FABRIC CONSISTING OF A BLACK CENTRAL LAYER OF A RETICULATED POLYURETHANE FOAM THAT HAS BEEN COATED THROUGHOUT WITH ACTIVATED CARBON. LAMINATED ON ONE SIDE OF THIS IS A GREY/BLACK KNITTED POLYCOTTON TEXTILE CREATED BY A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT COLOUR YARNS USED IN THE FABRIC. LAMINATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLYURETHANE IS A COLOURLESS/LIGHT GREY NON-WOVEN TEXTLE. THE ADHESIVE USED IN THE LAMINATION IS BASED ON EVA, THE TOTAL CONSTRUCT OF THE FABRIC HAS A NOMINAL WEIGHT OF 300-400 GSM AND IS SUPPLIED ON A ROLL OF A NOMINAL WIDTH OF 1.5 METRES. THE CELLULAR PLASTIC MIDDLE LAYER IS VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE AND THE TEXTILE CONSIDERED LAYERS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE MORE THAN FOR REINFORCEMENT. THE FABRIC IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF UNIFORMS, WARFARE WEAR AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WITH THE INTENDED FUNCTION OF OFFERING CHEMICAL PROTECTION.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENRAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S: GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 5903 - TEXTILE FABRICS IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 5902. GIR 3C HAS BEEN USED AS IT IS CONSIDERED THERE IS NO ESSENTIAL CHARACTER AND THEREFORE HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED TO LAST IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITHIN THE TARIFF AS A LAMINATED KNITTED FABRIC.. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 590320 - WITH POLYURETHANE: CN CODE 59032090 - COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED TARIC CODE 5903209090, OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: CHAPTER 59 NOTE 1 CHAPTER 59 NOTE 2(A) CHAPTER 60 NOTE 1(C) HSEN'S TO HEADING 5903 HSENS TO CHAPTER 39 - PLASTIC AND TEXTILE COMBINATIONS - NOTE (D)