Reference for a preliminary ruling – Customs union – Common Customs Tariff – Combined Nomenclature – Heading 9021 – Orthopaedic appliances – Other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability – Robotic arm attached to an electric wheelchair
Zusammenfassung und Tenor
On those grounds, THE GENERAL COURT (Fifth Chamber, sitting with five Judges) hereby rules: Heading 9021 of the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, in the version resulting from Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1776 of 9 October 2019, must be interpreted as meaning that the expressions ‘orthopaedic appliances’ and ‘other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability’, referred to by that heading, do not cover a robotic arm attached to an electric wheelchair which is operated by means of a joystick or a head control in order to perform movements imitating the movements of a human arm to handle certain objects. Papasavvas Sampol Pucurull Laitenberger Stancu Valasidis Delivered in open court in Luxembourg on 3 June 2026. [Signatures] * Language of the case: German.
Schlagwörter
Customs unionCommon Customs TariffCombined NomenclatureHeading 9021Orthopaedic appliancesOther appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability