THIS PRODUCT IS DETECTOR MOUNTING BASES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR MOUNTING OF HEAT OR SMOKE DETECTORS. THE PRODUCT COMPRISES A CIRCULAR POLYCARBONATE PLASTIC MOUNTING BASE PLUS METAL TERMINALS (CONNECTORS), SCREWS AND FASTENERS. THE NUMBER OF TERMINALS FITTED MAY VARY DEPENDING UPON THE RANGE OF DETECTORS BEING MOUNTED. THE TERMINALS ALSO PROVIDE FOR TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO (PLUS DATA TO AND FROM) THE MOUNTED DETECTOR. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE DESIGN, APPEARANCE OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY OF THE THREE VARIANTS PRODUCED BY THIS COMPANY. NO VARIANT OF THIS PRODUCT CAN BE USED IN ANY STAND-ALONE CAPACITY, AS THEY CAN ONLY BE USED AS PART OF THIS COMPANY'S FIRE ALARM CONTROL SYSTEM. NO QUANTITATIVE, CHEMICAL OR SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ANY KIND IS CARRIED OUT BY THIS PRODUCT. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE TO THE DESIGN, APPEARANCE OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS PRODUCT SINCE THE ISSUE OF THE PREVIOUS RULING. THIS PRODUCT IS IMPORTED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS COMPANY, AND IT CANNOT BE RESOLD AS AN "OFF THE SHELF" ITEM BY GENERAL STORES OR BY ANY NON-SPECIALIST OUTLET. THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT HAVE AN INTEGRAL SOUNDER OR RECORDING DEVICE. WHILE IT CAN BE SOLD SINGLY THE PRODUCT IS MORE COMMONLY DESPATCHED IN LARGER CARDBOARD BOXES CONTAINING 10 OR 100 UNITS.

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 9027 INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (FOR EXAMPLE, POLARIMETERS, REFRACTOMETERS, SPECTROMETERS, GAS OR SMOKE ANALYSIS APPARATUS); INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR CHECKING VISCOSITY, POROSITY, EXPANSION, SURFACE TENSION OR THE LIKE; INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR CHECKING QUANTITIES OF HEAT, SOUND OR LIGHT (INCLUDING EXPOSURE METERS); MICROTOMES GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 902790 MICROTOMES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: NOTE 2 (B) TO CHAPTER 90 HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) TO CHAPTER 90 - NOTE (III) (1) HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) 9027.90 - MICROTOMES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES SCHENKER RULING C-199/09