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02008R1156 — EN — 26.05.2014 — 001.001
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<table><col/><col/><tr><td><p><a>&#9658;B</a></p></td><td><p>                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1156/2008</p><p>of 20 November 2008</p><p><a>concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature</a></p><p>(OJ L 310 21.11.2008, p. 9)</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>&#160;M1</a></p></td><td><p><a>                              COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 441/2013&#160;of 7 May 2013</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;&#160;L&#160;130</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15.5.2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a>&#9658;M2</a></p></td><td><p><a>                              COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 459/2014&#160;of 29 April 2014</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;&#160;L&#160;133</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>6.5.2014</p></td></tr></table>
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1156/2008
of 20 November 2008
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Article 1
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes 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.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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 (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>1.&#160;&#160;An apparatus for the recording, reproducing&#160;and displaying of still images (so-called &#8216;digital&#160;photo frame&#8217;), with overall dimensions 17&#160;(L)&#160;&#215;&#160;12,9&#160;(W) &#215; 12,3 (D) cm, consisting of the following main components in a single housing:</p><div><p>&#8212;&#160;a colour display of the liquid crystal device (LCD) type with a diagonal measurement of the screen of 13 cm (5,1 inches) and a resolution of 320 &#215; 240 pixels,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;a slot for a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;an infra-red interface,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;an internal memory,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;control buttons.</p></div><p>The images are transferred to the internal memory of the apparatus from a compatible device (such as a mobile phone, automatic data-processing machine or a digital camera) via an infra-red signal or with a SIM card through the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).</p><p>The images can also be transferred from the apparatus via the infra-red signal to a compatible device.</p><p>The apparatus supports JPEG and GIF formats with a maximum resolution of 1&#160;024  &#215; 728 pixels.</p><p>The apparatus can display images in a single-image or slideshow mode.</p><p>Its internal memory can store up to 50 images.</p></td><td><p>8528&#160;59&#160;70</p></td><td><p>Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, note 3 to Section XVI and by the wording of CN codes 8528 , 8528&#160;59  and 8528&#160;59&#160;70 .</p><p>As the apparatus is designed for the purpose of performing three functions within the meaning of note 3 to Section XVI (recording, reproducing and displaying images), it is to be classified as if consisting only of that machine which performs the principal function.</p><p>Due to its capability of displaying images, the principal function of the apparatus is considered to be that of a monitor, which is an individual function specified in heading 8528 .</p><p>The fact that the signals are not displayed directly from external sources does not exclude classification under heading 8528  since monitors of that heading may be capable of receiving a variety of signals from different sources (see also the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8528 , third paragraph).</p><p>The apparatus is therefore to be classified under CN code 8528&#160;59&#160;70  as other monitors.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.&#160;&#160;An apparatus for the recording, reproducing and displaying of still and video images, as well as for the recording and reproducing of sound (so-called &#8216;digital picture frame&#8217;), with overall dimensions 33 (W) &#215; 24,1 (H) &#215; 4,1 (D) cm, consisting of the following main components in a single housing:</p><div><p>&#8212;&#160;a colour display of the liquid crystal device (LCD) type, with a diagonal measurement of the screen of 25,4&#160;cm (10 inches) and a resolution of 800 &#215; 480 pixels,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;an internal memory with a storage capacity of 128 MB,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;memory card slots,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;built-in loudspeakers,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;two USB interfaces,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;control buttons.</p></div><p>It supports the following formats:</p><div><p>&#8212;&#160;audio: MP3,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;still image: JPEG, GIF,</p></div><div><p>&#8212;&#160;video: MPEG1, MPEG4, MOV, AVI.</p></div><p>Different types of solid-state non-volatile storage devices can be inserted into the memory card slots.</p><p>The images may be displayed in single image, slideshow or thumbnails mode.</p></td><td><p>8528&#160;59&#160;70</p></td><td><p>Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, note 3 to Section XVI and by the wording of CN codes 8528 , 8528&#160;59  and 8528&#160;59&#160;70 .</p><p>As the apparatus is designed for the purpose of performing three functions within the meaning of note 3 to Section XVI (recording, reproducing and displaying images), it is to be classified as if consisting only of that machine which performs the principal function.</p><p>Given the design and the concept of the apparatus, its purpose is to display still and video images. Recording still and video images is to be considered as a secondary function of the apparatus. Therefore its principal function is considered to be that of a monitor, which is an individual function specified in heading 8528 .</p><p>The fact that the signals are not displayed directly from external sources does not exclude classification under heading 8528  since monitors of that heading may be capable of receiving a variety of signals from different sources (see also the HSEN to heading 8528 , third paragraph).</p><p>The apparatus is not able to display signals directly from an automatic data-processing machine as the USB interfaces are only used for the transfer of media files. Consequently, classification under subheadings 8528&#160;51&#160;00  and 8528&#160;59&#160;31  is excluded.</p><p>The apparatus is therefore to be classified under CN code 8528&#160;59&#160;70  as other monitors.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<note>
( 1 ) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
</note>