84/127/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 February 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as 'MEE - Cloud Condensation Nucleus Counter, model 130' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 28 February 1984
establishing that the apparatus described as 'MEE - Cloud Condensation Nucleus Counter, model 130' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(84/127/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 5 September 1983, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 'MEE - Cloud Condensation Nucleus Counter, model 130', ordered on 30 June 1982 and intended to be used for cloud physics studies and in particular for the determination of the quantitative correlation between the number and kind of nuclei present in a cloud, 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 26 January 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 detector and counter;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision in the field of the measurement of the humidity, 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,