84/265/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 May 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Rigaku - X-ray Diffractometer System based on Theta-Theta Goniometer, model 2182 D5' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Date: 1984-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, exemption from customs duties, ionising radiation, measuring equipment, scientific apparatus













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84/265/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 May 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Rigaku - X-ray Diffractometer System based on Theta-Theta Goniometer, model 2182 D5' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  


Official Journal L 131 , 17/05/1984 P. 0045 - 0045 





*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 7 May 1984  establishing that the apparatus described as 'Rigaku - X-ray Diffractometer System based on Theta-Theta Goniometer, model 2182 D5' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties  (84/265/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 2 November 1983, the United Kingdom 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 'Rigaku - X-ray Diffractometer System based on Theta-Theta Goniometer, model 2182 D5', ordered on 16 September 1982 and intended to be used in X-ray diffraction studies of liquid and amorphous systems and to obtain diffraction patterns for liquids and glasses in order to derive their structural properties, 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 11 April 1984 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 diffractometer; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the goniometric resolution, 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 'MZ III', 'MZ IV' and 'GSD-Theta-Theta Goniometer' manufactured by Seifert, Bogenstrasse 41, D-2070 Ahrensburg,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  Article 1  The apparatus described as 'Rigaku - X-ray Diffractometer System based on Theta-Theta Goniometer, model 2182 D5', which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 2 November 1983, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 7 May 1984.  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.