Article 1The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.

Article 2Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 34(9) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 3This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 July 2017.For the Commission,On behalf of the President,Stephen QuestDirector-GeneralDirectorate-General for Taxation and Customs UnionANNEX

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Description of the goods	Classification (CN-code)	Reasons
(1)	(2)	(3)
A circular article with a diameter of approximately 500 mm and a weight of approximately 23 kg. It is made of a spheroidal graphite cast iron (ductile iron, EN-GJS-500-7). The article is painted with black bitumen for protection against corrosion.The article is certified according to EN 124 standard (gully tops and manhole tops for vehicular and pedestrian areas) and it is used as a sewer cover (for example, for rainwater sewers).See image.	73259910	Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of CN codes 7325, 732599 and 73259910.The Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature (CNEN) to CN code 73071910 define malleable cast iron. According to those notes, the expression "malleable" includes spheroidal graphite cast iron. For reasons of legal certainty and in order to ensure coherent interpretation of the CN those CNEN should be applied by analogy also to heading 7325. Classification of the article under CN code 73251000 as other cast articles of non-malleable cast iron is consequently excluded.The article is therefore to be classified under CN code 73259910 as other cast articles of malleable cast iron.

Amendments and corrections
March 16, 2019	Repealed by 32019R0321
July 28, 2017	Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 3

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1232 of 3 July 2017 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature