THE PRODUCT IS A WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) ROUTER SYSTEM. IT CONSISTS OF A BASE MODEL AND A WAN INTERFACE MODULE. SUPPORTS UP TO TWO 12-PORT T1/E1 MODULES PER CHASSIS, AND PROVIDES COMMUNICATION TO REMOTE SITES AND CONTROLS SIGNALS FOR THE RELAY PANEL.

THIS WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) ROUTER SYSTEM IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 8517610090 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR). GIR1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8517. GIR6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL. SECTION XVI NOTES 2. (B) OTHER PARTS, IF SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCIPALLY WITH A PARTICULAR KIND OF MACHINE, OR WITH A NUMBER OF MACHINES OF THE SAME HEADING (INCLUDING A MACHINE OF HEADING 8479 OR 8543) ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE MACHINES OF THAT KIND OR IN HEADING 8409, 8431, 8448, 8466, 8473, 8503, 8522, 8529 OR 8538 AS APPROPRIATE. HOWEVER, PARTS WHICH ARE EQUALLY SUITABLE FOR USE PRINCIPALLY WITH THE GOODS OF HEADINGS 8517 AND 8525 TO 8528 ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED IN HEADING 8517. 3. UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, COMPOSITE MACHINES CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE MACHINES FITTED TOGETHER TO FORM A WHOLE AND OTHER MACHINES DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING TWO OR MORE COMPLEMENTARY OR ALTERNATIVE FUNCTIONS ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS IF CONSISTING ONLY OF THAT COMPONENT OR AS BEING THAT MACHINE WHICH PERFORMS THE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES. HSEN (II) (G) TO HEADING 8517; OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, INCLUDING APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRED OR WIRELESS NETWORK (SUCH AS A LOCAL OR WIDE AREA NETWORK).