9018 90 200 0 — Endoscopes used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences

9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments (+): – Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): 9018 11 – – Electro-cardiographs 9018 12 – – Ultrasonic scanning apparatus 9018 13 – – Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus 9018 14 – – Scintigraphic apparatus 9018 19 – – Other 9018 20 – Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus – Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like:

9018 31 – – syringes, with or without needles 9018 32 – – tubular metal needles and suture needles 9018 39 – – other – other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: 9018 41 – – dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment 9018 49 – – other 9018 50 – other ophthalmic instruments and appliances 9018 90 – other instruments and appliances

This heading covers a very wide range of instruments and appliances which, in the majority of cases, are used only in professional practice (e.g., by physicians, surgeons, dentists, veterinary surgeons, midwives), either to make a diagnosis, to prevent or treat illness, or to operate, etc. Instruments and appliances for anatomical work or for autopsies, dissection, etc., are also included, as are, under certain conditions, instruments and appliances for dental laboratories (see Part (II) below). The instruments of this heading may be made of any material (including precious metals). This heading excludes: (a) sterile catgut and other sterile suture materials, sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents (heading 3006); (b) diagnostic or laboratory reagents of heading 3822; (c) hygienic or pharmaceutical articles of heading 4014; (d) laboratory, pharmaceutical or hygienic glassware of heading 7017; (e) sanitary ware of base metal (in particular, headings 7324, 7418 and 7615); (f) manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (heading 8214); (g) carriages for disabled persons (heading 8713); (h) spectacles, goggles and similar optical articles, corrective, protective or other (heading 9004); (ij) cameras (heading 9006), unless they are permanently built into instruments or appliances of this heading; (k) microscopes, etc., of heading 9011 or 9012; (l) disc calculators used to calculate lung function, body mass index, etc., of heading 9017; (m) mechano-therapy, oxygen therapy, ozone therapy, artificial respiration and aerosol therapy appliances, massage apparatus, etc., of heading 9019; (n) orthopaedic appliances, artificial parts of the body and fracture appliances, including such appliances for animals (heading 9021); (o) X-ray apparatus, etc. (whether or not for medical use) of heading 9022; (p) clinical thermometers (heading 9025); (q) instruments and apparatus used in laboratories for the analysis of blood, tissue fluids, urine, etc., whether or not these analyses serve diagnostic purposes (generally heading 9027);

(r) medical or surgical furniture, including furniture for veterinary use (operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds), dentists' chairs not incorporating dental appliances of this heading, etc. (heading 9402). However, this heading covers specialised measuring instruments used exclusively in professional practice, such as cephalometers, measuring callipers for measuring cerebral lesions, obstetric pelvimeters, etc. It should also be noted that many of the instruments used in medicine or surgery (human or veterinary) are essentially ordinary hand tools (e.g., hammers, dental mallets, saws, chisels, gouges, forceps, pincers, spatulas, etc.) or cutlery (scissors, knives, etc.). Such articles are therefore classified in this heading only if they are clearly identifiable as intended for medical or surgical use by reason of their special shape, the ease with which they can be dismantled for sterilisation, their superior quality of manufacture, the nature of their constituent metals or the way they are put up (often in cases or boxes containing a set of instruments for a particular operation: obstetrics, autopsies, gynaecology, eye or ear surgery, veterinary obstetric sets, etc.). The instruments and appliances classified here may be fitted with optical devices; they may also use electricity, either as motive power, or for transmission, or as a prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic agent. This heading also covers instruments and appliances using laser or other light or photon beam processes, and ultrasonic instruments and appliances. (I) INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES FOR MEDICINE OR SURGERY This category covers: (A) Instruments which may be used under the same name for several purposes, for example: (1) Needles (suture, ligature, vaccination, blood-test, hypodermic, etc.). (2) Lancets (vaccination, blood-letting, etc.). (3) Trocars (for punctures) (gall bladder, general purpose, etc.). (4) Surgical knives and scalpels of all kinds. (5) Probes (prostate, bladder, urethral, etc.). (6) Dilators (nasal, oral, laryngeal, rectal, vaginal, etc.). (7) Mirrors and reflectors (eye, laryngeal, ear, etc.). (8) Scissors, forceps, pincers, chisels, gouges, neurologists' hammers, dental mallets, saws, scrapers, spatulas. (9) Hollow needles, catheters, aspiration tubes, etc. (10) Cauteries (thermo-cauteries, galvano-cauteries, micro-cauteries, etc.). (11) Tweezers; holders for dressings, swabs, sponges or needles (including radium needle holders). (12) Retractors (lip, jaw, abdominal hooks, tonsil hooks, liver retractors, etc.).

