82/186/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 February 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Du Pont - automatic superspeed refrigerated centrifuge, model RC- 5B' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1982-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, cytology, exemption from customs duties, scientific apparatus













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82/186/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 February 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Du Pont - automatic superspeed refrigerated centrifuge, model RC- 5B' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 085 , 31/03/1982 P. 0025 - 0025 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 26 February 1982  establishing that the apparatus described as 'Du Pont - automatic superspeed refrigerated centrifuge, model RC-5B' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  (82/186/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 28 August 1981, 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 'Du Pont - automatic superspeed refrigerated centrifuge, model RC-5B', to be used for the density gradient separations of subcellular particles, 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 12 January 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 refrigerated supercentrifuge; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the specific density gradient 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 'Hi-spin 21' manufactured by MSE Scientific Instruments, Manor Royal, UK-Crawley, Sussex, and to the apparatus 'Cryofuge 20-3' manufactured by Heraeus-Christ GmbH, Postfach 1220, D-3360 Osterode am Harz,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  Article 1  The apparatus described as 'Du Pont - automatic superspeed refrigerated centrifuge, model RC-5B', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 28 August 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 26 February 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 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1.  (3) OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.