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84.87 - Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electr~calfeatures, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. 8487.10 8487.90 - Ships' or boats' propellers and blades therefor - Other This heading covers all non-electrical parts of machinery, other than : (a) Those specially desi ned for use sole1 or principal1 with a articular machine (includin a machine of heading i 4 . V or 85.43, of 73ectian X W , bapter 99, etc.) and therefore classifie in the same heading as that particular machine (or, where a separate heading is provided, in that separate heading). 'f (b) Parts covered by heading 84.81 to 84.84. (c) Parts covered more specifically by other headings of the Nomenclature or excluded by Note 1 to Section XVI or Note 1 to Chapter 84, for example, transmission or conwyor belts or beltin of Iastics ha ter 3% transmission or conveyor belts or belting, of wlcanised mkber beading 40.19,and o er parts made of unhardened vulcanised rubber (heading 40.16); arts made of leather or o corn osition leather (heading 42.05); transmission or conveyor belts or eltmg, of textile material (he.& g 59.10 ,and other machinery arts made of textile material heading 59.11); parts made of ceramics or of g ass (Chapter 69 or 707; machinery parts made who1 y of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, s thetic or reconstructed) (Chapter 71); screws, chains, springs and other parts of general use as d e g d in Note 2 to Section XV;brushes (heading 96.03). I 'i In general, therefore, the goods of this heading are such as can be recognised as being arts of machines, but not as parts of any particular machine. Sub'ect to these conditions, the eading includes non-automat~clubricatm pots- easing ni ples; band wheels, levers and hand gri s. safety guards and baseplates; a n t o i l sia.a8rings. d e s e rings, which are generally of cir& cross-section, have a fairly simple structure (a flexible rubber ring and a metal reinforcement assembled by vulcanisation, for example), characterised by the absence of movable parts. They are used in a large number of machines or apparatus to prevent leaks of oil or gas or to prevent dust, etc., fiom entering, by sealing the surfaces to be joined. R The heading also covers propellers and paddle-wheels for ships or boats. Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System CiAh edition (LO12) VOLUME 5 - XXI Chapters 85 - 97 Sections XVI UlOAlb CUnOMS OII~IIIIZBTION (Established in 1954 as the Customs Co-opshtion Council) Rue du Marche. 30 B ieio BWSS~~S Telephone +32-2-209.92.11 Fax 32-2-209.94.92 - + The Customs Co-operation Council * (C.C.C.) was established by a Convention signed in Brussels on 15jh December 1950. Under the terms of that Convention, thefirnctions of the Council are : (a) To study all questions relating to co-operation in customs matters. (b) To examine the technical aspects, as well as the economicfactors related thereto, of customs systems with a view to proposing to its Members practical means of attaining the highest possible degree of harmony and unijormity. (c) To prepare draft Conventions and amendments to Conventions and to recommend their adoption by interested Governments. (d) To make recommendations to ensure the unijom interpretation and application of the Conventions concluded as a result of its work as well as those concerning the Nomenclature for the Classzj?cation of Goods in Customs Tariffs and the Valuation of Goodsfor Customs Purposes and, to this end, to perform suchjknctions as may be expressly assigned to it in those Conventions in accordance with the provisions thereof (e) To make recommendations, in a conciliatory capacity, for the settlement of disputes concerning the * interpretation or application of the Conventions referred to in paragraph (d) above. 03 To ensure the circulation of information regarding customs regulations andprowdures. (g) On its own initiative or on request, to furnish to interested Governments information or advice on customs matters within the general purposes of the present Convention and to make recommendations thereon. @) To co-operate with other inter-governmental organisations as regards matters within its competence. The Councilpossesses juridical personality. * In June 1994 the Council adopted the informal working name "World Customs Organization (WCO) " for the Customs Co-operation Council, in order to indicate more clearly its nature and world-wide status. The Convention establishing the Organization has not been amended, and "Customs Co-operation Council" remains the oflcial name. Copyright O 2006-2012 World Customs Organization (established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council) All rights reserved. Any request regarding translation, reproduction and adaptation of this document should be addressed to couvri~ht~wcoomd.org D/20 1 1/0448/15 ISBN : 978-2-87492-024-0
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Millstones, grindstones or other articles of Chapter 68; (b) Machinery or appliances (for example, pumps) of ceramic material and ceramic parts of machinery or appliances of any material (Chapter 69); (c) Laboratory glassware (heading 70.17); machinery, appliances or other articles for technical uses or parts thereof, of glass (heading 70.19 or 70.20); (d) Articles of heading 73.21 or 73.22 or similar articles of other base metals (Chapters 74 to 76 or 78 to 81); (e) Vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08; (f) Electro-mechanical domestic appliances of heading 85.09; digital cameras of heading 85.25; (g) Radiators for the articles of Section XVII; or (h) Hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised (heading 96.03). 2.- Subject to the operation of Note 3 to Section XVI and subject to Note 11 to this Chapter, a machine or appliance which answers to a description in one or more of the headings 84.01 to 84.24, or heading 84.86 and at the same time to a description in one or more of the headings 84.25 to 84.80 is to be classified under the appropriate heading of the former group or under heading 84.86, as the case may be, and not the latter group. (A) Heading 84.19 does not, however, cover : (i) Germination plant, incubators or brooders (heading 84.36); (ii) Grain dampening machines (heading 84.37); (iii) Diffusing apparatus for sugar juice extraction (heading 84.38);