8415 81 00 — Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated: other: incorporating a refrigerating unit and a valve for reversal of the cooling/heat cycle (reversible heat pumps)

8415 Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated (+): 8415 10 – Of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system" 8415 20 – Of a kind used for persons, in motor vehicles – Other: 8415 81 – – Incorporating a refrigerating unit and a valve for reversal of the cooling/heat cycle (reversible heat pumps) 8415 82 – – Other, incorporating a refrigerating unit 8415 83 – – Not incorporating a refrigerating unit 8415 90 – Parts

This heading covers installations which maintain temperature and humidity conditions in enclosed spaces. These installations may be equipped with air purifiers. They are installed in offices, houses, public places, on ships, in automobiles, etc., as well as in some industrial premises where special atmospheric conditions are required (for example, textile, paper, tobacco and food industries). This heading covers only installations (1) equipped with a fan or a supercharger with an engine; and (2) intended to vary both temperature (heating or cooling or both) and humidity (wetting or draining or both) of air; and (3) in which the elements referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are presented together. In these installations, air humidifiers and dehumidifiers can be separated from the elements for heating or cooling. However, some types have only one device capable of changing air temperature and humidity by condensing. These air conditioners cool and drain the air (condensation of water vapor on a cold coil) of the rooms where they are installed, and in the presence of an outdoor air intake, they cool and drain the mixture of outdoor and indoor air. They are usually provided with a pallet in which condensate is collected. Installations can be monoblock, including all necessary elements, such as window or wall type in a single housing (known as "through the wall" blocks). Or they can be in the form of “split systems” that act when connected, that is, a capacitor unit designed for outdoor placement, together with an evaporation unit designed for internal placement. Such “split systems” do not have airways and use a separate evaporator for each area in which air conditioning is required (e.g., in each room). The air conditioners of this heading must have, in addition to a fan with an engine or a supercharger to ensure the circulation of air, at least the following elements: an air heating device (using tubes of hot water, steam or hot air or electrical resistance, etc.) and an air humidifier (composed usually of a water sprayer) or a dehumidifier; or

cold water coil or refrigeration unit evaporator (both change the temperature and humidity of the air by condensation); or another type of cooling element with a separate device that changes the humidity of the air. In some cases, the dehumidifier uses the hygroscopic properties of absorbent materials. This heading covers, inter alia, reversible heat pumps designed as a single system equipped with a cooling/heating cycle switching valve to perform the dual function of heating and cooling the room. In the cooling cycle, the reversible valve directs a stream of high-pressure hot vapor to the heat exchanger of the outer unit, where the heat released during the condensation process is dissipated by the fan in the outside air, and then the liquefied refrigerant enters the heat exchanger of the inner unit, where it evaporates, absorbing heat and cooling the air that moves in the room by the fan. In the heating cycle, switching the reversible valve causes the refrigerant flow direction to change so that heat is released indoors. Air conditioners can be provided by heating or cooling means from an external source. They are usually equipped with air filters. Filters consist of one or more layers of filtering material, often moistened in oil (textile material, glass wool, steel or copper "wool", vent sheet, etc.), through which air passes to remove the contained dust, etc. Air conditioners can be equipped with devices to regulate or automatically control air temperature and humidity. This heading also includes devices which, although not equipped with a device for separately adjusting air humidity, alter its condensation. Examples of such devices are the above-mentioned monoblock installations and split systems, which use a separate evaporator for each area in which air conditioning is necessary (for example, in each room), as well as refrigerator devices consisting of a cooling evaporator combined with a blower equipped with an engine. Also included are the enclosed space heating/cooling units (truck, trailer or container) consisting of a compressor, condenser and engine mounted in an outdoor housing and a fan and evaporator housed inside. However, this heading does not include refrigeration units designed to maintain a fixed temperature well below 0°C in enclosed compartments (e.g. trucks, trailers or containers) and having a heating system to raise the temperature of the chamber within specified limits if the outside temperature is very low. This equipment is classified in heading 8418 as refrigeration or freezer equipment in which the heating function is of secondary importance to the primary function of keeping perishable products chilled during transport. In accordance with the provisions of Note 2(b) to Section XVI, this heading includes separately presented internal and external units of a compression-type air conditioning unit of that heading. The remaining parts of air conditioners (including those intended for fitting into stand-alone units) shall be classified in accordance with the provisions of Note 2(a) to Section XVI (headings 8414, 8418, 8419, 8421, 8479, etc.) or, if Note 2(a) is not applicable, in accordance with Note 2(b) or 2(c) to Section XVI in

