5. 8. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 229/27 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 9 July 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Cryotronics — Variable Temperature Cryogenic System, model LTS-21-D70C’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/507/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, scien- tific and cultural materials (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (%), 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 (), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 23 December 1981, Italy 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 ‘Cryotronics — Variable Temperature Cryogenic System, model LTS-21-D70C’, ordered on 5 September 1980 and to be used for the study of radioactive half-lives and ionic thermocur- rents, 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 2 July 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 cryostat; whereas its objective tech- nical characteristics such as the precision at the () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. control of very low temperatures, 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 appa- ratus ; 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 manu- factured in the Community ; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus ‘CF 204” with the apparatus ‘DTC2’ manufactured by Oxford Instruments Ltd, Osney Maid, UK-Oxford OX20DX, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Cryotronics — Variable Temperature Cryogenic System, model LTS-21-D70C’, which is subject of an application by Italy of 23 December 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 July 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission