Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 602/2011 of 20 June 2011 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) No 602/2011
• 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 product comprising a bolt with a washer, an expandable anchor sleeve and a nut, all made of stainless steel.

The bolt has a hexagonal head, is 55 mm long, threaded throughout and has a tensile strength of 490 MPa.

The anchor sleeve is 42 mm long with an external diameter of 10 mm when not expanded. It is not threaded.

The product is used for fixing articles to a hard substance, such as a concrete wall, by first inserting the anchor sleeve, with the nut inside, in a drilled hole and then inserting and fastening the bolt. As the bolt is fastened, the nut is drawn towards to head of the bolt, causing the anchor sleeve to expand, securing the article firmly to the hard substance.

7318 19 00

Classification is determined by General Rules (GIR) 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of CN codes 7318 and 7318 19 00 .

The product is not composite goods within the meaning of GIR 3 (b) as the individual components together constitute a single product, an expansion bolt. Classification according to the component that gives the product its essential character is therefore excluded.

Classification under subheading 7318 15 as a bolt, whether or not with its nuts and washers, is excluded, because the anchor sleeve is a product other than a nut or a washer.

Given its characteristics, the product is therefore to be classified under CN code 7318 19 00 as other threaded articles.