HS

Field

Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; 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.

Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked.

Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other.

Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy.

Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 85.39.

Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection.

Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus.

Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.

Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights.

Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus.

Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters.

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.

Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like

Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments.

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.

Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations.

ICS

Field

GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION

SERVICES. COMPANY ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY. ADMINISTRATION. TRANSPORT. SOCIOLOGY

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY

ENVIRONMENT. HEALTH PROTECTION. SAFETY

METROLOGY AND MEASUREMENT. PHYSICAL PHENOMENA

FLUID SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS FOR GENERAL USE

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

TELECOMMUNICATIONS. AUDIO AND VIDEO ENGINEERING

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. OFFICE MACHINES

CLOTHING INDUSTRY

AGRICULTURE

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

WOOD TECHNOLOGY

RUBBER AND PLASTIC INDUSTRIES

PAINT AND COLOUR INDUSTRIES

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND BUILDING

CIVIL ENGINEERING

DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT. ENTERTAINMENT. SPORTS