1. -
This Chapter does not cover :
(a)
Goods of heading 32.07 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes,
glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes);
(b)
Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery);
(c)
Optical fibre cables of heading 85.44, electrical insulators (heading
85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;
(d)
Optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes,
artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles
of Chapter 90;
(e)
Lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates
or the like, having a
permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 94.05;
(f)
Toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other
articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without mechanisms for
dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or
(g)
Buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles
of Chapter 96.
2. -
For the purposes of headings 70.03, 70.04 and 70.05 :
(a)
glass is not regarded as “worked” by reason of any process it has
undergone before annealing;
(b)
cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets;
(c)
the expression “absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer” means a
microscopically thin coating of metal or of a chemical compound (for
example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for example, infrared light or
improves the reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it
to retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or which prevents
light from being reflected on the surface of the glass.
3. -
The products referred to in heading 70.06 remain classified in that
heading whether or not they have the character of articles.
4. -
For the purposes of heading 70.19, the expression “glass wool” means :
(a)
Mineral wools with a silica (SiO₂) content not less
than 60 % by weight;
(b)
Mineral wools with a silica (SiO₂) content less than
60 % but with an alkaline oxide (K₂O or Na₂O)
content exceeding 5 % by weight or a boric oxide (B₂O₃)
content exceeding 2 % by weight.
Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in
heading 68.06.
5. -
Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression “glass” includes fused
quartz and other fused silica.
Subheading Note.
1.
- For the purposes of subheadings 7013.22, 7013.33,
7013.41 and 7013.91, the expression “lead crystal” means only glass
having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24 %.