Document ID: 02009R0594-20200406
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02009R0594 — EN — 06.04.2020 — 001.001
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<table><col/><col/><tr><td><p><a>&#9658;B</a></p></td><td><p>                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 594/2009</p><p>of 8 July 2009</p><p><a>concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature</a></p><p>(OJ L 178 9.7.2009, p. 14)</p></td></tr></table>
Amended by:
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Official Journal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;&#160;No</p></td><td><p>page</p></td><td><p>date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a>&#9658;M1</a></p></td><td><p><a>                              COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/404&#160;of 12 March 2020</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;&#160;L&#160;80</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>17.3.2020</p></td></tr></table>
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 594/2009
of 8 July 2009
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Article 1
The good described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2 of that table.
Article 2
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
Binding tariff information issued in accordance with this Regulation as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2013 in respect of the goods described in column (1) of point 1 of the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation in its version adopted on 8 July 2009 may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 34(9) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 for a period of three months from 6 April 2020.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Description of the goods</p></td><td><p>Classification</p><p>(CN code)</p></td><td><p>Reasons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>(3)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a>&#9660;M1</a>&#160;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a>&#9660;B</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.&#160;&#160;Fluoroelastomer O-ring seals (vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene copolymer).</p><p>The constituent material of this product (vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene copolymer) displays the stretching and recovery properties of elastomers, but cannot be vulcanised with sulphur. In order to cross-link, it requires basic compounds or certain peroxides.</p></td><td><p>3926&#160;90&#160;97</p></td><td><p>Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Notes 1 and 4 to Chapter 39, Note 4(a) to Chapter 40, Note 2 to Section XVI, Note 2 to Chapter 90 and the wording of CN codes 3926 , 3926&#160;90  and 3926&#160;90&#160;97 .</p><p>This product is an elastomeric seal for general use. Therefore it is not a recognizable part of a machine in the meaning of Note 2 to Section XVI and Note 2 to Chapter 90 of the CN, and consequently excluded from Section XVI and Chapter 90.</p><p>The constituent material of this product does not comply with the definition of synthetic rubbers contained in Note 4(a) to Chapter 40, since it cannot be vulcanised with sulphur.</p><p>Poly (vinylidene fluoride) is a polymer belonging to Chapter 39 (see the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HS EN), General Notes to Chapter 39, list of abbreviations of polymers and Notes relating to heading 3904 , last paragraph).</p><p>Vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene copolymer is a fluorinated copolymer which should be classified in Chapter 39.</p><p>Consequently, the product in question is a plastic product belonging to Chapter 39 and not specified or included elsewhere in the combined nomenclature, and should therefore be classified under CN code 3926&#160;90&#160;97 .</p></td></tr></tbody></table>