80/210/EEC: Commission Decision of 25 January 1980 refusing to accept the scientific character of the apparatus described as 'Magnavox-Geoceiver Satellite Surveyor, model MX 1502'
Date: 1980-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, satellite communications, scientific apparatus













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80/210/EEC: Commission Decision of 25 January 1980 refusing to accept the scientific character of the apparatus described as 'Magnavox-Geoceiver Satellite Surveyor, model MX 1502'  


Official Journal L 046 , 21/02/1980 P. 0040 - 0040 Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 8 P. 0172  





COMMISSION DECISION  of 25 January 1980  refusing to accept the scientific character of the apparatus described as "Magnavox-Geoceiver Satellite Surveyor, model MX 1502"  (80/210/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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (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 14 June 1979, the Government of Italy requested the Commission to invoke the procedure at present laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Magnavox-Geoceiver Satellite Surveyor, model MX 1502", to be used in the study of the structure of the field of terrestrial gravity, should be considered as 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 4 December 1979 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case;  Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a portable receiver of signals transmitted by a satellite ; whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas apparatus of the same kind are principally used for the realization of non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:    Article 1 The apparatus described as "Magnavox-Geoceiver Satellite Surveyor, model MX 1502", is not considered to be a scientific apparatus.   Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.     Done at Brussels, 25 January 1980.  For the Commission  Étienne DAVIGNON  Member of the Commission  (1)OJ No L 184, 15.7.1975, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 134, 31.5.1979, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 318, 13.12.1979, p. 32.