Judgment_paragraph 33 · Unomedical A/S v Skatteministeriet (C-152/10)

33In that regard, it is settled case-law that both the notes which head the chapters of the Common Customs Tariff and the HS Explanatory Notes are important means for ensuring the uniform application of the Tariff and, as such, may be regarded as useful aids to its interpretation (see, inter alia, Case C-338/95 Wiener SI [1997] ECR I-6495, paragraph 11, and Turbon International, paragraph 22). Consequently, in the absence of any element to the contrary, the definition of the notion of ‘accessory’ given in the judgment in Turbon International must be applied, on the basis of the HS explanatory note to heading 8473, to heading 9018 of the CN.