whether or not they are identifiable as suitable for use solely or principally with the air conditioning machines of which they are parts. This heading excludes: (a) air heaters and hot air distributors of heading 7322, which may also distribute fresh or conditioned air; (b) non-reversible heat pumps of heading 8418 and refrigerating chambers of air conditioning machines (heading 8418); (c) appliances which, although incorporating a motor-driven fan, have the sole function of changing either the temperature or the humidity of the air (headings 8479, 8516, etc.). Subheading Explanatory Notes. Subheading 8415 10 This subheading covers air conditioning machines of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system". The terms "of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling, floor" refer to the possibility of a more or less permanent corresponding placement or installation, taking into account such factors as dimensions, weight, physical construction (e.g., the presence or absence of castors or handles), interconnections, etc. Self-contained air conditioners are made as a single unit combining all the necessary elements in one housing. "Split-system" air conditioners do not use ducting and use a separate evaporator for each zone in which the air is to be conditioned (e.g., in each room). The indoor heat exchange unit may be installed in various locations, e.g., on a wall or in a window, or on a ceiling or floor. However, this subheading excludes central air conditioning systems in which the cooled air from the evaporator is delivered through ducting to the zones to be cooled. Subheading 8415 20 This subheading covers equipment intended mainly for passenger motor vehicles of all kinds, but which may also be used in motor vehicles of other kinds for conditioning the air in cabins or compartments in which persons are accommodated. Subheading 8415 90 This subheading covers both the indoor and the outdoor units of split-system air conditioning machines of subheading 8415 10, presented separately. The units are designed to be connected by electrical wiring and copper tubing, through which the refrigerant circulates between the outdoor and indoor units.

Notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. This group does not include:

(a) millstones, grinding stones or other articles of Chapter 68;

(b) equipment or devices (e.g. pumps) of ceramic materials and ceramic parts of machinery or devices of any material (Chapter 69);

(c) laboratory glassware (heading 7017); equipment, devices or other articles for technical purposes or parts thereof of glass (heading 7019 or 7020);

(d) articles of heading 7321 or 7322 or similar articles of other base metals (Chapters 74 to 76 or 78 to 81);

(e) vacuum cleaners of heading 8508;

(f) electromechanical household appliances of heading 8509; digital cameras of heading 8525;

(g) radiators for articles of Section XVII; or

(h) manual mechanical brushes for floor cleaning, without engine (heading 9603).

2. Subject to the provisions of Note 3 to Section XVI and Note 11 to this Chapter, a machine or device which meets the description in one or more of headings 8401 to 8424 or heading 8486 and at the same time the description in one or more headings 8425 to 8480 is included in the relevant heading of the first series of headings or in heading 8486 as the case may be, and not in the second series.

(A) However, heading 8419 does not cover:

(i) seed germination equipment, incubators or brooders (heading 8436);

(ii) machinery for wetting grains (heading 8437);

(iii) diffusion apparatus for the extraction of sugary juice (heading 8438);

(iv) equipment for the heat treatment of textile yarn, textile materials or finished textile articles (heading 8451); or

machining equipment, assemblies or laboratory equipment in which temperature change, even if necessary, is an auxiliary process.

(B) Heading 8422 does not cover:

(i) sewing machines for sewing bags or similar packagings (heading 8452); or

(ii) office equipment of heading 8472.

(C) Heading 8424 does not cover:

(i) paint-blasting printing presses (heading 8443); or

(ii) water jet cutting machines (heading 8456).

3. A machine for processing any material which corresponds to the description of heading 8456 and simultaneously to the description of heading 8457 to 8461, 8464 or 8465 is classified in heading 8456.

4. Heading 8457 covers only metalworking machines other than lathes (including multipurpose lathes) which may perform different types of machining operations by:

(a) the automatic replacement of tools from a tool store or similar device in accordance with the processing program(s);

(b) the automatic application simultaneously or sequentially of different processing heads operating at a fixed workpiece (assembly single-position machines); or

(c) automatic movement of the workpiece to various processing heads (multi-position machines).

