62023CJ0631_SUM
Case C‑631/23
Servoprax GmbH
v
Hauptzollamt Duisburg
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf)
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 November 2025
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Customs union – Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 – Tariff classification – Common Customs Tariff – Combined Nomenclature – Classification under subheading 90189084 – Tourniquets – Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 – Second sentence of Article 252 – Validity)
Customs union – Common Customs Tariff – Tariff headings – Instruments and apparatus as provided for under heading 9018 – Concept – Criteria
(Council Regulation No 2658/87, Annex I, heading 9018)
(see paragraphs 50-53, 57)
Customs union – Common Customs Tariff – Tariff headings – Tourniquets in the form of elastic straps with a clip closure and sliding buckle placed on the arm of a patient to compress his or her veins in order to block the patient’s blood circulation – Classification under subheading 90189084 – Not included
(Council Regulation No 2658/87, Annex I, subheading 90189084)
(see paragraphs 54-56, 58-60, 63, operative part)
Customs union – Common Customs Tariff – Exemptions – Restrictive interpretation
(Council Regulation No 2658/87)
(see paragraph 61)
See the text of the decision.