82/963/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1982-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alloy, common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, scientific apparatus













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82/963/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 386 , 31/12/1982 P. 0055 - 0055 





COMMISSION DECISION of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as "Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/963/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 15 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 "Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204", ordered on 12 August 1977 and to be used for the investigation of Fermi surfaces in alloys, 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 15 November 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 an analysis system ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision of the analysis 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 "IN 90" manufactured by Intertechnique, F-78370 Plaisir,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:    Article 1 The apparatus described as "Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204", which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 15 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, 30 December 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 74, 18.3.1982, p. 4. (3) OJ No L 318, 13.12.1979, p. 32.