HS code 8535: Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical
Heading 8535 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
8535Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1000 V
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… > 8535
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes, for a voltage > 1.000 V (excl. control desks, cabinets, panels etc. of heading 8537)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 7
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8535
- 8535 10Fuses
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Fuses for a voltage > 1.000 V
- 8535 10 00 Fuses
- 8535 21Automatic circuit breakers | For a voltage of less than 72,5 kV
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Automatic circuit breakers for a voltage > 1.000 V but < 72,5 kV
- 8535 21 00 For a voltage of less than 72,5 kV
- 8535 29Automatic circuit breakers | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Automatic circuit breakers for a voltage >= 72,5 kV
- 8535 29 00 Other
- 8535 30Isolating switches and make-and-break switches
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Isolating switches and make-and-break switches, for a voltage > 1.000 V
- 8535 30 10 For a voltage of less than 72,5 kV
- 8535 30 90 Other
- 8535 40Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors, for a voltage > 1.000 V
- 8535 40 00 Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors
- 8535 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage > 1.000 V (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers, isolating switches, make-and-break switches, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors and control desks, cabinets, panels etc. of heading 8537)
- 8535 90 00 Other
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.