5. For the purposes of heading 8462, the term “longitudinal cutting line” for flat products means a process line consisting of a winder, a correct device, a longitudinal cutting device and a winder. The term “cross-cutting line” for flat products means a process line consisting of a unwinder, a correct device and a cutting device.

6. (A) For the purposes of heading 8471, the term “computers” means machines capable of:

(i) store the processing program or programs and at least the information currently necessary to execute the program;

(ii) be freely reprogrammable according to user requirements;

(iii) perform user-defined arithmetic calculations; and

(iv) perform, without human intervention, a processing program requiring the computer to modify its actions by making logical decisions during processing.

(B) Computing machines can be made in the form of systems consisting of a different number of individual blocks.

(C) Subject to the provisions of Notes (D) and (E) below, a block shall be treated as part of a computing system if it satisfies all of the following conditions:

(i) exclusively or principally used in a computing system;

(ii) is capable of being connected to the central processing unit either directly or through one or more other units; and

(iii) is capable of receiving or presenting information in such form (codes or signals) as may be used by the system.

Separately presented computer units are classified in heading 8471.

However, keyboards, X-Y-coordinate input devices and disk storage units which satisfy the conditions laid down in Notes (B) (ii) and (B) (iii) above are in all cases to be regarded as blocks of heading 8471.

(D) Heading 8471 does not cover the following devices, presented separately, even if they meet all the conditions of Note 6(C) above:

(i) printers, copiers, facsimile machines, combined or not;

(ii) apparatus for receiving or transmitting voice, images or other data, including apparatus for providing communications over a wired or wireless communication network (for example, on a local or wide area network);

(iii) loudspeakers and microphones;

(iv) television cameras, digital cameras and video recording cameras;

(v) monitors and projectors not combined with television reception equipment.

(E) Machines containing or working in conjunction with a computer and performing specific functions other than information processing are classified in the headings according to their specific functions or, if this is not possible, in the residual headings.

7. Heading 8482, inter alia, covers polished steel balls whose maximum and minimum diameter does not differ from the nominal diameter by more than 1% or by more than 0.05 mm, whichever is smaller. Other steel balls are classified in heading 7326.

8. A machine which is used for more than one purpose shall be classified as if its primary purpose were the only one.

Subject to the provisions of Note 2 to this Chapter and Note 3 to Section XVI, a machine whose primary purpose is not described in any heading or a machine in which none of its functions is primary is classified in heading 8479, unless the context otherwise provides. Heading 8479 also includes machinery for the manufacture of ropes or ropes (e.g. knitting machines) from metal wire, textile yarn or other materials or from a combination of such materials.

9. For the purposes of heading 8470, the term “pocket” applies only to devices not exceeding 170 x 100 x 45 mm.

10. For the purposes of heading 8485, the term additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing) means the formation of physical objects based on a digital model by successively adding and layering, sealing and curing a material (e.g., metal, plastics or ceramics).

Subject to the provisions of Note 1 to Section XVI and Note 1 to Chapter 84, machines as described in heading 8485 are classified in that heading and no other heading of the Nomenclature.

11. (A) Notes 12(a) and 12(b) to Chapter 85 also apply to the terms “semiconductor devices” and “electronic integrated circuits”, respectively, as used in this note and in heading 8486. However, in this note and in heading 8486, the term "semiconductor devices" also applies to photosensitive semiconductor devices and LEDs.

(B) In this note and in heading 8486, the term “plane display panel production” covers the fabrication of a flat panel of substrates. It does not cover the production of glass or the installation of printed circuit boards or other electronic components on flat panels. The term "flat display panel" does not apply to cathode ray tube technology.

(C) Heading 8486 also includes machinery and apparatus used exclusively or principally for:

(i) producing or eliminating defects in masks and patterns;

assemblies of semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits;

(iii) lifting, manipulating, loading or unloading boules, plates, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits and flat display panels.

(D) Subject to the provisions of Note 1 to Section XVI and Note 1 to Chapter 84, machinery meeting the description in heading 8486 is classified in this heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature.

