Commission Regulation (EC) No 1141/2008 of 13 November 2008 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 1141/2008
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2 of that table.

Article 2

Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Description of the goods

Classification

(CN code)

Reasons

(1)

(2)

(3)

Linear motion system comprising a slide mechanism with two grooves and a rectangular casing enclosing bearing balls.

The casing moves along the grooves in the slide mechanism by means of the bearing balls.

The linear motion system is used with different kinds of machines, for example, goods handling equipment, machine tools or DVD players.

8482 10 90

Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 2(a) to Section XVI and by the wording of CN codes 8482 , 8482 10 and 8482 10 90 .

Since the linear motion system can be used with different kinds of machines it cannot be considered as a part suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine within the meaning of Note 2(b) to Section XVI. Classification of the system as a part of a machine under a heading such as 8431 , 8466 or 8522 is therefore excluded.

The linear motion system is considered to be a slide mechanism with bearing balls of the free-travelling type of heading 8482 (see also the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 8482 , (A), (3)).

As the linear motion system is a product specified in heading 8482 , it is to be classified in that heading in accordance with Note 2(a) to Section XVI.