MOSCOW: The Moscow Region Commercial Court has halted proceedings in the lawsuit of Apple’s subsidiary in Russia, “Apple Rus” against the ruling of the Russian Customs Service regarding classification of the Apple Watch product, the court documents read.
Reasons for stopping the proceedings are unknown.
Earlier, the Commercial Court of Moscow reviewed two lawsuits by the company against the rulings of the Central Directorate of the Federal Customs Service over classification of Apple Watch. Lawsuits were dismissed on May 17 and June 1. Currently these dismissals are being appealed.
In late 2015, the Federal Customs Service changed classification of the Apple Watch products from data transferring devices to the ordinary wristwatches. Former are not subjected to import duty, while duty for the latter may reach as high as 10%.
