25In the first place, it should be recalled that it is settled case-law of the Court that, in the interests of legal certainty and for ease of verification, the decisive criterion for the classification of goods for customs purposes is in general to be sought in their objective characteristics and properties as defined in the wording of the relevant heading of the CN and of the notes to the sections or chapters (judgments of 26 September 2000, Eru Portuguesa, C‑42/99, EU:C:2000:501, paragraph 13, and of 5 March 2015, Vario Tek, C‑178/14, not published, EU:C:2015:152, paragraph 21 and the case-law cited).
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