Baby video monitor systems are essentially a set consisting of a wireless video camera and video monitors that display the images sent by this camera. Regarding the classification of such systems, the US and EU binding tariff information seem to use 2 separate tariffs. In the US Rules, the systems in question are classified in heading 8528.59 for monitors. The evaluation used in making this classification is as follows:
"Neither the camera nor the monitor can function independently of one another to achieve the function of a baby monitor. As a result, both the camera and the monitor contribute equally to the system’s function; therefore, both the camera and the monitor merit equal consideration in determining the essential character of this set. This decision is in accordance with a long line of CBP’s prior rulings that examined similar sets that incorporated video monitors and video cameras. In each of these prior rulings, we found that no single component determined the system’s essential character, and, therefore by virtue of GRI 3(c), they were classified under Heading 8528, because it was the last numerical heading."
In EU binding tariffs, heading 8528.72, which is for baby video monitor systems and television receiver devices in general, is used. As a rationale, it was commented that the main character of the system is the video screen television receiver.