81/173/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 March 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin Elmer - Sigma 10 chromatography data station' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1981-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: analytical chemistry, common customs tariff, computer, data processing, exemption from customs duties, scientific apparatus













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31981D0173

81/173/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 March 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin Elmer - Sigma 10 chromatography data station' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 080 , 26/03/1981 P. 0052 - 0052 





COMMISSION DECISION of 5 March 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "Perkin Elmer-Sigma 10 chromatography data station" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/173/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 25 October 1980, the Italian Government 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 "Perkin Elmer-Sigma 10 chromatography data station", to be used for recording and processing of extremely accurate gas or liquid chromatography data, 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 29 January 1981, 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 computer;  Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for 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 ; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:    Article 1 The apparatus described as "Perkin Elmer-Sigma 10 chromatography data station", which is the subject of an application by the Italian Government of 25 October 1980, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.   Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.     Done at Brussels, 5 March 1981.  For the Commission  Karl-Heinz NARJES  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.