OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE MEMBER STATES MET ON 29 APRIL 1980 WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON DUTY-FREE ARRANGEMENTS TO EXAMINE THE MATTER ;
WHEREAS THIS EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE APPARATUS IN QUESTION IS AN X-RAY MICROANALYSIS APPARATUS ; WHEREAS ITS OBJECTIVE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS THE WIDTH OF THE SPECTRUM 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
1 . THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' EDAX X-RAY MICROANALYSIS PLUG-IN MODULES : S-180-154-10 DETECTING UNIT , 711 B ANALYZING UNIT , 407 C POWER SUPPLY , 603-2 VIDEO MONITOR , 609 B EPIC MODULE , 608 A INTERFACE BOARD , 352 LINESCAN RATEMETER , EDIT NOVA 2/4 , 8K AND TI-733 ASR SILENT PRINTER ' IS CONSIDERED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS .
2 . THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR THE ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 1 ARE FULFILLED .
ARTICLE 2
THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 11 JUNE 1980 .
FOR THE COMMISSION
ETIENNE DAVIGNON
MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION