Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 875/2014
Of 8 August 2014 — CELEX 32014R0875
Description of the goods
An article (so-called ‘LED tile’) in an aluminium housing with dimensions of approximately 40 × 40 × 7 cm, including the following components: — light emitting diodes (LED) mounted on a printed circuit board with a pixel density of 72 × 72 and a brightness of 2 000 cd/m2, — connectors for the power supply (in and out), — connectors for the data input (in and out), — brackets and holes for mounting several tiles together. The article is presented for use in a modular LED video wall. It does not include a video processor. The LED tile, whether or not connected to other tiles, cannot display video images directly originating from a video source. It can only display signals originating from a dedicated video processor (so-called ‘digitiser’), which processes the signals and divides them over the total number of tiles in the LED video wall. The tile, when connected to the video processor, has the capability to display images in a large number (281 trillion) of colours. See images (*1)
Reasons
Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, note 2(b) to Section XVI and by the wording of CN codes 8529, 8529 90 and 8529 90 92. Given its objective characteristics, such as the presence of the mounting brackets, the connectors and the capacity to display images in a large number of colours, the LED tile is intended to be connected to other tiles and a dedicated external video processor in a LED video wall of subheading 8528 59. The original video signal is processed and transferred by the video processor to the LED video wall. The video processor divides the complete video signal over the total number of tiles. When one tile is missing or broken the video signal is not completely displayed by the video wall. Each individual tile is therefore considered an essential part for the operation of the LED video wall as a whole. Classification by application of note 2(a) to Section XVI is excluded as the LED tile, whether or not connected to other tiles, can only function in combination with the video processor. Consequently classification under heading 8528 as a monitor or under heading 8531 as a visual signalling apparatus is excluded. The article is therefore to be classified under CN code 8529 90 92 as other parts for apparatus of heading 8528.