COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/693
of 15 May 2020
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
ANNEX
Description of the goods |
Classification (CN-code) |
Reasons |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
A ribbon, made of alloy steel (other than stainless steel), with a width of approximately 30 mm and a thickness of approximately 0,02 mm, presented in rolls. The article has a uniform solid cross-section along its whole length in the shape of a rectangle. It is not treated on its surface. The article is made by a continous casting technique called melt spinning. It is designed to be used in the electrical industry, for example, for production of transformer cores, sensor cores, cores for saturable reactors, magnetic amplifiers, beads, and pulse compressors. |
7228 60 80 |
Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 1 (m) to Chapter 72 and by the wording of CN codes 7228, 7228 60 and 7228 60 80 . Given its objective characteristics and properties, the article meets the definition of ‘Other bars and rods’ in Note 1 (m) to Chapter 72, as it has a uniform solid cross-section along its whole length in the shape of a rectangle. Therefore, the article is considered to be a bar as defined therein. The article is made by melt spinning, which is a different metal forming technique than rolling. Furthermore, the production process is a continuous casting technique as opposed to a pressure casting technique and consequently does not fall within the scope of Note 3 to Chapter 72. Therefore, classification under heading 7226 as flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm or under heading 7227 as bars and rods, hot rolled is excluded. Consequently, the article is to be classified under CN code 7228 60 80 as other bars and rods of other alloy steel. |