9505 10 900 0 — Christmas articles (excl. of glass, candles and electric lighting sets, natural Christmas trees and Christmas tree stands)

9505 Festivities, carnivals or other entertainment items, including tricks and jokes: 9505 10 New Year's and Christmas items 9505 90 Other

This heading covers: (A) Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, which in view of their intended use are generally made of non-durable material. They include: (1) Festive decorations used to decorate rooms, tables, etc. (such as garlands, lanterns, etc.); decorative articles for Christmas trees (tinsel, coloured balls, animal figures, other figures, etc.); cake decorations which are traditionally associated with a particular festival (e.g., animals, flags). (2) Articles traditionally used at Christmas festivities, e.g., artificial Christmas trees, pictures of the Nativity, nativity figures, animal and angel figures, Christmas crackers, gift stockings, imitation yule logs, Father Christmases. (3) Articles of fancy dress, e.g., masks, false ears and noses, wigs, false beards and moustaches (other than articles of postiche – heading 6704), and paper hats. However, the heading excludes fancy dress of textile materials, of Chapter 61 or 62. (4) Paper or cotton wool snowballs, narrow long paper streamers (serpentines), cardboard trumpets, whistles, confetti, carnival umbrellas, etc. The heading excludes statuettes, statues and similar articles used for the decoration of places of worship. The heading also excludes articles which have a festive design, decoration, symbol or motif and which are intended for practical use, e.g., tableware and kitchenware, table and kitchen utensils, kitchen and toilet articles, carpets and other textile floor coverings, apparel, bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen. (B) Conjuring tricks and novelty jokes, e.g., packs of cards, tables, screens and containers, specially designed for performing conjuring tricks; novelty jokes such as sneezing powder, surprise sweets, buttonholes which squirt water, and "Japanese flowers". The heading also excludes: (a) natural Christmas trees (Chapter 06); (b) candles (heading 3406); (c) packing of plastics or of paper, used during festivities (classified according to their constituent material, e.g., Chapter 39 or 48); (d) Christmas tree stands (classified according to their constituent material); (e) textile flags or bunting of heading 6307; (f) electric garlands of all kinds (heading 9405).

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).