82/932/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Hewlett Packard - Digital Signal Analyzer, model 5420 A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1982-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, noise protection, scientific apparatus













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82/932/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Hewlett Packard - Digital Signal Analyzer, model 5420 A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 383 , 31/12/1982 P. 0006 - 0006 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 20 December 1982  establishing that the apparatus described as 'Hewlett-Packard - Digital Signal Analyzer, model 5420 A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  (82/932/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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (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 18 June 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 'Hewlett Packard - Digital Signal Analyzer, model 5420A', ordered on 30 October 1978 and to be used for the noise reduction in drop forging during abrasive cutting and machining and in particular for the analysis of noise and vibration in the various 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 22 October 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 signal analyzer; 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 'Hewlett Packard - Digital Signal Analyzer, model 5420A', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 18 June 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 20 December 1982.  For the Commission  Poul DALSAGER  Member of the Commission  (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1.  (2) OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4.  (3) OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.