82/524/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin Elmer - Gas Chromatograph, model Sigma 2' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 20 July 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin Elmer - Gas Chromatograph, model Sigma 2' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/524/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 11 January 1982, 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 'Perkin Elmer - Gas Chromatograph, model Sigma 2', ordered on 29 August 1979 and to be used for the analysis of polymers and additives for plastic substances and of monomer residues in polymers and for purity determinations, 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 8 June 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 a gas chromatograph; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the stability at the temperature control and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind is 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, is currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus '6800' and '3600' manufactured by Dani SpA, via Rovani 10, 20052 Milan, Italy, and to the apparatus '429', '430' and '433' manufactured by Packard Becker BV, Vulcanusweg 259, Delft, Netherlands,