(13) Dilators (for the larynx, urethra, esophagus, dilators of the cervical canal, etc.). (14) Wire guides used to insert catheters, needles, tissue expanders, endoscopes and atherectomic devices. (15) Brackets (for stitches, etc.). (16) Syringes (glass, metal, glass and metal, plastics, etc.) of all kinds, for example, injection, puncture, for anesthesia, douching, wound washing, aspiration (with or without a pump), for eyes, ears, throat, uterine, gynecological, etc. (17) Surgical staplers for braces installation to close the wound. (B) Special diagnostic devices and apparatus. These include: (1) Stethoscopes. (2) Instruments for measuring respiratory rate (to determine the basic exchange). (3) Sphygmomanometers, tonometers and oscillo meters (to measure blood pressure). (4) Spirometers (to determine lung volume). (5) Cephalometers. (6) Tasometers. (C) Instruments for the study of vision. They fall into different categories: (1) Surgical instruments, such as corneal trefins, keratomas. (2) Diagnostic devices such as ophthalmoscopes; binocular magnifiers with headbands and binocular-type microscopes consisting of a microscope, an electric lamp with a slit and a head restraint, all generally mounted on an adjustable support for eye examination; tonometers (to check intraocular pressure); detachers. (3) Vision correction devices or visual examination devices, including amblyoscopes, retinoscopes, sciascopes, strabometers, keratometers, keratoscopes, eye meters designed to measure the distance between the pupils, boxes with test lenses and test frames (for wearing test lenses), optometric scales, test tables. However, optometric scales and tables on paper, cardboard or plastic used for checking and perceiving colour are not included in this heading (Chapter 49). This heading also includes electrically heated eye compresses and electromagnets designed to remove metal particles from the eye. (D) Ear instruments, such as oriscopes. However, tuning forks, whether or not intended for medical use, are not included in this heading (heading 9209). (E) Anesthetic devices and tools (face masks, devices for partial processing of the face, intubation tubes, etc.). (F) Tools for treating the nose, throat or amygdala: clamps (for straightening the nasal cartilage); transillumination devices (for sinuses and nasal glands)

sinuses and nasal fossae); tonsillotomes and surgical instruments for removing tonsils; direct laryngoscopes; laryngeal brushes, etc. (G) Pharyngeal, oesophageal, gastric or tracheotomy instruments: oesophagoscopes, bronchoscopes, apparatus for aspirating the gastric contents, intubation tubes, etc. (H) Instruments for the urethra or bladder: urethrotomes, apparatus for aspirating bladder stones, instruments for prostatectomy and for crushing stones. (IJ) Artificial kidney (dialysis) apparatus. (K) Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments: vaginal retractors; instruments for extirpation of the uterus; obstetrical stethoscopes; specialised optical instruments for examining the genital organs; forceps; perforators; embryotomy instruments (for dismembering the foetus); cephalotribes and cranioclasts (instruments for crushing the head of a child that has died in the womb); instruments for taking internal measurements, etc. (L) Portable pneumothorax apparatus; transfusion apparatus for whole blood, blood components and blood derivatives; artificial leeches. This heading also covers sterile sealed plastic containers from which the air has been removed but which contain a small quantity of anticoagulant and are fitted with an integral donor tube and phlebotomy needle, used for the collection, storage and transfusion of human whole blood. However, special glass bottles for storing blood are excluded (heading 7010). (M) Electric devices for grinding down corns on the feet. (N) Acupuncture needles: gold, silver, steel. (O) Endoscopes: gastroscopes, thoracoscopes, peritoneoscopes, bronchoscopic telescopes, cystoscopes, urethroscopes, resectoscopes, cardioscopes, colonoscopes, nephroscopes, laryngoscopes, etc. Many of these have an operating channel large enough for surgery to be carried out by means of remotely controlled instruments. However, endoscopes for non-medical purposes (fibrescopes) are excluded (heading 9013). (P) Apparatus incorporating a computer and designed solely for calculating the dose and distribution of therapeutic radiation. (Q) Hyperbaric chambers (also known as decompression chambers), which are specially equipped pressure chambers for administering oxygen at a pressure above atmospheric pressure. They are used for treating conditions such as decompression sickness, air embolism, gas gangrene, carbon monoxide poisoning, refractory osteomyelitis, skin grafts, actinomycosis and particular cases of anaemia due to blood loss. (R) Lamps specially designed for diagnostic, probing, irradiation, etc., purposes. Torches, e.g., of the fountain-pen type, are excluded (heading 8513), as are other lamps not clearly identifiable as intended for medical or surgical purposes (heading 9405).

