THIS DIGITAL STILL MOTION CAMERA IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 85258091 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8525 WHICH INCLUDES TELEVISION CAMERAS, DIGITAL CAMERAS AND VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL.
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) INCLUDE:
(B) TELEVISION CAMERAS, DIGITAL CAMERAS AND VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS
THIS GROUP COVERS CAMERAS THAT CAPTURE IMAGES AND COVERT THEM INTO AN ELECTRONIC SIGNAL THAT IS:
(2) RECORDED IN THE CAMERA AS A STILL IMAGE OR MOTION PICTURE (I.E., DIGITAL CAMERAS AND VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS).
MANY OF THE CAMERAS OF THIS HEADING MAY PHYSICALLY RESEMBLE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS OF HEADING 90.06 OR THE CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS OF 90.07. THE CAMERAS OF HEADING 85.25 AND THE CAMERAS OF CHAPTER 90 TYPICALLY INCLUDE OPTICAL LENSES TO FOCUS THE IMAGE ON A LIGHT SENSITIVE MEDIUM AND ADJUSTMENTS TO VARY THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT ENTERING THE CAMERA. HOWEVER, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS OF CHAPTER 90 EXPOSE IMAGES ONTO PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM OF CHAPTER 37, WHILE THE CAMERAS OF THIS HEADING CONVERT THE IMAGES INTO ANALOGUE OR DIGITAL DATA.
THE CAMERAS OF THIS HEADING CAPTURE AN IMAGE BY FOCUSING THE IMAGE ONTO A LIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICE, SUCH AS CMOS OR CCD. THE LIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICE SENDS AN ELECTRICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE IMAGES TO BE FURTHER PROCESSED INTO ANALOGUE OR DIGITAL RECORD OF THE IMAGES.
IN DIGITAL CAMERAS AND VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS, IMAGES ARE RECORDED ONTO AN INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE OR ONTO MEDIA. THEY MAY INCLUDE AN ANAOLOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTER AND AN OUTPUT TERMINAL WHICH PROVIDES THE MEANS TO SEND IMAGES TO UNITS OF ADP MACHINES, PRINTERS, TVS OR OTHER VIEWING MACHINES.
COMBINED NOMENCLATURE EXPLANATORY NOTES (CNEN) INCLUDE:
VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS
VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS OF THESE SUBHEADINGS ARE ALWAYS CAPABLE OF RECORDING SEQUENCES OF VIDEO, WHETHER ON AN INTERNAL STORAGE
MEDIUM OR ON INTERCHANGEABLE MEDIA.
IN GENERAL, THE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS OF THESE SUBHEADINGS HAVE THE DESIGN WHICH DIFFERS FROM DIGITAL CAMERAS OF SUBHEADING
8525 80 30. THEY OFTEN HAVE A FOLDABLE VIEWFINDER AND ARE FREQUENTLY PRESENTED TOGETHER WITH A REMOTE CONTROL. THEY
ALWAYS OFFER AN OPTICAL ZOOM FUNCTION DURING VIDEO RECORDING.
THESE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA RECORDERS MAY ALSO HAVE STILL IMAGE RECORDING CAPABILITY.
DIGITAL CAMERAS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THESE SUBHEADINGS IF THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE, USING THE MAXIMUM STORAGE CAPACITY, OF RECORDING, IN A QUALITY OF 800 × 600 PIXELS (OR HIGHER) AT 23 FRAMES PER SECOND (OR HIGHER) AT LEAST 30 MINUTES IN A SINGLE SEQUENCE OF VIDEO.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) NO 1231/2007 RELATING TO DIGITAL CAMERAS
COMMISSION STATEMENT RELATING TO A HIGH SPEED CAMERA USED IN LABORATORIES