83/58/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Tektronix - Transient Digitizer System, model WP2005, consisting of: R7912 Transient Digitizer, 605 Storage Monitor and 1350 Memory Display Unit' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1983-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, data processing, data recording, exemption from customs duties, scientific apparatus













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83/58/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Tektronix - Transient Digitizer System, model WP2005, consisting of: R7912 Transient Digitizer, 605 Storage Monitor and 1350 Memory Display Unit' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 044 , 16/02/1983 P. 0026 - 0026 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 28 January 1983  establishing that the apparatus described as 'Tektronix - Transient Digitizer System, model WP2005, consisting of: R7912 Transient Digitizer, 605 Storage Monitor and 1350 Memory Display Unit' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  (83/58/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 28 July 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 'Tektronix - Transient Digitizer System, model WP2005, consisting of: R7912 Transient Digitizer, 605 Storage Monitor and 1350 Memory Display Unit', ordered on 24 August 1978 and intended for use in examining laser-induced plasma-imaging of particle spectra and, in particular, in recording and digitalizing short signals for further processing with a computer, 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 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 conversion system;  Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision of the conversion, 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 'Tektronix - Transient Digitizer System, model WP2005, consisting of: R7912 Transient Digitizer, 605 Storage Monitor and 1350 Memory Display Unit', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 28 July 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 28 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.