Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, bolt and screw industry, photographic industry, recording equipment

23.10.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 248/5

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities

(2007/C 248/05)

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), second indent, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the
tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the
Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) are amended as follows:

On page 296, the following text is inserted:

‘7318 11 00

Coach screws

Coach screws are a special kind of unslotted wood screw which have a hexagonal or a
square head and may have a fixed cap.

There are two types of coach screws:

— screws used to secure railway lines to sleepers of wood which are, in principle, large

wood screws (see example A),

— screws used for assembling rafters and for similar heavy woodwork, which in view of
their use, have a diameter of the shank which is more than 5 mm (see example B).

Example A

Example B’

On page 337, the following text is inserted:

‘8525 80 30

Digital cameras

Digital cameras of this subheading are always capable of still image recording, whether on
an internal storage medium or on interchangeable media.

Most cameras of this subheading have the design of a traditional photographic camera and
do not have a foldable viewfinder.

These cameras may also have video-capture capability to record sequences of video.
Cameras remain classified in this subheading unless they are capable, using the maximum
storage capacity, of recording, in a quality of 800 × 600 pixels (or higher) at 23 frames per
second (or higher) at least 30 minutes in a single sequence of video.

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 733/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 1).
(2) OJ C 50, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

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Compared to the video camera recorders of subheadings 8525 80 91 and 8525 80 99,
many digital cameras (when functioning as video cameras) do not offer an optical zoom
function during video recording. Unaffected by the storage capacity, some cameras automa-
tically terminate the recording of video after a certain period of time.

8525 80 91
and
8525 80 99

Video camera recorders

Video camera recorders of these subheadings are always capable of recording sequences of
video, whether on an internal storage medium or on interchangeable media.

In general, the digital video camera recorders of these subheadings have the design which
differs from digital cameras of subheading 8525 80 30. They often have a foldable view-
finder and are frequently presented together with a remote control. They always offer an
optical zoom function during video recording.

These digital video camera recorders may also have still image recording capability.

Digital cameras are excluded from these subheadings if they are not capable, using the
maximum storage capacity, of recording, in a quality of 800 × 600 pixels (or higher) at
23 frames per second (or higher) at least 30 minutes in a single sequence of video.’