84/162/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 March 1984 establishing that the five apparatus described as 'Davidson - Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 8 March 1984
establishing that the five apparatus described as 'Davidson - Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(84/162/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 August 1983, the Federal Republic of Germany 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
1. 'Davidson - Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056', ordered on 11 July 1979 and to be used for practical research of spectra,
2. 'Davidson - Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056', ordered on 27 July 1981 and to be used for recording and rating current pulses provided by alpha and X-ray detectors,
3. 'Davidson - Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056', ordered on 28 October 1980 and to be used for the measurement of gaseous and aerosol-bound radioactivities in the atmosphere and in particular for the examination of the radioactivity in living rooms using surface depletion layer counters,
4. 'Davidson - Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056', ordered on 29 October 1979 and to be used for the identification of sound signals in centrifugal pumps in two-phase flow-through,
5. 'Davidson - Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056', ordered on 10 November 1980 and to be used for the detection of radioactivity in living-rooms and in particular for the determination of the inhalable radioactive decay products of radon and thoron by means of gamma-activity measurements,
should be considered to be scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value are 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 17 February 1984 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question are analyzers; whereas their objective technical characteristics such as the great sensibility and the use to which they are put make them specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas they must therefore be considered to be scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose are not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of these apparatus is justified,