16To reply to that question it should be recalled, at the outset, that the decisive criterion for the classification of goods for customs purposes is, in general, to be found in their objective characteristics and properties as defined in the wording of the relevant tariff heading and in the notes to the sections or chapters (see to that effect, inter alia, Case C-175/82 Dinter [1983] ECR 969, paragraph 10, Case C-233/88 Van de Kolk [1990] ECR I-265, paragraph 12, and Case C-400/05 B.A.S. Trucks [2007] ECR I-311, paragraph 27).
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