Document ID: 31976D0545

COMMISSION DECISION of 1 June 1976 on the refusal to accept the scientific character of an apparatus known as "BUCHER TS-150 Injection Press" with the injection mould required for its operation (76/545/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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 of 2 December 1975 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 16 January 1976, the Belgian Government requested the Commission to determine whether or not the apparatus known as "BUCHER TS-150 Injection Press" with the injection mould required for its operation should be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75, a group of experts composed of representatives of all of the Member States met on 5 May 1976 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case;
Whereas this examination shows that the apparatus concerned consists of an injection press of common usage, clearly capable of use for all commercial purposes requiring injection moulding ; whereas it has no particular intrinsic device to allow of its specific use for scientific purposes ; whereas the form of the mould adapted to this apparatus is not sufficient to give it the character of scientific apparatus;
Whereas it does not therefore possess the character of a scientific apparatus;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The undermentioned apparatus is not hereby considered to be a scientific apparatus : "BUCHER TS-150 Injection Press" with the injection mould required for its operation.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 June 1976.

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