9504 50 000 1 — Video game consoles and machines, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504 30: video games of a kind used with a television receiver

9504 Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment (+): 9504 20 – Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds 9504 30 – Other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other similar means of payment, other than automatic bowling alley equipment 9504 40 – Playing cards 9504 50 – Video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504 30 9504 90 – Other

This heading covers: (1) Billiard tables of different types (with or without legs) and accessories thereto (e.g. billiard cues, cue stands, balls, billiard crayons, ball markers or carriage markers). But this heading does not include mechanical counters (roller type and the like) (heading 90 29), clockwork counters for indicating the time of play or the amount to be paid in accordance with the interval of time (heading 9106), and billiard racks (categorized in heading 9403 or classified according to the material constituting them). (2) Video game consoles and equipment as defined in Note to Subheading 1 of this Chapter. Video game consoles and equipment whose principal characteristics and primary function are for entertainment purposes (games) are classified in this heading whether or not it satisfies the conditions of Note 5(A) to Chapter 84 relating to computers. This heading also covers parts and accessories of video game consoles and equipment (e.g. housings, game cartridges, game control devices, steering wheels, etc.) provided they are subject to the terms of Note 3 to this Chapter.

The heading, however, excludes: (a) auxiliary peripheral equipment (keyboards, mice, disk storage units, etc.) which satisfies the conditions of Note 5 (C) to Chapter 84 (Section XVI); (b) recorded optical discs with game software, used exclusively with the video games of this heading (heading 8523). (3) Tables of the furniture type specially designed for playing games (e.g., tables with a chess-board top). (4) Special tables for casino or games room games (e.g., for roulette or miniature horse racing); croupiers' rakes and the like. (5) Table football or similar games. (6) Gaming machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or similar means of payment, used in amusement establishments, cafés, fairgrounds, etc., for games of skill or of chance (e.g., shooting machines, pinball tables of various types). (7) Automatic bowling alley equipment, whether or not fitted with motors and electromechanical devices. For the purposes of this heading, the expression "automatic bowling alley equipment" applies not only to equipment where the pins are set up in a triangle, but also to other types (e.g., those where the pins are set up in a square). (8) Skittles and equipment for indoor croquet. (9) Sets consisting of slot-racing cars with track, being competitive games. (10) Dart-boards and darts. (11) Playing cards of all types (bridge, tarot, "lexicon", etc.). (12) Boards and pieces (chess, draughts, etc.) for chess, draughts, dominoes, mah-jong, halma, dice, "snakes and ladders", etc. (13) Certain other accessories common to a number of games of this heading, e.g., dice, dice boxes, counters, payment indicators, cloth specially marked for games (e.g., for roulette). The heading also excludes: (a) lottery tickets of all kinds, including "scratch cards" and tombola tickets (generally heading 4911); (b) card tables of Chapter 94; (c) seats with an integrated sound system, designed for use with video game consoles and machines, television or satellite receivers, as well as with DVD, music CD, MP3 or video cassette players (heading 9401); (d) jigsaw puzzles (heading 9503). Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 9504 50 This subheading excludes video game consoles or machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment; these fall in subheading 9504 30.

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) candles (heading 3406);

(b) fireworks or other pyrotechnic articles of heading 3604;

(c) yarns, monofilaments, cords or strings or similar fishing articles of a specified length but not made in the form of fishing lines falling in Chapter 39, heading 4206 or Section XI;

(d) sport bags or other articles of heading 4202, 4303 or 4304;

(e) masquerade clothing made of textile materials (Chapter 61 or 62), sportswear and special articles of clothing made of textile materials (Chapter 61 or 62), with or without, in particular, protective components, such as linings or patches with a soft layer in the elbows, knees or groin (for example, clothing for fencing, or sweaters of football goalkeepers);

(f) textile flags or flags or sails for boats, windsurfing boards or land vehicles, Chapter 63;

(g) sports shoes (other than skating boots with attached ice or roller skates) of Chapter 64 or sports headgear of Chapter 65;

(h) Canes, whips, riding whips or similar articles (heading 6602) or parts thereof (heading 6603);

(ij) unspecified glass eyes for dolls or other toys of heading 7018;

(k) parts of general use referred to in Note 2 to Section XV of base metals (Section XV) or similar articles of plastics (Chapter 39);

(l) bells, gongs or similar articles of heading 8306;

(m) Liquid pumps (heading 8413), equipment and devices for the filtration or purification of liquids or gases (heading 8421), electric motors (heading 8501), electrical transformers (heading 8504), discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, “smart cards” and other media for recording sound or other phenomena, recorded or unwritten (heading 8523), remote control radio equipment (heading 8526) or wireless infrared devices for remote control (heading 8543);

(n) sports vehicles (other than bobsled sleds, toboggans and similar articles) of Section XVII;

(o) children's bicycles (heading 8712);

(p) Unmanned aerial vehicles (heading 8806);

(q) sporting vessels such as canoes and Scythians (Chapter 89) or means of propulsion (Chapter 44 made of wood);

(r) glasses, safety glasses or similar articles for sports or outdoor games (heading 9004);

(s) mankeys or whistles (heading 9208);

(t) weapons or other articles of Chapter 93;

(u) light garlands of all types (heading 9405);

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

(w) racket strings, tents or other camping equipment, or gloves, mittens and mittens (classified by the material from which they are made); or

(x) tableware and kitchenware, dining and kitchen appliances, toiletries, carpets and other textile floor coverings, clothing, linen, dining, toiletry, kitchen and similar articles intended for practical use (classified according to the material from which they are made).

2. This Chapter includes articles in which natural or cultivated pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed), precious metals or base metals clad with precious metals are only a minor component.

3. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 to this Chapter, parts and accessories intended exclusively or principally for use with the goods of this Chapter shall be classified with those goods.

4. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 9503 covers, inter alia, articles of this heading in combination with one or more articles which cannot be regarded as sets under the provisions of Basic Rule of Interpretation 3(b) and which, if presented separately, could be classified in other headings provided that the articles are packaged together for retail sale and the combination has the essential property of toys.

5. Heading 9503 does not include goods which, according to their purpose, shape or material of which they are made, are identifiable as intended exclusively for animals, such as “pet toys” (classified in their respective headings).

6. In heading 9508:

(a) the expression “amusement park rides” means the arrangement or combination of devices or equipment which, for the purpose of entertainment or entertainment, transport, or direct a person or persons along a fixed or limited route (or through it), including watercourses, or within a defined area. Such attractions can be in an amusement park, theme park, water park or on a fairground. These amusement park attractions do not contain equipment usually installed in residential buildings or on playgrounds.

(b) the expression “water park attractions” means a device or combination of devices or equipment which is characterized by a particular water area which does not have a regulated route. Water park attractions contain only equipment specifically designed for water parks; and

(c) the expression “fair rides” means entertainments involving acts of chance, force or skill in which the operator or service person is normally involved and which may be arranged in fixed buildings or in independent trading pavilions. Fair rides do not include equipment of heading 9504.

This heading does not cover equipment more precisely described elsewhere in the Nomenclature.

Subheading 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. Subheading 9504 50 covers:

(a) consoles in which the image is reproduced by a television receiver, monitor or other external screen or surface; or

(b) video game equipment with built-in screen, portable or non-portable.

This subheading does not include consoles and video game equipment operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or any other means of payment (subheading 9504 30).