Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1125/2012 of 26 November 2012 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1125/2012
• 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)

A microprocessor-controlled hand-held machine (so-called "electronic hot air blowing gun"), for generating temperatures of between 50 and 630 °C, with a maximum output power of 2 000  W and dimensions of approximately 26 × 20 × 9 cm.

The machine comprises:

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a heating element,

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a fan with a motor for blowing air at 3 different speeds,

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a display for indicating the temperature.

The machine is for use by craftsmen, for example, in stripping paint, shrinking tubing on cables, forming PVC, soft soldering, welding and joining plastic, welding plastic pipes and rods and foil welding.

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8419 89 98

Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 2 to Chapter 84 and by the wording of CN codes 8419 , 8419 89 and 8419 89 98 .

As the machine is designed for use by craftsmen and is not of a kind normally used in households, classification under heading 8516 as an electrothermic appliance of a kind used for domestic purposes is excluded.

The machine corresponds to the descriptions of both headings 8419 and 8467 . In accordance with Note 2 to Chapter 84, classification under heading 8467 as a tool for working in the hand with self-contained electric motor is excluded.

The machine is therefore to be classified under CN code 8419 89 98 as machinery for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature.

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