Article 1
Open ↗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.
Source
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2246 of 30 November 2017 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2246 of 30 November 2017 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
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Article 2
Open ↗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
Open ↗This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX Description of the goods Classification (CN-code) Reasons (1) (2) (3) Unexposed aluminum plates (so-called ‘positive thermal plates with laser diode sensitivity’), rectangular in shape, with one side exceeding 255 mm in length, coated on one side with an emulsion (essentially containing alkali-soluble resin, one or more IR (infrared) dyes (photo thermal converter) and a solubility suppressor (colourant)) that is sensitive to infrared laser diodes at a wavelength of 830 nm. They are designed for use with CTP (Computer To Plate technology) equipment for medium to large print runs. To increase the life span of the finished product, the plates undergo a so-called ‘baking’ process to harden the image once it has been developed. 3701 30 00 Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, note 2 to Chapter 37 and by the wording of CN codes 3701 and 3701 30 00 . The product has the objective characteristics of an unexposed photographic plate covered with photosensitive material. Note 2 to Chapter 37 defines the word ‘photographic’ as related to the process by which visible images are formed, directly or indirectly, by the action of light or other forms of radiation on photosensitive surfaces. The photographic plates of Chapter 37 are those with one or more layers of any emulsion sensitive to light or other forms of radiation having sufficient energy to cause the necessary reaction in photon (or photo) sensitive materials, i.e. radiation of a wavelength no longer than approximately 1 300 nm in the electromagnetic spectrum (including gamma-rays, ultra-violet and near-infrared radiation) as well as particle (or nuclear) radiation, whether for reproduction in monochrome or colour (see also the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to Chapter 37). The wavelength of radiation sensitivity of the sensitised layer of these plates (830 nm) falls within the range of accepted wavelengths of heading 3701 . Classification under CN code 8442 50 00 as printing plates is consequently excluded as sensitised plates of heading 3701 are excluded from heading 8442 (see also the HSEN to heading 8442 , item (B) and HS Classification Opinion 3701.30/1 of 2015). The plates are therefore to be classified under CN code 3701 30 00 as other photographic plates, with any side exceeding 255 mm.
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