(II) DENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES In addition to the instruments and appliances common to this and the preceding category (such as masks and other dental analgesic apparatus), the principal instruments and appliances in this category are: (1) Surgeons' finger guards (whether or not joined together) and mouth gags; cheek and lip retractors; tongue depressors and clamps. (2) Tweezers of all kinds, elevators, forceps of all kinds (for extracting teeth, for straightening teeth, etc.), dental cutters (for dissecting, ligaturing, filling and excavating, etc.), root forceps. (3) Endodontic instruments (nerve extractors, drill broaches, dental files, filling instruments, reamers, etc.). (4) Bone nippers and dilators; gouges and dental mallets for resection of the jaw and of the maxillary sinus; raspatories; scalpels; special knives and scissors; special dentists' tweezers; "excavators" and probes. (5) Special instruments for cleaning the gums and sockets; scaling instruments for removing tartar; scrapers and chisels for dental enamel. (6) Various probes; needles (abscess, hypodermic, suture, cotton-wool, etc.); holders for cotton-wool pads and swab sticks; insufflators; dental mirrors. (7) Gold-packing instruments (pluggers, dental mallets, etc.); filling instruments (spatulas for cement or resin, plugs and dental mallets for amalgam, instruments for inserting amalgam into the tooth cavity, etc.); impression trays. (8) Dental burs, discs, dental drills and brushes, specially designed for use with the dental engine or drill handpiece. This heading also covers instruments used in prosthetic dentistry both by the practitioner himself and by the dental technician, for example: knives; spatulas and other modelling instruments; various pliers and tweezers (for fixing clasps and crowns, trimming projections, etc.); saws; scissors; dental mallets; reamers; chisels; scrapers; finishing burs; metal-forming devices for producing metal dental crowns by striking. This heading also includes dental casting machines, dental milling machines and trimming machines for models of dental prostheses. This heading does not, however, cover tools or other articles of general use (furnaces, moulds, soldering irons, melting ladles, etc.); these fall in their appropriate headings. This heading also covers the following: (i) dental drill engines with a swivelling tool-holder arm, on a separate base designed for mounting on the wall or on the equipment described in item (ii) below;

