Tariff number 8301500000 80 - Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks

Notes 1. For the purposes of this chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of heading 7312, 7315, 7317, 7318 or 7320, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this chapter. 2. For the purposes of heading 8302, the word ‘castors’ means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.

BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL Notes 1. This section does not cover: (a) prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (headings 3207 to 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215); (b) ferro-cerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading 3606); (c) headgear or parts thereof of heading 6506 or 6507; (d) umbrella frames or other articles of heading 6603; (e) goods of Chapter 71 (for example, precious-metal alloys, base metal clad with precious metal, imitation jewellery); (f) articles of Section XVI (machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical goods); (g) assembled railway or tramway track (heading 8608) or other articles of Section XVII (vehicles, ships and boats, aircraft); (h) instruments or apparatus of Section XVIII, including clock or watch springs; (ij) lead shot prepared for ammunition (heading 9306) or other articles of Section XIX (arms and ammunition); (k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, mattress supports, luminaires and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings); (l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); (m) hand sieves, buttons, pens, pencil-holders, pen nibs, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles or other articles of Chapter 96 (miscellaneous manufactured articles); or (n) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art). 2. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘parts of general use’ means: (a) articles of heading 7307, 7312, 7315, 7317 or 7318 and similar articles of other base metal, other than articles specially designed for use exclusively in implants in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (heading 9021); (b) springs and leaves for springs, of base metal, other than clock or watch springs (heading 9114); and (c) articles of headings 8301, 8302, 8308, 8310 and frames and mirrors, of base metal, of heading 8306. In Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 82 (but not in heading 7315), references to parts of goods do not include references to parts of general use as defined above. Subject to the preceding paragraph and to note 1 to Chapter 83, the articles of Chapter 82 or 83 are excluded from Chapters 72 to 76 and 78 to 81. 3. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘base metals’ means: iron and steel, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium. 4. Throughout the nomenclature, the term ‘cermets’ means products containing a microscopic heterogeneous combination of a metallic component and a ceramic component. The term ‘cermets’ includes sintered metal carbides (metal carbides sintered with a metal). 5. Classification of alloys (other than ferro-alloys and master alloys as defined in Chapters 72 and 74): (a) An alloy of base metals is to be classified as an alloy of the metal which predominates by weight over each of the other metals. (b) An alloy composed of base metals of this section and of elements not falling within this section is to be treated as an alloy of base metals of this section if the total weight of such metals equals or exceeds the total weight of the other elements present. (c) In this section, the term ‘alloys’ includes sintered mixtures of metal powders, heterogeneous intimate mixtures obtained by melting (other than cermets) and intermetallic compounds. 6. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in the nomenclature to a base metal includes a reference to alloys which, by virtue of note 5 above, are to be classified as alloys of that metal. 7. Classification of composite articles: Except where the headings otherwise require, articles of base metal (including articles of mixed materials treated as articles of base metal under the general interpretative rules) containing two or more base metals are to be treated as articles of the base metal predominating by weight over each of the other metals. For this purpose: (a) Iron and steel, or different kinds of iron or steel, are regarded as one and the same metal. (b) An alloy is regarded as being entirely composed of that metal as an alloy of which, by virtue of note 5, it is classified. (c) A cermet of heading 8113 is regarded as a single base metal. 8. In this section, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them: (a) Waste and scrap (1) all metal waste and scrap; (2) metal goods definitely not usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons. (b) Powders Products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 1 mm. 9. For the purposes of Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them: (a) Bars and rods Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including ‘flattened circles’ and ‘modified rectangles’, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including ‘modified rectangular’) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. Wire-bars and billets of Chapter 74 with their ends tapered or otherwise worked simply to facilitate their entry into machines for converting them into, for example, drawing stock (wire-rod) or tubes, are however to be taken to be unwrought copper of heading 7403. This provision applies mutatis mutandis to the products of Chapter 81. (b) Profiles Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (c) Wire Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including ‘flattened circles’ and ‘modified rectangles’, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including ‘modified rectangular’) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. (d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including ‘modified rectangles’ of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are: - of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width - of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Headings for plates, sheets, strip, and foil apply, inter alia, to plates, sheets, strip, and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. (e) Tubes and pipes Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.

Note 4 Unless otherwise indicated, transmission can also be made by means of devices (whether or not built into the individual components) which use infra-red rays, radio waves or laser beams etc. over short distances.

Additional note 1 A. Tools for the assembly or maintenance of machines To be classified with the appropriate machines, assembly or maintenance tools must satisfy the following three conditions concerning their nature, intended use and presentation: 1. they must be tools, i.e., hand tools of heading 4417 00 00 or 8205 or, for example, tools falling in subheading 8203 20 00, 8203 30 00, 8203 40 00, 8204 11 00, 8204 12 00, 9603 29 80, 9603 30 90, 9603 40 10, 9603 40 90, 9603 90 91 or 9603 90 99. Measuring and checking instruments of Chapter 90 are excluded in all cases; 2. they must be intended for the assembly or maintenance of the appropriate machine. Where the tools are identical, only those which must be used simultaneously are to be classified with their machines. Where they are different, only one of each kind of tool is allowed; 3. they must be presented for customs clearance at the same time as the appropriate machines. B. Interchangeable tools To be classified with the appropriate machines, interchangeable tools must fulfil three conditions: 1. they must be tools, i.e., tools falling in heading 8207 or, for example, tools falling in headings 4016, 5911 and 6909 or in subheading 4205 00 11, 4205 00 19, 6804 10 00, 6804 21 00, 6804 22 12, 6804 22 18, 6804 22 30, 6804 22 50, 6804 22 90, 6804 23 00 or 9603 50 00. Moulds (heading 8480) and accessories, including accessory apparatus (of, for example, heading 8466), are not considered as tools and consequently do not qualify under this additional note; 2. they must form part of the normal equipment of the appropriate machines. The following are considered part of the normal equipment of a machine: (a) any number of identical tools which can be accommodated on the machine simultaneously; (b) one of each kind of tool if the tools are different; 3. they must normally be sold with the appropriate machine and be presented for customs clearance with it.

Additional note 3 A machine in a disassembled or unassembled state may be imported in several consignments over a period of time, if this is necessary for convenience of trade or transport. In order to be able to declare the different constituent parts under the same tariff heading or subheading as the assembled machine, the declarant must make a request in writing to the customs post not later than the first consignment and attach: (a) a diagram or, if necessary several diagrams, of the machine showing the serial numbers of the most important constituent parts; (b) a general inventory containing an indication of the characteristics and approximate weights of the different parts and the serial numbers of the principal parts referred to above. The application may be accepted only in fulfilment of a contract for the supply or a machine which can be regarded as complete for the purposes of the Combined Nomenclature. All the constituent parts must be imported through the same entry point within the allowed time. However, in special cases, the competent authorities may authorise importation through several points of entry. This time limit may not be exceeded unless a reasoned and justified request for an extension is made to the competent authorities. Upon each partial importation, a list of the parts making up the consignment with references to the aforementioned general inventory must be provided. The customs declaration for each consignment must contain descriptions of both the part or parts making up the consignment and the complete machine.