19It must be stated at the outset that the Court has consistently held that, in the interests of legal certainty and ease of verification, 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 CN heading and of the section or chapter notes (see, inter alia, Case C‑459/93 Thyssen Haniel Logistic EU:C:1995:160, paragraph 8 and the case-law cited, and Case C‑291/11 TNT Freight Management (Amsterdam) EU:C:2012:459, paragraph 30).
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