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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8543: Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions

Heading 8543 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

8543Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter

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… > 8543

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85 and parts thereof

Subheadings (6 digits)
6
CN codes (8 digits)
21

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8543

  • 8543 10Particle accelerators

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrical particle accelerators for electrons, protons, etc. (excl. ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials)

    • 8543 10 00 Particle accelerators
  • 8543 20Signal generators

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Signal generators, electrical

    • 8543 20 00 Signal generators
  • 8543 30Machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis
    • 8543 30 40 Electroplating and electrolysis machines of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits
    • 8543 30 70 Other
  • 8543 40Electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices
    • 8543 40 00 Electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices
  • 8543 70Other machines and apparatus

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85

    • 8543 70 01 Articles specifically designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or instruments or to telegraphic or telephonic networks
    • 8543 70 02 Microwave amplifiers
    • 8543 70 03 Cordless infrared remote control devices for video game consoles
    • 8543 70 04 Digital flight-data recorders
    • 8543 70 05 Portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still image or audio file
    • 8543 70 06 Digital signal processing apparatus capable of connecting to a wired or wireless network for the mixing of sound
    • 8543 70 07 Portable interactive electronic education devices primarily designed for children
    • 8543 70 08 Plasma cleaner machines that remove organic contaminants from electron microscopy specimens and specimen holders
    • 8543 70 09 Touch-Sensitive Data Input Devices (so-called touch screens) without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area
    • 8543 70 10 Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions
    • 8543 70 30 Aerial amplifiers
    • 8543 70 50 Sunbeds, sunlamps and similar suntanning equipment
    • 8543 70 60 Electric fence energisers
    • 8543 70 90 Other
  • 8543 90Parts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts of electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85

    • 8543 90 10 Assemblies of stacked galvanic cells for water electrolysis machines for the production of hydrogen or oxygen
    • 8543 90 90 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.