83/177/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 April 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'PGT - Energy Dispersive Measurement System, model System III' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 7 April 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'PGT - Energy Dispersive Measurement System, model System III' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/177/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 15 October 1982, 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 'PGT - Energy Dispersive Measurement System, model System III', ordered on 25 April 1982 and intended to be used for research projects on materials technology, electrical engineering, horticulture, physics and biology, 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 1 March 1983, 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 analysis system;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision of the quantitative analysis, 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 'System 860' manufactured by Link Systems Ltd, Halifax Road, UK-High Wycombe HP12 3SE, Bucks,