No L 386/60 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 82 COMMISSION DECISION. of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Dionex — lon Chromatograph, model 12’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/968/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean 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 educa- tional, 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 19 May 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commis- sion to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus de- scribed as ‘Dionex — Ion Chromatograph, model 12°, ordered on 5 February 1979 and to be used for the matrix insulation of HO2, Ci, NO; and other free radicals in connection with ESR spectroscopy, should be considered to be a sci- entific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent sci- entific 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 15 November 1982, within the framework of the Committee on Duty- Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the appara- tus in question is a chromatograph; whereas its (") 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. objective technical characteristics, such as the sensi- bility of the analysis 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 apparatus; Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Dionex — Ion Chro- matograph, model 12’, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 19 May 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 December 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission