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29.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
329/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1109/2012
of 23 November 2012
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Community Customs Code (
Union,

2 ).
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of
23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and
on the Common Customs Tariff
(
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in

1 ), and in particular
Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee,
Whereas:
(1) In
order
to
ensure
uniform
application
of
the
Combined
Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classifi
cation of the goods referred to in the Annex to this
Regulation.
Article 1
(2) Regulation
(EEC)
No
2658/87
has
laid
down
the
general
rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomen
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the
clature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature
Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature
which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any
under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
additional subdivision to it and which is established by
specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the
application of tariff and other measures relating to
Article 2
trade in goods.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of
(3) Pursuant
to
those
general
rules,
the
goods
described
in Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation,
column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be
can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under
classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by
Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It
is
appropriate
to
provide
that
binding
tariff
information which has been issued by the customs auth
Article 3
orities of Member States in respect of the classification of
goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
three months, continue to be invoked by the holder,
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 November 2012.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Algirdas EMETA
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union
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ANNEX
Description of the goods
Classification
(CN code)
Reasons
(1) (2) (3)
An electronic device (so-called ‘CCD area image
8529 90 92
Classification is determined by General Rules 1
sensor’) in a 60-pin ceramic package consisting
and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined
of:
Nomenclature, Note 2(b) to Section XVI and by
the wording of CN codes 8529, 8529 90 and
— 3 charge coupled device (CCD) chips linearly
8529 90 92.
arranged with an X-ray sensitive active area
of approximately 220 × 6 mm. Each CCD
As the device is composed of several
chip has 1 536 × 128 pixels with a pixel
components, such as light sensitive cells, inte
size of 48 × 48 μm,
grated circuits and fibre optic plates with scin
tillators, classification under heading 8541 as a
— 3 fibre optic plates with scintillators
photosensitive semiconductor device is
mounted on each CCD chip.
excluded.
The device has an output of integrated circuits.
As the device is suitable for use solely or prin
cipally with a digital X-ray camera, it is
The device is installed in X-ray cameras to
therefore to be classified under CN code
generate images. The fibre optic plates with
8529 90 92 as a part of television cameras of
scintillators convert the X-rays into visible
subheading 8525 80 19.
light which is projected onto the CCD sensor.
The CCD sensor converts the light into an elec
trical signal which is processed into an analogue
or digital image.
The device is designed for X-ray imaging.

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