40It is clear from the settled case-law of the Court that such a possibility would be contrary to the principle that the decisive criterion for the tariff classification of goods is in general to be found in their objective characteristics and properties and would therefore undermine the objective of ensuring ease of verification and legal certainty which must govern the tariff classification of imported goods (see, to that effect, in particular, the judgments in Kurcums Metal, C‑558/11, EU:C:2012:721, paragraph 29, and Humeau Beaupréau, C‑2/13, EU:C:2014:48, paragraph 45).
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