A TMC (TRAFFIC MESSAGE CHANNEL) RECEIVER, USED TO PROVIDE UP TO DATE TRAFFIC INFORMATION SUCH AS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TRAFFIC SITUATION, THE LOCATION EFFECTED BY THE EVENT AND THE DIRECTION OF THE TRAFFIC AFFECTED BY THE PROBLEM TO A PAIRED GPS DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. BY CONNECTING THE GPS DEVICE TO THE TMC RECEIVER, USERS AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE TRAFFIC INFORMATION VIA THE TMC CONNECTION. TRAFFIC DATA IS COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES AND PROCESSED AT A CENTRALISED LOCATION. THE RECEIVER ACQUIRES THIS INFORMATION THROUGH AN FM SIGNAL BROADCAST BY REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PROVIDERS. THE GPS TRANSLATES THE DATA RECEIVED INTO A FORMAT WHICH THE FINAL USER CAN VIEW ON THE SCREEN OF THE GPS MODULE. THE TMC RECEIVER INCLUDES AN INTEGRATED CHARGER, MINI USB CONNECTOR AND CABLE AERIAL.

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 8517 FOR TELEPHONE SETS, INCLUDING TELEPHONES FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS OR FOR OTHER WIRELESS NETWORKS; OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, INCLUDING APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRED OR WIRELESS NETWORK (SUCH AS A LOCAL OR WIDE AREA NETWORK), OTHER THAN TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION APPARATUS OF HEADING 8443, 8525, 8527OR 8528 GIR 3 (A) HAS BEEN USED AS THE PRODUCT IS CLASSIFIABLE UNDER MORE THAN ONE HEADING AND HEADING 8517 GIVES THE MOST SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 8517 69 FOR OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, INCLUDING APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRED OR WIRELESS NETWORK (SUCH AS A LOCAL OR WIDE AREA NETWORK): OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED CN CODE 851769 39 FOR RECEPTION APPARATUS FOR RADIO-TELEPHONY OR RADIO-TELEGRAPHY: OTHER THAN PORTABLE RECEIVERS FOR CALLING, ALERTING OR PAGING TARIC CODE 85176939 90 FOR OTHER THAN RADIO-TELEGRAPHIC OR RADIO-TELEPHONIC APPARATUS, FOR USE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRIBUNAL TC/2010/04896 HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) NOTE (II) (F) (4) TO HEADING 85.17 COMBINED NOMENCLATURE EXPLANATORY NOTES (CNEN): NOTE 6 TO 8517 69 39