# Code 853540: Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors

EU customs tariff 2026

Web page: https://hscode.info/en/2026/853540

- [85](https://hscode.info/en/2026/85.md) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES
- [8535](https://hscode.info/en/2026/8535.md) Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1 000 V

## Codes

- [8535400010](https://hscode.info/en/2026/8535400010.md) For use in certain types of aircraft
- [8535400090](https://hscode.info/en/2026/8535400090.md) Other

## Import duties and measures

| Origin | Duty | From | Until | Measure | Legal base |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) | 0 % | 01-01-2009 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0474/08 |
| North Macedonia (MK) | 0 % | 01-01-2009 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0239/04 |
| Ukraine (UA) | 0 % | 01-01-2016 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0295/14 |
| ERGA OMNES (1011) | 2.7 % | 01-01-2017 |   | Third country duty | Regulation 1821/16 |
| GSP - General arrangements (2020) | 0 % | 01-01-2023 |   | Tariff preference | Regulation 0978/12 |
| Singapore (SG) | 0 % | 01-01-2027 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 1875/19 |
| Serbia (XS) | 0 % | 01-02-2010 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0036/10 |
| Japan (JP) | 0 % | 01-02-2020 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 1907/18 |
| Peru (PE) | 0 % | 01-03-2013 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0735/12 |
| Albania (AL) | 0 % | 01-04-2009 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0332/09 |
| Kosovo (XK) | 0 % | 01-04-2016 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0342/16 |
| Montenegro (ME) | 0 % | 01-05-2010 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0224/10 |
| New Zealand (NZ) | 0 % | 01-05-2024 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0244/24 |
| Mercosur (5500) | 0 % | 01-05-2026 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0183/26 |
| Korea, Republic of (South Korea) (KR) | 0 % | 01-07-2011 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0265/11 |
| Central America (2200) | 0 % | 01-08-2013 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0734/12 |
| Viet Nam (VN) | 0 % | 01-08-2020 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0753/20 |
| ERGA OMNES (1011) | 0 % | 01-11-2018 |   | Airworthiness tariff suspension | Regulation 1517/18 |
| Russian Federation (RU) | Cond: B cert: L-142 (26):; B cert: Y-874 (26):; B cert: L-143 (26):; B cert: Y-859 (26):; B (06): | 19-12-2023 | 31-12-2027 | Import control | Regulation 0833/14 |
| EU-Canada agreement: re-imported goods (1006) | 0 % | 21-09-2017 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0037/17 |
| Canada (CA) | 0 % | 21-09-2017 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0037/17 |
| Singapore (SG) | 0 % | 21-11-2019 | 31-12-2026 | Tariff preference | Decision 1875/19 |
| Belarus (BY) | Cond: Y cert: Y-727 (29):; Y cert: Y-728 (29):; Y cert: L-152 (29):; Y cert: Y-870 (29):; Y (09): | 25-02-2025 |   | Import control | Regulation 0765/06 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) | Cond: Y cert: Y-966 (29):; Y (09): | 23-10-2017 |   | Import control on restricted goods and technologies | Regulation 0267/12 |
| ERGA OMNES (1011) | Cond: Y cert: Y-152 (29):; Y cert: Y-986 (29):; Y cert: Y-160 (29):; Y cert: Y-169 (29):; Y (09):; YA cert: Y-123 (29):; YA cert: Y-160 (29):; YA (09):; YB cert: C-057 (29):; YB cert: C-079 (29):; YB cert: C-082 (29):; YB cert: Y-120 (29):; YB cert: Y-160 (29):; YB cert: Y-179 (29):; YB (09):; YC cert: Y-054 (29):; YC cert: Y-160 (29):; YC (09):; YD cert: Y-163 (29):; YD cert: Y-160 (29):; YD (09):; YE cert: Y-121 (29):; YE cert: Y-160 (29):; YE (09): | 25-06-2025 |   | Import control of fluorinated greenhouse gases | Regulation 0573/24 |
| Switzerland (CH) | 0 % | 01-01-1988 |   | Tariff preference | Regulation 2840/72 |
| Faroe Islands (FO) | 0 % | 01-01-1997 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0126/97 |
| Melilla (XL) | 0 % | 01-01-1999 |   | Tariff preference | Accession act 0001/85 |
| Occupied palestinian Territory (PS) | 0 % | 01-01-2001 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0430/97 |
| San Marino (SM) | 0 % | 01-01-2006 |   | Customs Union Duty | Decision 0245/02 |
| Türkiye (TR) | 0 % | 01-01-2006 |   | Customs Union Duty | Decision 0142/96 |
| Andorra (AD) | 0 % | 01-01-2006 |   | Customs Union Duty | Decision 0680/90 |
| EU-Switzerland agreement: re-imported goods (1007) | 0 % | 01-01-2007 |   | Tariff preference | Regulation 2840/72 |
| GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) (2005) | 0 % | 01-01-2014 |   | Tariff preference | Regulation 0978/12 |
| GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance) (2027) | 0 % | 01-01-2014 |   | Tariff preference | Regulation 0978/12 |
| Moldova, Republic of (MD) | 0 % | 01-01-2016 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0492/14 |
| Ecuador (EC) | 0 % | 01-01-2017 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 2369/16 |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) (2080) | 0 % | 01-01-2021 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 1764/21 |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 0 % | 01-01-2021 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 2253/20 |
| Ghana (GH) | 0 % | 01-01-2027 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 1850/16 |
| Chile (CL) | 0 % | 01-02-2025 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 3016/24 |
| Tunisia (TN) | 0 % | 01-03-1998 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0238/98 |
| Morocco (MA) | 0 % | 01-03-2000 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0204/00 |
| Lebanon (LB) | 0 % | 01-04-2006 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0356/06 |
| Jordan (JO) | 0 % | 01-05-2002 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0357/02 |
| Egypt (EG) | 0 % | 01-06-2004 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0635/04 |
| Ceuta (XC) | 0 % | 01-07-1991 |   | Tariff preference | Accession act 0001/85 |
| EEA - European Economic Area (2012) | 0 % | 01-07-2007 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0001/94 |
| Mexico (MX) | 0 % | 01-07-2016 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0415/00 |
| Kenya (KE) | 0 % | 01-07-2024 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 1647/24 |
| United States (US) | 0 % | 01-07-2026 |   | Tariff preference | Regulation 1455/26 |
| Syria (SY) | 0 % | 01-08-1994 |   | Tariff preference | Regulation 2216/78 |
| Colombia (CO) | 0 % | 01-08-2013 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0735/12 |
| Algeria (DZ) | 0 % | 01-09-2005 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0690/05 |
| Georgia (GE) | 0 % | 01-09-2014 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0494/14 |
| ERGA OMNES (1011) | 2 EUR | 01-11-2026 |   | Union handling fee | Regulation 2108/26 |
| ERGA OMNES (1011) | 3 EUR | 01-11-2026 |   | Low-value consignment customs duty | Regulation 0382/26 |
| Ivory Coast (CI) | 0 % | 02-12-2019 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0156/09 |
| Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. (2000) | 0 % | 03-10-2025 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 2022/25 |
| Cameroon (CM) | 0 % | 04-08-2014 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0152/09 |
| South Africa (ZA) | 0 % | 10-10-2016 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 1623/16 |
| SADC EPA (1035) | 0 % | 10-10-2016 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 1623/16 |
| Armenia (AM) | 0 % | 10-10-2026 | 11-10-2028 | Tariff preference | Regulation 2269/26 |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States (1034) | 0 % | 14-05-2012 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0196/12 |
| Ghana (GH) | 0 % | 15-12-2016 | 31-12-2026 | Tariff preference | Decision 1850/16 |
| Israel (IL) | 0 % | 16-05-2023 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0855/09 |
| Solomon Islands (SB) | 0 % | 17-05-2020 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0729/09 |
| Papua New Guinea (PG) | 0 % | 20-12-2009 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0729/09 |
| Ukraine (UA) | Cond: Y cert: Y-984 (29):; Y cert: N-954 (29):; Y cert: N-864 (29):; Y (09): | 24-06-2026 |   | Import control | Regulation 0263/22 |
| Ukraine (UA) | Cond: Y cert: Y-997 (26):; Y cert: N-864 (26):; Y cert: N-954 (26):; Y (06): | 24-06-2026 |   | Import control | Regulation 0692/14 |
| North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) (KP) |   | 28-02-2018 |   | Import prohibition | Regulation 0285/18 |
| Fiji (FJ) | 0 % | 28-07-2014 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0729/09 |
| CARIFORUM (1033) | 0 % | 29-12-2008 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0805/08 |
| Samoa (WS) | 0 % | 31-12-2018 |   | Tariff preference | Decision 0729/09 |

Source: European Commission, TARIC, prepared by hscode.info. For many lookups or automated access: API and MCP server: https://hscode.info/en/developers.md