CELEX: 31980D0291
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-18 00:00:00
Title: 80/291/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 February 1980 establishing that the conditions required for the admission free of Common Customs Tariff duties of the scientific apparatus described as 'Quanta-Ray, DCR Laboratory Laser System' , are not fulfilled

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31980D0291

80/291/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 February 1980 establishing that the conditions required for the admission free of Common Customs Tariff duties of the scientific apparatus described as 'Quanta-Ray, DCR Laboratory Laser System' , are not fulfilled  

Official Journal L 067 , 13/03/1980 P. 0023 - 0023 Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 8 P. 0179 

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 184 , 15 . 7 . 1975 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 134 , 31 . 5 . 1979 , P . 1 .  ( 3 ) OJ NO L 318 , 13 . 12 . 1979 , P . 32 .    COMMISSION DECISION   OF 18 FEBRUARY 1980   ESTABLISHING THAT THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR THE ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' QUANTA-RAY , DCR LABORATORY LASER SYSTEM '  ARE NOT FULFILLED  ( 80/291/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 AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1027/79 ( 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 AUGUST 1979 , THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY REQUESTED THE COMMISSION TO INVOKE THE PROCEDURE AT PRESENT LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2784/79 IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' QUANTA-RAY , DCR LABORATORY LASER SYSTEM '  INTENDED TO BE USED FOR RESEARCH WORK IN THE FIELD OF MULTIPHOTON SPECTROSCOPY OF ORGANIC MOLECULES AND , ESPECIALLY , BY VIRTUE OF ITS HIGH LIGHT INTENSITY , FOR EXCITING AND EXAMINING MOLECULES BY NON-LINEAR QUANTUM PROCESSES , 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 10 JANUARY 1980 WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON DUTY-FREE ARRANGEMENTS TO EXAMINE THIS PARTICULAR CASE ;   WHEREAS THIS EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE APPARATUS IN QUESTION IS A LASER ATTACHED TO A RESONATOR ; WHEREAS ITS OBJECTIVE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS HIGH LIGHT INTENSITY AND PHOTON-BEAM QUALITY , AND THE USE TO WHICH IT IS PUT MAKE IT SPECIALLY SUITED TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ; WHEREAS APPARATUS OF THE SAME KIND ARE PRINCIPALLY USED FOR THE REALIZATION OF 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 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 ' LASER YAG YG 481 C ' APPARATUS MANUFACTURED BY THE FIRM QUANTEL , 17 , AVENUE DE L ' ATLANTIQUE , F-91402 ORSAY AND , AS FROM 1 DECEMBER 1978 , THE ' DLPY 3 '  APPARATUS MANUFACTURED BY THE FIRM JK LASERS LTD , SOMERS ROAD , UK-RUGBY , WARWICKSHIRE ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   1 .  THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' QUANTA-RAY , DCR LABORATORY LASER SYSTEM '  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 NOT FULFILLED .   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 FEBRUARY 1980 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   ETIENNE DAVIGNON   MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION