Système harmonisé

Notes.

1.-   This Chapter does not cover :

         (a)     Goods of heading 32.07 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes);

         (b)     Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery);

         (c)     Optical fibre cables of heading 85.44, electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;

         (d)     Optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90;

         (e)     Lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates or the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 94.05;

         (f)      Toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or

         (g)     Buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96.

2.-   For the purposes of headings 70.03, 70.04 and 70.05 :

         (a)     glass is not regarded as “ worked ” by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing;

         (b)     cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets;

         (c)     the expression “ absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer ” means a microscopically thin coating of metal or of a chemical compound (for example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for example, infra-red light or improves the reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it to retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or which prevents light from being reflected on the surface of the glass.

3.-     The products referred to in heading 70.06 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles.

4.-   For the purposes of heading 70.19, the expression “ glass wool ” means :

         (a)     Mineral wools with a silica (SiO₂) content not less than 60 % by weight;

         (b)     Mineral wools with a silica (SiO₂) content less than 60 % but with an alkaline oxide (K₂O or Na₂O) content exceeding 5 % by weight or a boric oxide (B₂O₃) content exceeding 2 % by weight.

         Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading 68.06.

5.-   Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression “ glass ” includes fused quartz and other fused silica.

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Subheading Note.

1.-     For the purposes of subheadings 7013.22, 7013.33, 7013.41 and 7013.91, the expression “ lead crystal ” means only glass having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24 %.