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  "legislation": "eur/2010/692",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 692/2010 of 30 July 2010 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-692",
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  "text": "The image is purely for information.\nDescription of the goods\nClassification(CN code)\nReasons\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n1.\nThick semicircular article, with overall dimensions of approximately 75 cm in length x 45 cm in width, made of a woven textile fabric of spun coconut fibres, which forms the majority of the surface, with a rubber backing. The article is surrounded by a decorative rubber border (doormat).\nSee image 652\n5702 20 00\nClassification is determined by General Rules 1, 3(b) and 6 for the interpretation (GIR) of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 2(a) to Chapter 40, Note 1 to Chapter 46, Note 1 to Chapter 57 and the wording of CN codes 5702 and 5702 20 00.\nCoconut fibres are vegetable textile fibres, which, when spun, fall within the scope of heading 5308 and belong therefore to Section XI (textiles and textile articles) of the Combined Nomenclature.\nThe surface of the article is made of woven fabric of yarn of coconut fibres and of rubber, whereby the coconut fibres give the surface its essential character within the meaning of GIR 3(b), because it allows people to scrub or wipe the soles of their shoes, and, moreover, the coconut fibres form the majority of the surface.\nSince the textile material (woven fabric of yarn of coconut fibres) serves as the exposed surface of the article when in use, this article is a ‘textile floor covering’ within the meaning of Note 1 to Chapter 57.\nDue to its size, thickness, stiffness and its strength the article has the objective characteristics of a textile floor covering (doormat).\nFurthermore, the text to heading 5702 includes ‘other textile floor coverings, woven’, without any distinction being made with regard to the indoor or outdoor use of the mats and without specifying the size.\nConsequently, according to Note 2(a) to Chapter 40, this article cannot be classified in Chapter 40, because that Chapter does not cover goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles).\nNeither can this article be classified in Chapter 46 because, according to Note 1 to that Chapter, it does not encompass spun natural textile fibres.\nThe article is therefore to be classified as a textile floor covering in Chapter 57.\n2.\nThick rectangular article measuring approx. 60 cm in length x 40 cm in width, made of coconut fibres forming a pile surface. The coconut fibres are bonded to a substrate of poly(vinyl chloride), which forms the backing. The mat is surrounded by a decorative poly(vinyl chloride)-border (doormat).\nSee image 653\n5705 00 90\nClassification is determined by General Rules 1, 3(b) and 6 for the interpretation (GIR) of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 2(p) to Chapter 39, Note 1 to Chapter 57 and the wording of CN codes 5705 and 5705 00 90.\nCoconut fibres are vegetable textile fibres within the scope of heading 5305 and belong therefore to Section XI (textiles and textile articles) of the Combined Nomenclature.\nThe surface of the article is made of coconut fibres and poly(vinyl chloride), whereby the coconut fibres give the surface its essential character within the meaning of GIR 3(b), because it allows people to scrub or wipe the soles of their shoes.\nSince the textile material (coconut fibres) serves as the exposed surface of the article when in use, this article is a ‘textile floor covering’ within the meaning of Note 1 to Chapter 57.\nDue to its size, thickness, stiffness and its strength the article has the objective characteristics of a textile floor covering (doormat).\nFurthermore, heading 5705 covers carpets and textile floor coverings, without any distinction being made with regard to the indoor or outdoor use of the mats and without specifying the size (see also the HS Explanatory Notes to heading 5705, first paragraph). This heading includes bonded pile carpets, where the pile use surface is bonded either to a substrate or directly to an adhesive which forms the substrate (see also the HS Explanatory Notes to heading 5705, second paragraph (1)).\nConsequently, according to Note 2(p) to Chapter 39, this article cannot be classified in Chapter 39, because that Chapter does not cover goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles).\nThe article is therefore to be classified as a textile floor covering in Chapter 57.",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amendment",
      "affecting": "eur/2013/441",
      "affecting_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2013 of 7 May 2013 amending or repealing certain regulations on the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature"
    }
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