9305 20 — Parts and accessories of shotguns or rifles of heading 9303, n.e.s.

9305 Parts and accessories of articles of headings 9301 to 9304: 9305 10 - revolvers or pistols 9305 20 - guns or rifles of heading 9303 - other: 9305 91 - weapons of military type of heading 9301 9305 99 - other

Parts and accessories of this heading include: (1) Parts of military weapons, e.g., liners (inner barrel tubes), recoil mechanisms and breeches of guns of all kinds; turrets, gun carriages, tripods and other special mountings for guns, machine-guns, automatic rifles, etc., with or without their sighting and loading mechanisms. (2) Metal castings, stampings and forgings for the manufacture of military small arms, sporting and target-shooting guns, etc., revolvers and pistols, e.g., barrels, breeches, bolts, trigger guards, tumblers, levers, firing pins, hammer parts, triggers, sears, extractors, ejectors, frames (for pistols), plates, butt plates, safety catches, cylinders (for revolvers), foresights and rearsights, magazines. (3) Protective covers and protective sheaths for butts, sights, barrels or breeches. (4) Morris tubes, etc. (tubes of small bore, inserted in larger calibre shotguns and rifles for practice shooting at short range). (5) Butts and other wooden parts for shotguns, rifles or carbines, and butts and grips (of wood, metal, ebonite, etc.) for revolvers and pistols. (6) Slings, bands, sling swivels, sling swivel bands, butt swivels and swivel bands for shotguns, rifles or carbines. (7) Silencers (sound moderators). (8) Detachable recoil pads for sporting or target-shooting guns. The heading excludes: (a) parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV (e.g., screws, rivets and springs), of base metal (Section XV), and similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); (b) cases for firearms (heading 4202); (c) "camera guns", or cinematographic cameras, for aircraft (heading 9007); (d) telescopic sights and similar sights for arms (heading 9013); (e) accessories more specifically covered by other headings of the Nomenclature, such as pull-throughs, cleaning rods and other devices for cleaning arms (headings 8205, 9603, etc.).

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. This chapter does not cover:

(a) goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signalling flares);

(b) parts of general use, as defined in note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);

(c) armoured fighting vehicles (heading 8710);

(d) telescopic sights or other optical devices suitable for use with arms, unless mounted on a firearm or presented with the firearm on which they are designed to be mounted (Chapter 90);

(e) bows, arrows, fencing foils or toys (Chapter 95); or

(f) collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 9705 or 9706).

2. In heading 9306, the reference to ‘parts thereof’ does not include radio or radar apparatus of heading 8526.

Additional note 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. In subheading 9305 20 000 1 the following shall be taken into account in determining the number of barrels in additional units of measurement:

(a) a barrel having one channel for throwing is considered as one barrel;

(b) non-separable barrels, e.g. soldered or solid, having multiple channels for throwing, are considered as a single barrel.