83/20/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1983-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: apparatus based on the use of rays, common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, scientific apparatus













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83/20/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 031 , 02/02/1983 P. 0014 - 0015 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 13 January 1983  establishing that the apparatus described as 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  (83/20/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 8 July 1982, France 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 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette', ordered on 23 November 1981 and to be used for research in plasma physics, 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 14 December 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 high-power laser; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the energy value of the emission, 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, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  Article 1  The apparatus described as 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette', which is the subject of an application  by France of 8 July 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 13 January 1983.  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.