Commission Regulation (EC) No 215/2009 of 18 March 2009 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 215/2009
• 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 twentieth day following that of 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)

A so-called ‘radio tuner module’, designed to be incorporated in radio-broadcast receivers of the kind used in motor vehicles, together with other components such as a power supply unit, signal processors, audio amplifiers and channel memorisation circuits.

The module consists of a radio frequency block, an intermediate frequency block and AM/FM demodulation circuits.

The module isolates radio frequency and demodulates the audio signal without any further processing.

8527 29 00

Classification is determined by General Rules 1, 2(a) and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of CN codes 8527 and 8527 29 00 .

As the module has all the necessary components (a radio frequency block, an intermediate frequency block and AM/FM demodulation circuits) for receiving and processing radio-broadcasts, it is to be considered, by virtue of General Rule 2(a), to have the essential character of a complete or finished product of heading 8527 . The module is therefore to be classified under that heading.

Classification under heading 8529 as a part suitable for use solely or principally with an apparatus of heading 8527 is therefore excluded.

The module is therefore to be classified under heading 8527 as a radio-broadcast receiver not capable of operating without an external source of power, of a kind used in motor vehicles.