HS code 8531: Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus
Heading 8531 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
8531Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530
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… > 8531
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus, e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms (excl. those for cycles, motor vehicles and traffic signalling); parts thereof
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 8
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8531
- 8531 10Burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus
- 8531 10 30 Of a kind used for buildings
- 8531 10 95 Other
- 8531 20Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light-emitting diodes (LED)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Indicator panels with liquid crystal devices "LCD" or light emitting diodes "LED" (excl. those for cycles, motor vehicles and traffic signalling)
- 8531 20 20 Incorporating light-emitting diodes (LED)
- 8531 20 40 Incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) | Incorporating active matrix liquid crystal devices (LCD)
- 8531 20 95 Incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) | Other
- 8531 80Other apparatus
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (excl. indicator panels with liquid crystal devices or light emitting diodes, burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus and apparatus for cycles, motor vehicles and traffic signalling)
- 8531 80 40 Bells, buzzers, door chimes and similar
- 8531 80 70 Other
- 8531 90Parts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts of electric sound or visual signalling apparatus, n.e.s.
- 8531 90 00 Parts
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.