THESE SOUND PROCESSOR MODULES ARE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF IMPLANTABLE HEARING DEVICES. THE MODULE CANNOT BE USED SEPARATELY TO THE IMPLANTABLE HEARING DEVICE. WITHOUT THE MODULE THE IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WOULD BE COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. THE MODULES ARE MADE OF SKIN-FRIENDLY PLASTIC WITH RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES INSIDE. THE MODULES ARE PACKED IN TAMPER EVIDENT CARDBOARD BOX WITH A PAPER INSERT. THEY ARE SOLD TO IMPLANT RECIPIENTS VIA THE COMPANY ONLINE STORE, AUTHORISED DISTRIBUTORS AND HOSPITALS. THE MODULES ARE NOT SOLD IN COMMERCIAL RETAIL OUTLETS.

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 9021 - ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCES, INCLUDING CRUTCHES, SURGICAL BELTS AND TRUSSES; SPLINTS AND OTHER FRACTURE APPLIANCES; ARTIFICIAL PARTS OF THE BODY; HEARING AIDS AND OTHER APPLIANCES WHICH ARE WORN OR CARRIED, OR IMPLANTED IN THE BODY, TO COMPENSATE FOR A DEFECT OR DISABILITY. GIR 5(b) HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 902190 - OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED IN THIS HEADING. CN CODE 90219010 - PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF HEARING AIDS. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) TO CHAPTER 90 NOTE 2(b) REFERS. HSEN TO HEADING 9021 - PARTS AND ACCESSORIES REFERS.