Document ID: 31983D0170

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COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 April 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Aminco - Hem-o-scan Oxygen Equilibrium Curve Analyzer, model J4-9675 A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/170/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 21 October 1982, the United Kingdom 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 'Aminco - Hem-o-scan Oxygen Equilibrium Curve Analyzer, model J4-9675 A', ordered on 7 May 1982 and intended to be used in vitro research on the effects of oxygen deprivation and other forms of adverse metabolic stress on the deformability of human red cells, 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 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 analyzer;
Whereas it does not have 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,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as 'Aminco - Hem-o-scan Oxygen Equilibrium Curve Analyzer, model J4-9675 A', which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 21 October 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 April 1983.

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