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( 1 ) OJ NO L 184 , 15 . 7 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 316 , 6 . 12 . 1975 , P . 17 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 8 MAY 1979

EXCLUDING FROM ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES THE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' HEWLETT-PACKARD GAS CHROMATOGRAPH , MODEL 5840 '

( 79/481/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1798/75 OF 10 JULY 1975 ON THE IMPORTATION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF EDUCATIONAL , SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL MATERIALS ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/75 OF 2 DECEMBER 1975 LAYING DOWN PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1798/75 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 4 AND 5 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , BY LETTER DATED 6 NOVEMBER 1978 , THE DANISH GOVERNMENT REQUESTED THE COMMISSION TO INVOKE THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 4 AND 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/75 IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' HEWLETT-PACKARD GAS CHROMATOGRAPH , MODEL 5840 ' FOR USE IN THE CONTEXT OF RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF PRODUCTION PARAMETERS ON THE CONTENT OF AROMATIC SUBSTANCES IN VEGETABLES , SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS AND , WHERE THE REPLY IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE , WHETHER APPARATUS OF EQUIVALENT SCIENTIFIC VALUE IS CURRENTLY BEING MANUFACTURED IN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 4 ( 5 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/75 , A GROUP OF EXPERTS COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE MEMBER STATES MET ON 29 MARCH 1979 WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON DUTY-FREE ARRANGEMENTS TO EXAMINE THIS PARTICULAR CASE ;

WHEREAS THIS EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE APPARATUS IN QUESTION IS A GAS-PHASE ANALYSER ; WHEREAS ITS OBJECTIVE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS THE HIGH RATE OF ANALYSIS AND THE USE TO WHICH IT IS PUT MAKE IT SPECIALLY SUITED TO PURE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ; WHEREAS IT MUST THEREFORE BE CONSIDERED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM MEMBER STATES , APPARATUS OF SCIENTIFIC VALUE EQUIVALENT TO THE SAID APPARATUS CAPABLE OF BEING USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSES IS CURRENTLY BEING MANUFACTURED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THIS APPLIES IN PARTICULAR SINCE FEBRUARY 1977 TO THE APPARATUS 429 AND , SINCE JUNE 1978 , TO THE APPARATUS 430 MANUFACTURED BY PACKARD BECKER BV , VULCANUSWEG 259 , PO BOX 519 , DELFT , THE NETHERLANDS , SINCE DECEMBER 1976 , TO THE APPARATUS 3600 M COMBINED WITH A COMPUTER GPC 2500 AND , SINCE OCTOBER 1978 , TO THE APPARATUS 6800 MANUFACTURED BY DANI SPA , VIA ROVANI 10 , 200 52 MONZA ( MI ) ITALY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' HEWLETT-PACKARD GAS CHROMATOGRAPH , MODEL 5840 ' IS CONSIDERED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS .

2 . THE CONDITIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 3 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1798/75 OF 10 JULY 1975 FOR ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 1 ARE NOT FULFILLED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION