81/579/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Finnigan Incos 2000 data system' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1981-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, computer, cytology, exemption from customs duties, illness, scientific apparatus













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81/579/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Finnigan Incos 2000 data system' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 210 , 30/07/1981 P. 0045 - 0045 





COMMISSION DECISION of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "Finnigan Incos 2000 data system" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/579/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 19 December 1980, Belgium 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 "Finnigan Incos 2000 data system", to be used in the framework of a pharmacological study of the role and formation of prostaglandins and other metabolites of arachidonic acid in parts of the body and their involvement in pathological processes, 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 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 computer;  Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specially 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 "Finnigan Incos 2000 data system" which is the subject of an application by Belgium of 19 December 1980 may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.   Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.     Done at Brussels, 6 July 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.