Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1962 of 7 November 2016 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1962
• 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 which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 34(9) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

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)

Unassembled shower doors, designed to be mounted and fixed to the wall, consisting of the following components:

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two panels, made of single-pane-security glass (ESG EN 12150), measuring 2 100 × 860 × 6 mm (pivoting panel functioning as a door) and 2 100 × 810 × 6 mm (fixed/non pivoting panel),

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two aluminium profiles to be fixed on one side of each panel, measuring 2 100 × 25 mm containing rails, a plastic seal and four screw holes,

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knobs, beams, plates, hinges, clamps and other fixing devices made of high-grade steel,

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screws, hex keys, plugs and anchors,

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seals (a magnetic seal, for closing the door panels, and a bellows seal for sealing between fixed and movable parts).

The glass possesses a protection, having been soaked and processed, against lime, dirt and cleaning agent sediment.

See image of the article already assembled  ( *1 ) .

7020 00 80

Classification is determined by General Rules 1, 2(a), 3(b) and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of CN codes 7020 00 and 7020 00 80 .

The article is a composite good, presented unassembled, made up of different components. As the profiles are only on one side of each panel, the product is not considered to be set in a frame (see also the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature to Chapter 70, General, second paragraph). The profiles, fixing devices, screws, plugs, seals etc. are components of a subordinate character. It is therefore the glass that gives the product its essential character.

Classification under heading 7326 as other articles of steel or under heading 7610 as frames made of aluminium is therefore excluded.

Classification under heading 7013 as glassware of a kind used for toilet or similar purposes is also excluded, as only small movable articles are covered (see also the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes to heading 7013 , first paragraph, (2)).

Classification under heading 7007 as a safety glass is also excluded as this heading covers safety glass but not articles made thereof.

The article is therefore to be classified under CN code 7020 00 80 as other articles of glass.

( *1 )   The image is purely for information.