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Common Customs Tariff – Tariff headings – Keypad membranes of polycarbonate intended for incorporation into mobile telephones

Summary

The Combined Nomenclature in Annex I to Regulation No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Regulation No 1789/2003, must be interpreted as meaning that keypad membranes of polycarbonate which have moulded keys on their upper side and non-conductive contact pins on their underside and are intended for incorporation into mobile telephones, which are unquestionably an essential component for the operation of those mobile telephones and the structure and method of operation of which preclude any use other than as a component of those telephones, fall under subheading 8529 90 40 as part of a mobile telephone in accordance with heading 8525.

(see paras 33, 37-38, 40, operative part 1)