BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL > ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL > Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel
1. This Section does not cover: (a) prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (headings 3207 to 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215); (b) ferrocerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading 3606); (c) headgear or parts thereof of heading 6506 or 6507; (d) umbrella frames or other articles of Chapter 66; (e) goods of Chapter 71 (for example, precious metal alloys, base metal clad with precious metal, imitation jewellery); (f) articles of Section XVI (machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment); (g) assembled railway or tramway track (heading 8608) or other articles of Section XVII (vehicles, aircraft, vessels); (h) instruments or apparatus of Section XVIII, including clock or watch springs; (ij) lead shot prepared for ammunition (heading 9306) or other articles of Section XIX (arms and ammunition); (k) articles of Chapter 94 (furniture, lamps, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings); (l) articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites); (m) hand sieves, buttons, pens, pencils, pen-holders, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles or other articles of Chapter 96; (n) articles of Chapter 97 (works of art). 2. Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression 'parts of general use' means: (a) articles of heading 7307, 7312, 7315, 7317 or 7318 and similar articles of other base metal; (b) springs and leaves for springs, of base metal, other than clock or watch springs (heading 9114); (c) articles of headings 8301, 8302, 8308, 8310 and frames and mirrors, of base metal, of heading 8306. In Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 82, references to parts of goods do not include references to parts of general use as defined above. 3. Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression 'base metals' means: iron and steel, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium (celtium), indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium. 4. Throughout the Nomenclature, the term 'cermets' means products containing a microscopic heterogeneous combination of a metallic component and a ceramic component, including sintered metal carbides. 5. Classification of alloys (other than ferro-alloys and master alloys as defined in Chapters 72 and 74): alloys of base metals with each other are to be classified as alloys of the metal which predominates by weight over each of the other metals. Alloys of base metals not elsewhere specified or included are to be classified as articles of the metal predominating by weight.
Source: European Commission - CN Explanatory Notes (CNEN) and HS legal notes.
2016/1759
Fixing and adjustment article consisting of a galvanized steel threaded rod (metric thread, obtained by rolling) and a rounded plastic head without groove or tool slot, mainly intended to serve as an adjustable foot or support for furniture or objects placed on the ground. Its primary function is to adjust the height of furniture by screwing into the base, and its design without a tool slot favors manual adjustment. This product could fall under specific subheadings of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) for furniture parts or possibly hardware articles; no CE marking or specific REACH requirements are applicable given the common materials (galvanized steel, plastic). Regulation 2016/1759.
553/2012
Raw steel article, non-stainless, non-threaded, with a hexagonal head, exhibiting a tensile strength of 1040 MPa, measuring 160 mm in length, 32 mm head diameter, and 16 mm shank diameter. It is a semi-finished product used as a blank for subsequent manufacturing of finished parts such as screws or bolts classified under heading 7318. Main use: industrial processing. Particularity: the item is not threaded nor finished; it does not yet meet the specifications of a ready-to-use fastening component. Subject to steel regulations and potentially REACH regulations concerning alloyed substances.
C-592/17
15 Nov 2018Skatteministeriet v Baby Dan A/S
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 November 2018.#Skatteministeriet v Baby Dan A/S.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff classification — Headings and subheadings 4421, 7326, 7318 15 90, 7318 19 00 and 9403 90 10 — Article specially designed to mount child safety gates — Dumping — Validity of Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — World Trade Organisation (WTO) Anti-Dumping Agreement — Regulation (EC) No 384/96 — Article 3(2) and Article 4(1) — Definition of Community industry.#Case C-592/17.
C-272/14
11 Jun 2015Skatteministeriet v Baby Dan A/S
Baby Dan