(ii) complete dental equipment on its own base (stationary or mobile unit). The main usual components are a frame carrying a compressor, a transformer, a control panel and other electrical apparatus; the unit is often also fitted with the following: a dental drill with a swivelling tool-holder arm, a spittoon and mouth-rinsing device, an electric heater, hot-air insufflators, a sprayer, a tray of cauterising instruments, diffused lighting, a shadowless lamp, a fan, diathermy apparatus, X-ray apparatus, etc. Some types of this equipment are designed to work with abrasive materials (usually aluminium oxide) instead of a bur; the abrasives are usually applied to the teeth by a compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide); (iii) spittoons and mouth-rinsing bowls, on a base, on a pedestal or on a swivel. They are usually combined with a warm-water supply and a warm-water syringe; (iv) polymerisation units (light or heat curing), amalgamators, ultrasonic scaling units, electro-surgical equipment, etc.; (v) laser-operated dental treatment units; (vi) dentists' chairs incorporating dental equipment or any other dental appliances covered by this heading. This heading does not, however, cover dentists' chairs not incorporating dental appliances of this heading; such dentists' chairs fall in heading 9402 whether or not they are fitted with equipment such as lights. It should be noted, however, that certain items of the dental equipment mentioned in item (ii) above are excluded from this heading when presented separately; they fall in their appropriate headings, e.g., compressors (heading 8414); X-ray and other apparatus (heading 9022). Heading 9022 also covers X-ray and other apparatus designed for separate installation or for mounting on the wall in dental surgeries. Diathermy apparatus presented separately, however, is classified with the electro-medical apparatus of this heading (see item (IV) below). It should be noted that dental cements and other dental fillings fall in heading 3006; preparations known as "dental wax" or "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms, and other preparations for use in dentistry with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) fall in heading 3407. (III) VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES This category covers a large number of articles which, although intended for veterinary use, are similar to those listed in item (I) or (II) above, for example: (A) General-purpose instruments (e.g., needles, lancets, trocars, scalpels, mirrors, probes, scissors, forceps, hammers, curettes, retractors, syringes). (B) Special instruments and appliances, such as ophthalmoscopes, eyelid retractors, laryngoscopes, stethoscopes, forceps, embryotomes. (C) Dental instruments. This category also covers instruments and appliances specially designed for veterinary use, for example:

(1) Tools and devices for udders, for example, dealers for breast nipples and puncture probes (to open the nipples of cows); devices for the treatment of postpartum sepsis or mastitis in cows. (2) Tools and devices for castration: tools for crushing the sperm cord; gluing and clamps for castration (in order to cause atrophy of the sex glands in males); clutches and forceps for castration; ovariotomas, etc. (3) Tools and devices for childbirth: specialized obstetric ropes, tethered belts, devices for fixing the head, forceps and hooks, mechanical devices for calves, etc. (4) Various tools: artificial insemination devices; devices for fixing the tail; devices for cutting the horns; sprayers for treating diseases of the respiratory, digestive, urethra, genital, etc. organs in animals; special control devices, that is, to prevent the movements of animals during operations (rotor expanders, knots, etc.); special syringes for the introduction of drugs and syringes filled with an anesthetic preparation or medicine (immune serum, vaccine, etc.) for remote insertion with a shotgunator; special tools for fixing a spear at the floor with a spear, for the help of a pist, for a spear, for a spearhead, for a spearhead, for example, for the use of a honking a pist, for a honk, for a spike, for a spike at a spear, for a spike, for a spike at a spearhead, for a spike, for a spike, or for a rod, for example, for a rod, for a rod, for example, for a honking a This heading does not include triquinoscopes (optical devices for the examination of pork) (heading 9011), orthopedic devices for animals (heading 9021), operating tables for animals (heading 9402, see the relevant explanations). Tools used equally by veterinary surgeons and blacksmiths are classified in Chapter 82 (e.g. front hoof filers; scissors for but veins or hooves; knives for cutting; mites; tweezers; hammers, etc.); Chapter 82 also includes tools for branding cattle (stamps, irons for annealing hooves, etc.) and cutting tools. (IV) SCINTIGRAPHIC AGREEMENTS are devices that scan parts of the body and create images of an organ or record its work. This category includes equipment equipped with a scintillation counter, the data of which are converted into analog signals for the purpose of making medical diagnoses (for example, a gamma camera, a scintillation scanner). This heading also includes electromedical apparatus for prophylactic, curative or diagnostic purposes other than X-ray, etc. apparatus of heading 9022. This category of products includes: (1) electrodiagnostic equipment, which includes: (i) electrocardiographs (devices that, using currents caused by contractions of the heart muscle, record the movements of the heart in the form of electrocardiograms); (ii) phonocardiographs (specially designed to record cardiac noise in the form of phonocardiograms; they can also be used as electrocardiographs); (iii) cardioscopes (used in combination with the two previous devices for simultaneous observation of cardiograms and phonocardiograms);

(iv) rheocardiographs (electrical apparatus for measuring the changes in electrical resistance caused by the functioning of the heart); (v) electro-encephalographs (for examining the brain); (vi) electro-sphygmographs (for recording arterial pressure and volume); (vii) electro-tonographs (for recording variations in arterial, intravenous or intracardiac pressure); (viii) electro-retinographs (for measuring the voltage in the retina); (ix) audiometers and similar apparatus (for testing hearing on the basis of frequency variation); (x) diagnostic apparatus combined with, or working in conjunction with, a computer, for processing and displaying clinical data, etc.; (xi) ultrasonic diagnostic equipment used for imaging organs (e.g., on a display) by means of ultrasonic waves; (xii) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) apparatus, used for presenting the characteristics of the tissues and internal organs of the human body by using the magnetic properties of the body's atoms, such as hydrogen atoms. (2) Electro-therapy apparatus. Besides its diagnostic use, this apparatus is used for treating diseases such as neuritis, neuralgia, hemiplegia, phlebitis, endocrine anaemia. Some of these appliances may be combined with the electro-surgical instruments referred to in item (7) below. (3) Ionotherapy apparatus used for introducing active medicaments (sodium or lithium salicylate, potassium iodide, histamine, etc.) through the skin by means of an electric current. (4) Diathermy apparatus for treating certain diseases requiring heat (e.g., rheumatism, neuralgia, dental diseases). It operates by means of high-frequency (short-wave, ultrasonic, ultra-short-wave, etc.) currents and uses electrodes of various shapes (e.g., plates, rings, tubes). (5) Electro-shock apparatus for treating mental or nervous disorders. (6) Cardiac defibrillators for restoring the heart rhythm, operating by means of an electric current. (7) Electro-surgical apparatus. This uses high-frequency electric currents, a needle, probe, etc., forming one of the electrodes. It may be used for cutting tissue (electrotomy) by means of a lancet (electric lancet) or for coagulating blood (electro-coagulation). Certain combined instruments can, by means of control pedals, be made to act alternately as electric cutters or electro-coagulators. (8) Actinotherapy apparatus. This uses radiations lying within, but more often outside, the visible spectrum (infra-red, ultra-violet) for treating certain diseases or for diagnostic purposes (special lighting for detecting skin diseases). This apparatus usually incorporates lamps, although infra-red apparatus may be fitted with heating resistors or heated panels with reflectors.

(9) Incubators for babies. These consist essentially of a transparent plastic compartment, electrical heating equipment, safety and alarm devices and apparatus for air filtration, oxygen supply and regulation. In most cases they are mounted on a trolley and incorporate baby scales. Housings containing electrodes or other devices intended for use with the apparatus described above also fall in this category. This heading also excludes prenatal listening apparatus for non-medical use of heading 8518 (see the Explanatory Note to that heading). PARTS AND ACCESSORIES Subject to the provisions of Notes 1 and 2 to this Chapter (see the General Explanatory Note), parts and accessories of apparatus or appliances of this heading are also classified in this heading. Subheading Explanatory Notes. Subheading 9018 12 This subheading covers ultrasonic scanning electro-diagnostic apparatus. This apparatus operates by using high-frequency sound waves emitted into the human body through a transducer. The transducer is placed in direct contact with the body and alternately emits short pulses of ultrasound and "listens" for their echoes; the characteristics are interpreted to obtain information on the location, size, shape and structure of tissues. Interpretation is usually carried out by a computer with an output device displaying a video image of the organs. This method of body scanning is used for examining the foetus in pregnant women. It is also frequently used for examining the breast, heart, liver and gall bladder. Subheading 9018 13 Magnetic resonance imaging is based on the principle of alignment of the nuclei of hydrogen atoms in strong magnetic fields. If a high-frequency signal is then directed at these atoms, their alignment is disturbed. When the radio waves are switched off, the atoms realign, emitting a weak electrical signal in the process of realignment. Since the human body consists largely of hydrogen atoms, an image of virtually any region of the body can be obtained by means of the returned pulses. Since hydrogen is a constituent of water, the returned pulses can be used to distinguish between tissues. This makes it possible to obtain images of bone marrow and soft tissues. The magnetic resonance imaging electro-diagnostic apparatus of this subheading consists of a giant electromagnet, a high-frequency generator and a computer for processing. It must be installed in a room completely shielded from external electromagnetic fields. To obtain a highly efficient magnetic field of the required strength, electromagnets cooled to extremely low temperatures by liquid helium are necessary. Hydrogen was chosen as the basis for magnetic resonance imaging because of its abundance in the human body and its known magnetic characteristics. The use of other elements, such as sodium or phosphorus, is also possible. Subheading 9018 14

