83/60/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Bio- Dynamics - High Resolution Ultrasound System, model Biosound' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 28 January 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Bio-Dynamics - High Resolution Ultrasound System, model Biosound' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/60/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 29 July 1982, 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 'Bio-Dynamics - High Resolution Ultrasound System, model Biosound', ordered in March 1981 and intended for use in research on the evolution of arterial lesion in patients without clinical manifestations of vasculopathy and, in particular, in the study of blood-vessels that have minor degrees of stenosis, should be considered as 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 an ultrasound system;
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,