STAPLE CARTRIDGE IS USED TO STAPLE BATCHES OF DOCUMENTS WITHIN A MULTIFUNCTIONAL MACHINE, THE MACHINES MAIN FUNCTIONS ARE COPYING, PRINTING AND SCANNING. THE STACK OF STAPLES ARE HOUSED IN A CLEAR PLASTIC CIRCULAR CARTRIDGE WITH TWO SEPARATE BITS OF PLASTIC ATTACHED TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE CARTRIDGE, IN PREPARATION TO BE INSTALLED INTO THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL MACHINE. EACH CARTRIDGE HOLDS 2000 STEEL STAPLES, THE SIZE OF EACH CARTRIDGE IS 7.5 X 4.5 X 4.5 CMS. THE PRODUCT IS VERY SIMILAR TO AN OFFICE STAPLER CARTRIDGE BUT IS ONLY DESIGNED TO FIT INTO A MULTIFUNCTIONAL MACHINE. THE STAPLES WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN THE CARTRIDGE ARE IN THE FORM OF STACKED STRIPS.

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 8305 FITTINGS FOR LOOSE-LEAF BINDERS OR FILES. LETTER CLIPS, LETTER CORNERS, PAPERS CLIPS, INDEXING TAGS AND SIMIALR OFFICE ARTICLES, OF BASE METAL; STAPLES IN STRIPS (FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OFFICES, UPHOLSTERY, PACKAGING), OF BASE METAL. GIR 3 (b) HAS BEEN USED AS IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE STAPLES IN STRIPS ARE THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 830520 STAPLES IN STRIPS ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN'S) TO HEADING 8305.