THE FIBRE OPTIC ADAPTERS COMPRISE OF A METAL OR PLASTIC HOUSING THAT CONTAINS A PHOSPHOR BRONZE OR CERAMIC ALIGNMENT SLEEVE. THE ADAPTERS ARE USED FOR CONNECTING A FIBRE OPTIC DATA TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, THE UNIT ALIGNS THE FIBRE LINK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ADAPTER TO EXTEND OR TERMINATE THE DATA LINK.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8536, ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING OR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS, OR FOR MAKING CONNECTIONS TO OR IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS (FOR EXAMPLE, SWITCHES, RELAYS, FUSES, SURGE SUPPRESSORS, PLUGS, SOCKETS, LAMP HOLDERS AND OTHER CONNECTORS, JUNCTION BOXES), FOR A VOLTAGE NOT EXCEEDING 1 000 V; CONNECTORS FOR OPTICAL FIBRES, OPTICAL FIBRE BUNDLES OR CABLES. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 853670, CONNECTORS FOR OPTICAL FIBRES, OPTICAL FIBRE BUNDLES OR CABLES CN CODE: 8536700090, OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED WITHIN THIS HEADING. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES: GENERAL NOTES TO HEADING 8536