81/549/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Kay sona- graph, models 6061 B, 7029 A and 7030 A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1981-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, linguistics, scientific apparatus, spectrometry













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31981D0549

81/549/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Kay sona- graph, models 6061 B, 7029 A and 7030 A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 206 , 27/07/1981 P. 0022 - 0022 




Commission Decisionof 6 July 1981establishing that the apparatus described as "Kay sona-graph, models 6061 B, 7029 A and 7030 A" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties(81/549/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 13 January 1981, the United Kingdom 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 "Kay sona-graph, models 6061 B, 7029 A and 7030 A", to be used for teaching purposes, speech science and speech research, 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 28 April 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 spectrograph;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 1The apparatus described as "Kay sona-graph, models 6061 B, 7029 A and 7030 A", which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 13 January 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.Article 2This Decision is addressed to the Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 July 1981.For the CommissionKarl-Heinz NarjesMember 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.--------------------------------------------------