83/25/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Macbeth - Spectrophotometer, model MS 2000' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1983-01-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: analytical chemistry, common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, scientific apparatus, spectrometry













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83/25/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Macbeth - Spectrophotometer, model MS 2000' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 031 , 02/02/1983 P. 0021 - 0021 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 19 January 1983  establishing that the apparatus described as 'Macbeth - Spectrophotometer, model MS 2000' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  (83/25/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 13 July 1982, 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 'Macbeth - Spectrophotometer, model MS 2000', ordered in June 1979 and to be used for the photometric and calorimetric measurements on solids and in particular for the reflectance measurement from 380 to 720 nm and for the measurement of K/S values for determining pigments, 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 spectrophotometer;  Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the number and the precision of the measurements, 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 'SP8-100' manufactured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge CB1 2PX,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  Article 1  The apparatus described as 'Macbeth - Spectrophotometer, model MS 2000', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 13 July 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 19 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.