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Ref : EIC 230/3

12 February 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 130/2014

European Union (EU)* : Classification of Certain Goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN)

The European Commission (the Commission) has adopted five Regulations concerning the classification of certain goods in its commodity classification system, the Combined Nomenclature (CN). The Regulations stipulate the CN classification of liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors with touch screens; LCD monitors for use in information display applications; high speed cameras; LCD monitors for use in medical systems; as well as electric control apparatuses incorporating automatic data processing (ADP) machines to ensure uniform application of the CN by Member States' customs authorities. Details are set out in the Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 111/2014, 112/2014, 113/2014, 114/2014 and 115/2014 respectively, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:038:0016:0017:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:038:0018:0019:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:038:0020:0021:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:038:0022:0023:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:038:0024:0025:EN:PDF

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2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

*The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.