Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/553 of 3 April 2018 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/553
• 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)

An article comprised of two tubes held by brackets, with a total length of approximately 150 cm and a diameter of each tube of approximately 0,8 cm. The tubes are welded and made of an aluminium alloy.

The article is designed to be used in motor vehicles to convey the cooling liquid from the engine to the heat exchanger under the dashboard of the vehicle.

See image  ( *1 ) .

7608 20 20

Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of CN codes 7608 , 7608 20 and 7608 20 20 .

Classification under CN code 8415 90 00 as parts of air-conditioning machines, under CN code 8419 90 85 as other parts of machinery for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature or under CN code 8708 91 99 as parts of radiators of motor vehicles is excluded, because, on the basis of its objective characteristics the article is not identifiable as being solely or principally suitable for use with such articles (see note 2 (b) to Section XVI and note 3 to Section XVII).

The article is therefore to be classified under CN code 7608 20 20 as aluminium tubes and pipes, of welded aluminium alloys.

( *1 )   The image is purely for information.