit and the battery module when in operation. With the monitor earphones and adaptor, a carer or audiologist can use the earphones to check that the hearing aid is receiving sound and that functions are working correctly. The adapter itself is enabling the earphones, included in the kit, to be connected to hearing aid processing unit. It is made up of two plastic mouldings, which house a PCBA (printed circuit board assembly), a NEUF socket and NEUF plug and 3.5mm audio jack. The product is made from hard plastic, is black in colour, includes a PCBA with 3 types of socket/plugs. Packed in a sealed bag. The earphone adaptor is sold online and via official authorised distributors and hospitals.
- Keywords
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- EARPHONES
- ADJUSTABLE
- HEARING AID PARTS
- HEARING AIDS
- ACCESSORIES
- OF PLASTIC
- 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 (GIRS): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of Heading 9021 - Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability. GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to Subheading Level 902190 – Other than elsewhere specified. 8 Digit Code: 90219010 - Parts and accessories of hearing aids. Also classified in accordance with: Note 2b to Chapter 90 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to Heading 9021