Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 553/2012 of 19 June 2012 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) No 553/2012
• 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)

An unthreaded article of steel, other than stainless steel, with a hexagon head, a tensile strength of 1 040 MPa and dimensions of 160 mm (length), 32 mm (head size) and 16 mm (shank diameter).

It is to be further worked into finished goods of heading 7318 , after presentation.

7318 15 89

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 7318 , 7318 15 and 7318 15 89 .

As the article is not ready for direct use, has the approximate shape of the finished article and can only be used for completion into a finished article of heading 7318 , it is considered to be an unfinished article within the meaning of General Interpretative Rule (GIR) 2(a), being a blank (see also the HS Explanatory Notes to GIR 2(a), point (II) and to heading 7318 , part (A), fifth paragraph).

Given its objective characteristics, such as its shape, hexagon head and tensile strength, it is considered to be an unfinished article of CN code 7318 15 89 .

The article is therefore to be classified under CN code 7318 15 89 .