FUSED FIBRE OPTICAL LOW RATION TAP COUPLER. TAPS OFF POWER FROM A SIGNAL PATH WHILST MAINTAINING POLARISATION THROUGH THE COMPONENT. IT IS USED WITH FIBRE LASERS. IT CONSISTS OF TWO LENGTHS OF OPTICAL FIBRE WHICH ARE FUSED TOGETHER WITHIN A STAINLESS STEEL HOUSING. A LIGHT SIGNAL IS THEN PASSED THROUGH THE COUPLER AND SPLIT / MONITORED BY THE CUSTOMER. THERE IS NO POWER SOURCE OR MONITORING DEVUICE FORMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COUPLER. THE CABLE IS NOT ELECTRICALLY INSUALTED.

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 9011 - OPTICAL FIBRES AND OPTICAL FIBRE BUNDLES; OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 8544; SHEETS AND PLATES OF POLARISING MATERIAL; LENSES (INCLUDING CONTACT LENSES), PRISMS, MIRRORS AND OTHER OPTICAL ELEMENTS, OF ANY MATERIAL, UNMOUNTED, OTHER THAN SUCH ELEMENTS OF GLASS NOT OPTICALLY WORKED. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 900110 - OPTICAL FIBRES, OPTICAL FIBRE BUNDLES AND CABLES. CN CODE 90011090 - OTHER. TARIC CODE 9001109090 - OTHER. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: NOTE (A) TO THE HSEN'S OF HEADING 9001. THE CNEN'S TO HEADING 90011-10 AND 90011090 REFERS.