# Commission Regulation (EU) No 1006/2011 of 27 September 2011 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, Chapter 90: OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF Extent: E+W+S+N.I. CN code Description Conventional rate of duty (%) Supplementary unit 9001 Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 8544; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked 900110 Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables 90011010 Image conductor cables 2,9 — 90011090 Other 2,9 — 90012000 Sheets and plates of polarising material 2,9 — 90013000 Contact lenses 2,9 p/st 900140 Spectacle lenses of glass 90014020 Not for the correction of vision 2,9 p/st For the correction of vision Both sides finished 90014041 Single focal 2,9 p/st 90014049 Other 2,9 p/st 90014080 Other 2,9 p/st 900150 Spectacle lenses of other materials 90015020 Not for the correction of vision 2,9 p/st For the correction of vision Both sides finished 90015041 Single focal 2,9 p/st 90015049 Other 2,9 p/st 90015080 Other 2,9 p/st 90019000 Other 2,9 — 9002 Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked Objective lenses 90021100 For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers 6,7 p/st 90021900 Other 6,7 p/st 90022000 Filters 6,7 p/st 90029000 Other 6,7 — 9003 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof Frames and mountings 90031100 Of plastics 2,2 p/st 90031900 Of other materials 2,2 p/st 90039000 Parts 2,2 — 9004 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other 900410 Sunglasses 90041010 With lenses optically worked 2,9 p/st Other 90041091 With lenses of plastics 2,9 p/st 90041099 Other 2,9 p/st 900490 Other 90049010 With lenses of plastics 2,9 — 90049090 Other 2,9 — 9005 Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy 90051000 Binoculars 4,2 p/st 90058000 Other instruments 4,2 — 90059000 Parts and accessories (including mountings) 4,2 — 9006 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539 90061000 Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders 4,2 p/st 90063000 Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes 4,2 p/st 90064000 Instant print cameras 3,2 p/st Other cameras 90065100 With a through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)), for roll film of a width not exceeding 35 mm 4,2 p/st 90065200 Other, for roll film of a width less than 35 mm 4,2 p/st 900653 Other, for roll film of a width of 35 mm 90065310 Disposable cameras 4,2 p/st 90065380 Other 4,2 p/st 90065900 Other 4,2 p/st Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs 90066100 Discharge lamp (electronic) flashlight apparatus 3,2 p/st 90066900 Other 3,2 p/st Parts and accessories 90069100 For cameras 3,7 — 90069900 Other 3,2 — 9007 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus 90071000 Cameras 3,7 p/st 90072000 Projectors 3,7 p/st Parts and accessories 90079100 For cameras 3,7 — 90079200 For projectors 3,7 — 9008 Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers 90085000 Projectors, enlargers and reducers 3,7 p/st 90089000 Parts and accessories 3,7 — 9009 9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens 90101000 Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper 2,7 — 90105000 Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes 2,7 — 90106000 Projection screens 2,7 — 90109000 Parts and accessories 2,7 — 9011 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection 901110 Stereoscopic microscopes 90111010 Fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles Free p/st 90111090 Other 6,7 p/st 901120 Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection 90112010 Photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles Free p/st 90112090 Other 6,7 p/st 90118000 Other microscopes 6,7 p/st 901190 Parts and accessories 90119010 Of apparatus of subheading 9011 10 10 or 9011 20 10 Free — 90119090 Other 6,7 — 9012 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus 901210 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus 90121010 Electron microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles Free — 90121090 Other 3,7 — 901290 Parts and accessories 90129010 Of apparatus of subheading 9012 10 10 Free — 90129090 Other 3,7 — 9013 Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter 90131000 Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or Section XVI 4,7 — 90132000 Lasers, other than laser diodes 4,7 — 901380 Other devices, appliances and instruments Liquid crystal devices 90138020 Active matrix liquid crystal devices Free — 90138030 Other Free — 90138090 Other 4,7 — 901390 Parts and accessories 90139010 For liquid crystal devices (LCD) Free — 90139090 Other 4,7 — 9014 Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances 90141000 Direction finding compasses 2,7 — 901420 Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) 90142020 Inertial navigation systems 3,7 p/st 90142080 Other 3,7 — 90148000 Other instruments and appliances 3,7 — 90149000 Parts and accessories 2,7 — 9015 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders 901510 Rangefinders 90151010 Electronic 3,7 — 90151090 Other 2,7 — 901520 Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers) 90152010 Electronic 3,7 — 90152090 Other 2,7 — 901530 Levels 90153010 Electronic 3,7 — 90153090 Other 2,7 — 901540 Photogrammetrical, surveying instruments and appliances 90154010 Electronic 3,7 — 90154090 Other 2,7 — 901580 Other instruments and appliances Electronic 90158011 Meteorological, hydrological and geophysical instruments and apparatus 3,7 — 90158019 Other 3,7 — Other 90158091 Instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, surveying or levelling; hydrographic instruments 2,7 — 90158093 Meteorological, hydrological and geophysical instruments and apparatus 2,7 — 90158099 Other 2,7 — 90159000 Parts and accessories 2,7 — 901600 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights 90160010 Balances 3,7 p/st 90160090 Parts and accessories 3,7 — 9017 Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter 901710 Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic 90171010 Plotters Free p/st 90171090 Other 2,7 p/st 901720 Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments 90172005 Plotters Free p/st 90172010 Other drawing instruments 2,7 — 90172039 Marking-out instruments 2,7 p/st 90172090 Mathematical calculating instruments (including slide rules, disc calculators and the like) 2,7 p/st 90173000 Micrometers, callipers and gauges 2,7 p/st 901780 Other instruments 90178010 Measuring rods and tapes and divided scales 2,7 — 90178090 Other 2,7 — 90179000 Parts and accessories 2,7 — 9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) 90181100 Electrocardiographs Free — 90181200 Ultrasonic scanning apparatus Free — 90181300 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus Free — 90181400 Scintigraphic apparatus Free — 901819 Other 90181910 Monitoring apparatus for simultaneous monitoring of two or more parameters Free — 90181990 Other Free — 90182000 Ultraviolet or infra-red ray apparatus Free — Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like 901831 Syringes, with or without needles 90183110 Of plastics Free — 90183190 Other Free — 901832 Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures 90183210 Tubular metal needles Free — 90183290 Needles for sutures Free — 90183900 Other Free — Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences 90184100 Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment Free — 901849 Other 90184910 Burrs, discs, drills and brushes, for use in dental drills Free — 90184990 Other Free — 901850 Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances 90185010 Non-optical Free — 90185090 Optical Free — 901890 Other instruments and appliances 90189010 Instruments and apparatus for measuring blood-pressure Free — 90189020 Endoscopes Free — 90189030 Renal dialysis equipment (artificial kidneys, kidney machines and dialysers) Free — 90189040 Diathermic apparatus Free — 90189050 Transfusion apparatus Free — 90189060 Anaesthetic apparatus and instruments Free — 90189075 Apparatus for nerve stimulation Free — 90189084 Other Free — 9019 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus 901910 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus 90191010 Electrical vibratory-massage apparatus Free — 90191090 Other Free — 90192000 Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus Free — 90200000 Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters 1,7 — 9021 Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability 902110 Orthopaedic or fracture appliances 90211010 Orthopaedic appliances Free — 90211090 Splints and other fracture appliances Free — Artificial teeth and dental fittings 902121 Artificial teeth 90212110 Of plastics Free 100 p/st 90212190 Of other materials Free 100 p/st 90212900 Other Free — Other artificial parts of the body 90213100 Artificial joints Free — 902139 Other 90213910 Ocular prostheses Free — 90213990 Other Free — 90214000 Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories Free p/st 90215000 Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories Free p/st 902190 Other 90219010 Parts and accessories of hearing aids Free — 90219090 Other Free — 9022 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus 90221200 Computed tomography apparatus Free p/st 90221300 Other, for dental uses Free p/st 90221400 Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses Free p/st 90221900 For other uses Free p/st Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus 90222100 For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses Free p/st 90222900 For other uses 2,1 p/st 90223000 X-ray tubes 2,1 p/st 90229000 Other, including parts and accessories 2,1 — 902300 Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses 90230010 Of a type used for teaching physics, chemistry or technical subjects 1,4 — 90230080 Other 1,4 — 9024 Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics) 902410 Machines and appliances for testing metals Electronic 90241011 Universal or for tensile tests 3,2 — 90241013 For hardness tests 3,2 — 90241019 Other 3,2 — 90241090 Other 2,1 — 902480 Other machines and appliances Electronic 90248011 For testing textiles, paper or paperboard 3,2 — 90248019 Other 3,2 — 90248090 Other 2,1 — 90249000 Parts and accessories 2,1 — 9025 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments 902511 Liquid-filled, for direct reading 90251120 Clinical or veterinary