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.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/81 of 16 January 2018 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/81 of 16 January 2018 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
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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 .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX Description of the goods Classification (CN-code) Reasons (1) (2) (3) Electrical apparatus for skin treatment and hair removal by means of laser technology, using two lasers of different wavelengths (755 and 1Β 064 nm). It has dimensions of approximately 104 Γ 38 Γ 64 cm and a weight of 82 kg. The treatment for which it is presented includes hair removal, cosmetic rejuvenation, treatment of facial and leg veins, treatment of uneven pigmentation (for example, sun spots), and treatment of other vascular and benign pigmented lesions. The apparatus is designed to be used both in beauty parlours without the intervention of medical practitioners and in authorised medical centres under the supervision of medical practitioners. See image Β ( *1 ) . 8543Β 70Β 90 Classification is determined by general rules 1, andΒ 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, and by the wording of CN codes 8543 , 8543Β 70 and 8543Β 70Β 90 . The fact that the apparatus mainly brings about aesthetic improvement, it may be operated outside of a medical environment (in a beauty parlour) and without the intervention of a practitioner indicates that the apparatus is not intended for medical use. The apparatus can also treat one or more different pathologies but this treatment can be also carried out outside of a medical environment and there are thus not sufficient indications capable of establishing that the apparatus is intended for medical use (see Case C-547/13, Oliver Medical, ECLI:EU:C:2015:139). Classification under headingΒ 9018 as an apparatus used in medical science is therefore excluded. Consequently, the apparatus is to be classified under CN code 8543Β 70Β 90 as an electrical apparatus, having an individual function, not specified or included elsewhere in Chapter 85. ( *1 ) Β Β The image is purely for information.
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