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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8501: Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

Heading 8501 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 85, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

8501Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

Place in the nomenclature: 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and… > 8501

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Electric motors and generators (excl. generating sets)

Subheadings (6 digits)
17
CN codes (8 digits)
28

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8501

  • 8501 10Motors of an output not exceeding 37,5 W

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Motors of an output <= 37,5 W

    • 8501 10 10 Synchronous motors of an output not exceeding 18 W
    • 8501 10 91 Other | Universal AC/DC motors
    • 8501 10 93 Other | AC motors
    • 8501 10 99 Other | DC motors
  • 8501 20Universal AC/DC motors of an output exceeding 37,5 W

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Universal AC-DC motors of an output > 37,5 W

    • 8501 20 00 Universal AC/DC motors of an output exceeding 37,5 W
  • 8501 31Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output not exceeding 750 W

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): DC motors of an output > 37,5 W but <= 750 W and DC generators of an output <= 750 W (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 31 00 Of an output not exceeding 750 W
  • 8501 32Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): DC motors and DC generators of an output > 750 W but <= 75 kW (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 32 00 Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW
  • 8501 33Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output exceeding 75 kW but not exceeding 375 kW

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): DC motors and DC generators of an output > 75 kW but <= 375 kW (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 33 10 Hydrogen fuel cell generators
    • 8501 33 90 Other
  • 8501 34Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output exceeding 375 kW

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): DC motors and DC generators of an output > 375 kW (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 34 00 Of an output exceeding 375 kW
  • 8501 40Other AC motors, single-phase

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC motors, single-phase, of an output > 37,5 W

    • 8501 40 20 Of an output not exceeding 750 W
    • 8501 40 80 Of an output exceeding 750 W
  • 8501 51Other AC motors, multi-phase | Of an output not exceeding 750 W

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC motors, multi-phase, of an output > 37,5 W but <= 750 W

    • 8501 51 00 Of an output not exceeding 750 W
  • 8501 52Other AC motors, multi-phase | Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC motors, multi-phase, of an output > 750 W but <= 75 kW

    • 8501 52 20 Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 7,5 kW
    • 8501 52 30 Of an output exceeding 7,5 kW but not exceeding 37 kW
    • 8501 52 90 Of an output exceeding 37 kW but not exceeding 75 kW
  • 8501 53Other AC motors, multi-phase | Of an output exceeding 75 kW

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC motors, multi-phase, of an output > 75 kW

    • 8501 53 50 Traction motors
    • 8501 53 81 Other, of an output | Exceeding 75 kW but not exceeding 375 kW
    • 8501 53 94 Other, of an output | Exceeding 375 kW but not exceeding 750 kW
    • 8501 53 99 Other, of an output | Exceeding 750 kW
  • 8501 61AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC generators "alternators", of an output <= 75 kVA (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 61 20 Of an output not exceeding 7,5 kVA
    • 8501 61 80 Of an output exceeding 7,5 kVA but not exceeding 75 kVA
  • 8501 62AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC generators "alternators", of an output > 75 kVA but <= 375 kVA (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 62 00 Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA
  • 8501 63AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 750 kVA

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC generators "alternators", of an output > 375 kVA but <= 750 kVA (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 63 00 Of an output exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 750 kVA
  • 8501 64AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators | Of an output exceeding 750 kVA

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): AC generators "alternators", of an output > 750 kVA (excl. photovoltaic generators)

    • 8501 64 00 Of an output exceeding 750 kVA
  • 8501 71Photovoltaic DC generators | Of an output not exceeding 50 W

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Photovoltaic DC generators, of an output <= 50 W

    • 8501 71 00 Of an output not exceeding 50 W
  • 8501 72Photovoltaic DC generators | Of an output exceeding 50 W

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Photovoltaic DC generators, of an output > 50 W

    • 8501 72 00 Of an output exceeding 50 W
  • 8501 80Photovoltaic AC generators
    • 8501 80 00 Photovoltaic AC generators

The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.

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Source

Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.