thermometers Free p/st 90251180 Other 2,8 p/st 902519 Other 90251920 Electronic 3,2 p/st 90251980 Other 2,1 p/st 902580 Other instruments 90258020 Barometers, not combined with other instruments 2,1 p/st Other 90258040 Electronic 3,2 — 90258080 Other 2,1 — 90259000 Parts and accessories 3,2 — 9026 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032 902610 For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids Electronic 90261021 Flow meters Free p/st 90261029 Other Free p/st Other 90261081 Flow meters Free p/st 90261089 Other Free p/st 902620 For measuring or checking pressure 90262020 Electronic Free p/st Other 90262040 Spiral or metal diaphragm type pressure gauges Free p/st 90262080 Other Free p/st 902680 Other instruments or apparatus 90268020 Electronic Free — 90268080 Other Free — 90269000 Parts and accessories Free — 9027 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes 902710 Gas or smoke analysis apparatus 90271010 Electronic 2,5 p/st 90271090 Other 2,5 p/st 90272000 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments Free — 90273000 Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) Free — 90275000 Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) Free — 902780 Other instruments and apparatus 90278005 Exposure meters 2,5 — Other Electronic 90278011 pH meters, rH meters and other apparatus for measuring conductivity Free — 90278013 Apparatus for performing measurements of the physical properties of semiconductor materials or of LCD substrates or associated insulating and conducting layers during the semiconductor wafer production process or the LCD production process Free — 90278017 Other Free — Other 90278091 Viscometers, porosimeters and expansion meters Free — 90278099 Other Free — 902790 Microtomes; parts and accessories 90279010 Microtomes 2,5 p/st Parts and accessories 90279050 Of apparatus of subheadings 9027 20 to 9027 80 Free — 90279080 Of microtomes or of gas or smoke analysis apparatus 2,5 — 9028 Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor 90281000 Gas meters 2,1 p/st 90282000 Liquid meters 2,1 p/st 902830 Electricity meters For alternating current 90283011 For single-phase 2,1 p/st 90283019 For multiphase 2,1 p/st 90283090 Other 2,1 p/st 902890 Parts and accessories 90289010 For electricity meters 2,1 — 90289090 Other 2,1 — 9029 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes 90291000 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like 1,9 — 902920 Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes Speed indicators and tachometers 90292031 Speed indicators for vehicles 2,6 — 90292038 Other 2,6 — 90292090 Stroboscopes 2,6 — 90299000 Parts and accessories 2,2 — 9030 Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations 90301000 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations 4,2 — 903020 Oscilloscopes and oscillographs 90302010 Cathode ray 4,2 — 90302030 Other, with a recording device Free — Other 90302091 Electronic Free — 90302099 Other 2,1 — Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power 90303100 Multimeters, without a recording device 4,2 — 90303200 Multimeters, with a recording device Free — 903033 Other, without a recording device 90303310 Electronic 4,2 — Other 90303391 Voltmeters 2,1 — 90303399 Other 2,1 — 90303900 Other, with a recording device Free — 90304000 Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) Free — Other instruments and apparatus 90308200 For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices Free — 90308400 Other, with a recording device Free — 903089 Other 90308930 Electronic Free — 90308990 Other 2,1 — 903090 Parts and accessories 90309020 For apparatus of subheading 9030 82 00 Free — 90309085 Other 2,5 — 9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors 90311000 Machines for balancing mechanical parts 2,8 — 90312000 Test benches 2,8 — Other optical instruments and appliances 90314100 For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices Free — 903149 Other 90314910 Profile projectors 2,8 p/st 90314990 Other Free — 903180 Other instruments, appliances and machines Electronic For measuring or checking geometrical quantities 90318032 For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices 2,8 — 90318034 Other 2,8 — 90318038 Other 4 — Other 90318091 For measuring or checking geometrical quantities 2,8 — 90318098 Other 4 — 903190 Parts and accessories 90319020 For apparatus of subheading 9031 41 00 or for optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers of subheading 9031 49 90 Free — 90319030 For apparatus of subheading 9031 80 32 2,8 — 90319085 Other 2,8 — 9032 Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus 903210 Thermostats 90321020 Electronic 2,8 p/st Other 90321081 With electrical triggering device 2,1 p/st 90321089 Other 2,1 p/st 90322000 Manostats 2,8 p/st Other instruments and apparatus 90328100 Hydraulic or pneumatic 2,8 — 90328900 Other 2,8 — 90329000 Parts and accessories 2,8 — 90330000 Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90 3,7 — --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1006/annex/I/chapter/90 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1006/annex-I/chapter-90 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.