IMAGE STABILISER COMPACT 8 X 25 BINOCULARS. COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN (490G). TILT MECHANISM IMAGE STABILISER. 8X MAGNIFICATION POWER. FIELD FLATTENER LENS. CENTRALLY MOUNTED CONTROLS. PUT UP AS A SET FOR RETAIL SALE INCLUDING: EYEPIECE CAP, NECK STRAP, SOFT CASE AND 1 X CR123A LITHIUM BATTERY (ALLOWS 6 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION).

THE IMAGE STABILISER COMPACT BINOCULARS ARE CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 9005100000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE BINOCULARS BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9005 AND ANY RELEVANT SECTION AND CHAPTER NOTES GIR 3(b) THIS RULE RELATES TO MIXTURES, COMPOSITE GOODS CONSISTING OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, COMPOSITE GOODS CONSISTING OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND GOODS PUT UP IN SETS FOR RETAIL SALE. IN ALL THESE CASES THE GOODS ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS IF THEY CONSISTED OF THE MATERIAL OR COMPONENT WHICH GIVES THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER, INSOFAR AS THIS CRITERION IS APPLICABLE. THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER IS CONSIDERED TO BE GIVEN BY THE BINOCULARS. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY TO SUBHEADING LEVEL - 900510 BINOCULARS SECTION NOTES AND CHAPTER NOTES NOTE 3 TO SECTION XVI. "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." NOTE 3 TO CHAPTER 90. "THE PROVISIONS OF NOTES 3 AND 4 TO SECTION XVI APPLY ALSO TO THIS CHAPTER." HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES 9005 BINOCULARS, MONOCULARS, OTHER OPTICAL TELESCOPES, AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR; OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR, BUT NOT INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS FOR RADIO-ASTRONOMY "THE HEADING ALSO INCLUDES TELESCOPES, AND MORE PARTICULARLY BINOCULARS, WHICH UTILIZE INFRA-RED LIGHT AND WHICH INCORPORATE IMAGE CONVERTER TUBES TO CONVERT THE MAGNIFIED INFRA-RED IMAGE INTO AN IMAGE WHICH CAN BE SEEN BY THE HUMAN EYE; THESE INFRA-RED INSTRUMENTS ARE USED AT NIGHT, PARTICULARLY BY ARMED FORCES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TELESCOPES, BINOCULARS AND THE LIKE WHICH UTILISE LIGHT AMPLIFIERS (ALSO KNOWN AS IMAGE INTENSIFIERS) TO INCREASE THE BRIGHTNESS OF AN IMAGE WHICH IS BELOW THE VISUAL THRESHOLD TO A LEVEL WHERE THE IMAGE CAN BE SEEN." COMBINED NOMENCLATURE EXPLANATORY NOTES 9005 BINOCULARS, MONOCULARS, OTHER OPTICAL TELESCOPES, AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR; OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR, BUT NOT INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS FOR RADIO-ASTRONOMY "THIS HEADING INCLUDES APPARATUS USING IMAGE INTENSIFIERS FOR NIGHT VISION."