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Sección XVII
VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
Notes.
1.‑ This Section does not cover articles of heading 95.03 or 95.08, or bobsleighs, toboggans or the like of heading 95.06.
2.‑ The expressions “parts” and “parts and accessories” do not apply to the following articles, whether or not they are identifiable as for the goods of this Section :
(a) Joints, washers or the like of any material (classified according to their constituent material or in heading 84.84) or other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (heading 40.16);
(b) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(c) Articles of Chapter 82 (tools);
(d) Articles of heading 83.06;
(e) Machines or apparatus of headings 84.01 to 84.79, or parts thereof, other than the radiators for the articles of this Section; articles of heading 84.81 or 84.82 or, provided they constitute integral parts of engines or motors, articles of heading 84.83;
(f) Electrical machinery or equipment (Chapter 85);
(g) Articles of Chapter 90;
(h) Articles of Chapter 91;
(ij) Arms (Chapter 93);
(k) Luminaires and lighting fittings and parts thereof of heading 94.05; or
(l) Brushes of a kind used as parts of vehicles (heading 96.03).
3.‑ References in Chapters 86 to 88 to “parts” or “accessories” do not apply to parts or accessories which are not suitable for use solely or principally with the articles of those Chapters. A part or accessory which answers to a description in two or more of the headings of those Chapters is to be classified under that heading which corresponds to the principal use of that part or accessory.
4.‑ For the purposes of this Section :
(a) Vehicles specially constructed to travel on both road and rail are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter 87;
(b) Amphibious motor vehicles are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter 87;
(c) Aircraft specially constructed so that they can also be used as road vehicles are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter 88.
5.‑ Air‑cushion vehicles are to be classified within this Section with the vehicles to which they are most akin as follows :
(a) In Chapter 86 if designed to travel on a guide‑track (hovertrains);
(b) In Chapter 87 if designed to travel over land or over both land and water;
(c) In Chapter 89 if designed to travel over water, whether or not able to land on beaches or landing‑stages or also able to travel over ice.
Parts and accessories of air‑cushion vehicles are to be classified in the same way as those of vehicles of the heading in which the air‑cushion vehicles are classified under the above provisions.
Hovertrain track fixtures and fittings are to be classified as railway track fixtures and fittings, and signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for hovertrain transport systems as signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways.
Capítulo 86
Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
Notes.
1.‑ This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide‑track sections for hovertrains (heading 44.06 or 68.10);
(b) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 73.02; or
(c) Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 85.30.
2.‑ Heading 86.07 applies, inter alia, to :
(a) Axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;
(b) Frames, underframes, bogies and bissel‑bogies;
(c) Axle boxes; brake gear;
(d) Buffers for rolling‑stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;
(e) Coachwork.
3.‑ Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 86.08 applies, inter alia, to :
(a) Assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges;
(b) Semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level crossing control gear, signal and point controls, and other mechanical (including electro‑mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields.
Capítulo 87
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
Notes.
1.‑ This Chapter does not cover railway or tramway rolling-stock designed solely for running on rails.
2.‑ For the purposes of this Chapter, “tractors” means vehicles constructed essentially for hauling or pushing another vehicle, appliance or load, whether or not they contain subsidiary provision for the transport, in connection with the main use of the tractor, of tools, seeds, fertilisers or other goods.
Machines and working tools designed for fitting to tractors of heading 87.01 as interchangeable equipment remain classified in their respective headings even if presented with the tractor, and whether or not mounted on it.
3.‑ Motor chassis fitted with cabs fall in headings 87.02 to 87.04, and not in heading 87.06.
4.‑ Heading 87.12 includes all children’s bicycles. Other children’s cycles fall in heading 95.03.
Subheading Note.
1.‑ Subheading 8708.22 covers :
(a)- front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, framed; and
(b)- front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed, incorporating heating devices or other electrical or electronic devices,
when suitable for use solely or principally with the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05.
Capítulo 88
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Notes.
1.‑ For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression “unmanned aircraft” means any aircraft, other than those of heading 88.01, designed to be flown without a pilot on board. They may be designed to carry a payload or equipped with permanently integrated digital cameras or other equipment which would enable them to perform utilitarian functions during their flight.
The expression “unmanned aircraft,”, however does not cover flying toys, designed solely for amusement purposes (heading 95.03).
Subheading Notes.
1.- For the purposes of subheadings 8802.11 to 8802.40, the expression “unladen weight” means the weight of the machine in normal flying order, excluding the weight of the crew and of fuel and equipment other than permanently fitted items of equipment.
2.- For the purposes of subheadings 8806.21 to 8806.24 and 8806.91 to 8806.94, the expression "maximum take-off weight" means the maximum weight of the machine in normal flying order, at take-off, including the weight of payload, equipment and fuel.
Capítulo 89
Ships, boats and floating structures
Note.
1.‑ A hull, an unfinished or incomplete vessel, assembled, unassembled or disassembled, or a complete vessel unassembled or disassembled, is to be classified in heading 89.06 if it does not have the essential character of a vessel of a particular kind.
Sección XVII
VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
Notes.
1.‑ This Section does not cover articles of heading 95.03 or 95.08, or bobsleighs, toboggans or the like of heading 95.06.
2.‑ The expressions “parts” and “parts and accessories” do not apply to the following articles, whether or not they are identifiable as for the goods of this Section :
(a) Joints, washers or the like of any material (classified according to their constituent material or in heading 84.84) or other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (heading 40.16);
(b) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(c) Articles of Chapter 82 (tools);
(d) Articles of heading 83.06;
(e) Machines or apparatus of headings 84.01 to 84.79, or parts thereof, other than the radiators for the articles of this Section; articles of heading 84.81 or 84.82 or, provided they constitute integral parts of engines or motors, articles of heading 84.83;
(f) Electrical machinery or equipment (Chapter 85);
(g) Articles of Chapter 90;
(h) Articles of Chapter 91;
(ij) Arms (Chapter 93);
(k) Luminaires and lighting fittings and parts thereof of heading 94.05; or
(l) Brushes of a kind used as parts of vehicles (heading 96.03).
3.‑ References in Chapters 86 to 88 to “parts” or “accessories” do not apply to parts or accessories which are not suitable for use solely or principally with the articles of those Chapters. A part or accessory which answers to a description in two or more of the headings of those Chapters is to be classified under that heading which corresponds to the principal use of that part or accessory.
4.‑ For the purposes of this Section :
(a) Vehicles specially constructed to travel on both road and rail are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter 87;
(b) Amphibious motor vehicles are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter 87;
(c) Aircraft specially constructed so that they can also be used as road vehicles are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter 88.
5.‑ Air‑cushion vehicles are to be classified within this Section with the vehicles to which they are most akin as follows :
(a) In Chapter 86 if designed to travel on a guide‑track (hovertrains);
(b) In Chapter 87 if designed to travel over land or over both land and water;
(c) In Chapter 89 if designed to travel over water, whether or not able to land on beaches or landing‑stages or also able to travel over ice.
Parts and accessories of air‑cushion vehicles are to be classified in the same way as those of vehicles of the heading in which the air‑cushion vehicles are classified under the above provisions.
Hovertrain track fixtures and fittings are to be classified as railway track fixtures and fittings, and signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for hovertrain transport systems as signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways.
Capítulo 86
Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
Notes.
1.‑ This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide‑track sections for hovertrains (heading 44.06 or 68.10);
(b) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 73.02; or
(c) Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 85.30.
2.‑ Heading 86.07 applies, inter alia, to :
(a) Axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;
(b) Frames, underframes, bogies and bissel‑bogies;
(c) Axle boxes; brake gear;
(d) Buffers for rolling‑stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;
(e) Coachwork.
3.‑ Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 86.08 applies, inter alia, to :
(a) Assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges;
(b) Semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level crossing control gear, signal and point controls, and other mechanical (including electro‑mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields.
Capítulo 87
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
Notes.
1.‑ This Chapter does not cover railway or tramway rolling-stock designed solely for running on rails.
2.‑ For the purposes of this Chapter, “tractors” means vehicles constructed essentially for hauling or pushing another vehicle, appliance or load, whether or not they contain subsidiary provision for the transport, in connection with the main use of the tractor, of tools, seeds, fertilisers or other goods.
Machines and working tools designed for fitting to tractors of heading 87.01 as interchangeable equipment remain classified in their respective headings even if presented with the tractor, and whether or not mounted on it.
3.‑ Motor chassis fitted with cabs fall in headings 87.02 to 87.04, and not in heading 87.06.
4.‑ Heading 87.12 includes all children’s bicycles. Other children’s cycles fall in heading 95.03.
Subheading Note.
1.‑ Subheading 8708.22 covers :
(a)- front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, framed; and
(b)- front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed, incorporating heating devices or other electrical or electronic devices,
when suitable for use solely or principally with the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05.
Capítulo 88
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Notes.
1.‑ For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression “unmanned aircraft” means any aircraft, other than those of heading 88.01, designed to be flown without a pilot on board. They may be designed to carry a payload or equipped with permanently integrated digital cameras or other equipment which would enable them to perform utilitarian functions during their flight.
The expression “unmanned aircraft,”, however does not cover flying toys, designed solely for amusement purposes (heading 95.03).
Subheading Notes.
1.- For the purposes of subheadings 8802.11 to 8802.40, the expression “unladen weight” means the weight of the machine in normal flying order, excluding the weight of the crew and of fuel and equipment other than permanently fitted items of equipment.
2.- For the purposes of subheadings 8806.21 to 8806.24 and 8806.91 to 8806.94, the expression "maximum take-off weight" means the maximum weight of the machine in normal flying order, at take-off, including the weight of payload, equipment and fuel.
Capítulo 89
Ships, boats and floating structures
Note.
1.‑ A hull, an unfinished or incomplete vessel, assembled, unassembled or disassembled, or a complete vessel unassembled or disassembled, is to be classified in heading 89.06 if it does not have the essential character of a vessel of a particular kind.