The electro-diagnostic apparatus of this subheading is used to obtain an image by irradiating the human body with gamma rays. This image is produced by appropriate apparatus, such as a scintigraphic scanner and, best of all, a gamma camera. These nuclear scanners require the patient to be given, orally or by injection, a radioactive compound (tracer) which is rapidly absorbed by the organ under study. The body is then scanned by a gamma counter which records the amount of radiation emitted by the tracer that has penetrated the organ in question (e.g., the brain), in order to determine where the isotope has been absorbed. A video image is produced by computer analysis of the recorded radiation. This image consists of a set of light and dark areas or contrasting coloured spots and shows where in the organ the radioisotope has been absorbed. Such scanning makes it possible to obtain information on the structure and function of the organ being examined. An example of scintigraphic apparatus is the positron emission tomograph (PET). It combines the principle of nuclear medicine with the technology used in computed tomography (see the Explanatory Note to subheading 9022 12).

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) articles used in machinery, appliances or for other technical purposes, made of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (heading 4016), natural or composite leather (heading 4205) or textile material (heading 5911);

(b) support belts or other supporting articles of textile materials, the purposeful effect of which on the supported or fixed organ is only due to their elasticity (for example, bandages for pregnant women, chest bandages, abdominal bandages, joint or muscle locks) (Section XI);

(c) refractory articles of heading 6903; ceramic articles for laboratory, chemical or other technical purposes of heading 6909;

(d) optically raw glass mirrors of heading 7009 or of base or precious metal mirrors other than optical elements (heading 8306 or Chapter 71);

(e) the goods of heading 7007, 7008, 7011, 7014, 7015 or 7017;

(f) parts of general use referred to in Note 2 to Section XV of base metals (Section XV) or similar products of plastics (Chapter 39); however, articles specifically intended for use exclusively in implants used in medicine, surgery, dentistry or veterinary medicine are to be classified in heading 9021;

(ж) насосы с измерительными приборами товарной позиции 8413; счетное или контрольное оборудование, приводимое в действие силой тяжести взвешиваемого груза, или поставляемые отдельно разновесы для весов (товарная позиция 8423); подъемное или погрузочно-разгрузочное оборудование (товарные позиции 8425 – 8428); машины всех видов для резки бумаги или картона (товарная позиция 8441); приспособления для регулирования положения обрабатываемых деталей или инструмента на станках или водоструйных резательных машинах товарной позиции 8466, включая приспособления с оптическими элементами для считывания показаний приборов (например, «оптические» делительные головки), но за исключением тех устройств, которые сами по себе являются исключительно оптическими приборами (например, юстировочные телескопы); счетные машины (товарная позиция 8470); клапаны и другая арматура товарной позиции 8481; машины и аппаратура (включая аппаратуру для проецирования или нанесения рисунка маски на сенсибилизированные полупроводниковые материалы) товарной позиции 8486;

