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COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 September 1982

establishing that the apparatus described as 'Gilford - UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, model System 2600, with Chart Recorder, model 6051' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

(82/683/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), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas, by letter dated 17 March 1982, Italy has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Gilford - UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, model System 2600, with Chart Recorder, model 6051, ordered on 30 October 1980 and to be used for research on the G-6-PD erythrocyte deficit with determination of the enzyme activity of erythrocytes and the Michaelis constant, and in particular for research on neonatal jaundice, 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 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 15 July 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;

Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrophotometer; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the spectral power and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; 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, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'SP 8-100', 'SP 8-150', 'SP 8-200', 'SP 8-250', 'SP 8-300' and 'SP 8-400' manufactured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge CB1 2PX,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The apparatus described as 'Gilford - UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, model System 2600, with Chart Recorder model 6051', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 17 March 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 September 1982.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4.

(3) OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.