83/591/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 November 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'BIOS - Nuclear Stethoscope' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1983-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, medical device, scientific apparatus













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31983D0591

83/591/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 November 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'BIOS - Nuclear Stethoscope' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 338 , 03/12/1983 P. 0032 - 0032 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 24 November 1983  establishing that the apparatus described as 'BIOS - Nuclear Stethoscope' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  (83/591/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 17 May 1983, Italy 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 'BIOS - Nuclear Stethoscope', ordered on 3 March 1982 and intended to be used for the quantification of selected, significant parameters and to define normality limits for each one, 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 November 1983 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 stethoscope; 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 'BIOS - Nuclear Stethoscope', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 17 May 1983, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 24 November 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.