(з) прожекторы или фары, используемые на велосипедах или моторных транспортных средствах (товарная позиция 8512); портативные электрические фонари товарной позиции 8513; кинематографические аппараты для записи, воспроизведения или повторной записи звука (товарная позиция 8519); звуковые головки (товарная позиция 8522); телевизионные камеры, цифровые камеры и записывающие видеокамеры (товарная позиция 8525); радиолокационная аппаратура, радионавигационная аппаратура или радиоаппаратура дистанционного управления (товарная позиция 8526); соединители для волокон оптических, волоконно-оптических жгутов или кабелей (товарная позиция 8536); цифровые аппараты управления товарной позиции 8537; лампы герметичные направленного света товарной позиции 8539; волоконно-оптические кабели товарной позиции 8544;

(ij) floodlights or headlights of heading 9405;

(k) articles of Chapter 95;

(l) monopores, bipeds, tripods and similar articles of heading 9620;

(m) volume measuring tanks classified by the material from which they are made; or

(n) coils, reels or similar carriers (which are to be classified according to the material of which they are made, for example, in heading 3923 or in section XV).

2. Subject to the provisions of Note 1, parts and accessories to machinery, apparatus, tools or articles in this Chapter shall be classified according to the following rules:

(a) parts and accessories which are goods falling in one of the headings of this Chapter or of Chapter 84, 85 or 91 (other than heading 8487, 8548 or 9033) are in all cases classified in the relevant headings;

(b) other parts and accessories intended to be used exclusively or principally in a particular type of machine, tool or apparatus or in several machines, tools or apparatus falling under the same heading (including machinery, tools or apparatus of heading 9010, 9013 or 9031) are included with those machines, tools or apparatus;

(c) all other parts and accessories fall in heading 9033.

3. Notes 3 and 4 to section XVI also apply to this chapter.

4. Heading 9005 does not include telescopic sights for mounting weapons, telescopic periscopes for submarines or tanks, or sight-tubes fitted to machines, devices, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI; such telescopic sights and sight-tubes are classified in heading 9013.

5. Measuring or control optical devices, devices or machines which, but for this note, could be included in both heading 9013 and heading 9031 are classified in heading 9031.

6. For the purposes of heading 9021, the term “orthopedic devices” means devices for:

prevention or correction of bodily deformities; or

Supporting or fixing body parts after illness, surgery, or injury.

Orthopedic appliances include shoes and special insoles made for the correction of orthopedic conditions, provided that they are either (1) made to order standards, or (2) mass-produced, represented by one object and not in pairs and designed to be equally suitable for any foot.

7. Heading 9032 covers only:

(a) instruments and devices for the automatic control of the flow rate, level, pressure or other variable parameters of liquids or gases, or for the automatic control of temperature, whether or not their action is based on an electrical phenomenon varying according to the parameter to be regulated, which are designed to bring this parameter to the desired value and to keep it stable against disturbances, constantly or periodically measuring the actual value; and

(b) automatic regulators of electrical quantities and devices or devices for the automatic regulation of non-electrical quantities, the operation of which is based on an electrical phenomenon varying depending on the parameter to be regulated, which are designed to bring this parameter to the desired value and keep it stable from disturbances, constantly or periodically measuring the actual value.

Additional note

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. Термин «электронные» в подсубпозициях 9015 10 100 0, 9015 20 100 0, 9015 30 100 0, 9015 40 100 0, 9015 80 110 0, 9015 80 190 0, 9024 10 110 0, 9024 10 130 0, 9024 10 190 0, 9024 80 110 0, 9024 80 190 0, 9025 19 200 0, 9025 80 400 0, 9026 10 210 0, 9026 10 290 0, 9026 20 200 0, 9026 80 200 0, 9027 10 100 0, 9030 20 910 0, 9030 33 100 0, 9030 89 300 0, 9031 80 320 0, 9031 80 340 0, 9031 80 380 0 и 9032 10 200 0 означает приборы и аппараты, которые включают в себя одно или несколько изделий товарной позиции 8540, 8541 или 8542. Однако это не должно относиться к изделиям товарной позиции 8540, 8541 или 8542, функцией которых является исключительно выпрямление тока или которые входят в состав блока питания приборов или аппаратов.