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheading 8465 20, the term ‘machining centres’ applies only to machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, which can carry out different types of machining operations by automatic tool change from a magazine or the like in conformity with a machining programme.

2. For the purposes of subheading 8471 49, the term ‘systems’ means automatic data-processing machines whose units satisfy the conditions laid down in note 6(C) to Chapter 84 and which comprise at least a central processing unit, one input unit (for example, a keyboard or a scanner), and one output unit (for example, a visual display unit or a printer).

3. For the purposes of subheading 8481 20, the expression ‘valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions’ means valves which are used specifically in the transmission of ‘fluid power’ in a hydraulic or pneumatic system, where the energy source is supplied in the form of pressurized fluids (liquid or gas). These valves may be of any type (for example, pressure-reducing type, check type). Subheading 8481 20 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 8481.

4. Subheading 8482 40 applies only to bearings with cylindrical rollers of a uniform diameter not exceeding 5 mm and having a length which is at least three times the diameter. The ends of the rollers may be rounded.

Additional notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 8407 10 and 8409 10, the term “aviation engines” shall apply only to engines intended for assembly with an air or rotor.

2. В подсубпозицию 8471 70 300 0 также включаются устройства считывания компакт-дисков, являющиеся запоминающими устройствами вычислительных машин, которые предназначены для считывания сигналов с CD-ROM, аудиокомпакт-дисков и фотокомпакт-дисков и снабжены разъемом для наушников, регулятором громкости или кнопкой пуск/стоп.

Additional notes of the Eurasian Economic Union

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of subheading 8482 10 900 1, the term “gross mass” means the total mass of the goods with all kinds of packaging materials and packagings ensuring their safety during storage and transport. The total weight of the goods does not include the mass of packaging materials or containers that are clearly suitable for reuse.

2. For the purposes of subheading 8415 81 001 0, the term “special production facilities” means premises in which the maintenance of precise values of temperature and humidity is due to the operational requirements of the equipment installed therein, such as machines, computers, switching equipment, surgical equipment, etc., or to the operations performed therein.

3. In subheadings 8427 20 190 1, 8427 90 000 1 and 8436 80 100 1, the date of manufacture shall be determined on the basis of the technical documentation of the manufacturer (technical passport, instruction manual) and the manufacturer's plate, which shall be fixed in a conspicuous, easily accessible place of the machinery and shall not be replaced during operation. If the manufacturer's technical documentation and the manufacturer's plate contain conflicting information about the date of manufacture or there is no information about the manufacturer of the equipment on the date of manufacture, then this technique is considered a technique, since the release of which more than 3 years have passed.

If the manufacturer's information indicates only the year of manufacture, then the date of manufacture of the equipment is considered 1 July of the year of manufacture; if the month and year of manufacture are indicated, the date of manufacture is the 15th day of the month specified in the manufacturer's information.

4. For the purpose of classification of goods in subheading 8482 10 900 1 in the states, whose territories constitute the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, when applying the term "French border of the country of importation", the country of import is understood as the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.

5. For the purpose of subheading 8407 10 000 3, the term “take-off power” means the maximum power developed by an aircraft piston engine.

“Take-off power” is specified in the technical documentation and (or) accompanying documents, measured in kilowatts or horsepower (1 kW corresponds to 1.35962 hp).

6. В подсубпозиции 8421 99 000 5 термин «элементы мембранные рулонного типа для фильтрования или очистки жидкостей» означает устройства цилиндрической формы, состоящие из:

- internal plastic perforated tube on which spirally wound membrane bags;

- drainage material located between membrane bags and glued to them on three sides.

The membrane package consists of a twice folded band of membrane containing an extruded grid inside.

At the ends of the membrane roll-type element, fixing discs and sealing cuffs can be installed.

7. For the purposes of subheading 8415 20 000 2, the term “in a single enclosure” refers to air conditioning units (air conditioners) in which all the elements are combined in a single enclosure, frame or platform.

The term "in a single housing" also applies to air conditioning units (air conditioners) in which the refrigeration compressor, which is part of a given air conditioning unit (air conditioner), is located separately, that is, not combined with the rest of the elements in one housing, on one frame or on one platform.