No L 160/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 6. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 9 June 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Sorvall — Ultramicrotome, model MT-1A’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/301/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 (3, 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 1 December 1982, the Netherlands have 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 ‘Sorvall — Ultramicro- tome, model MT-1A’, ordered on 30 July 1981 and intended to be used for the preparation of very thin specimens of animal tissue required for the micro- scopic examination of neurosecretory substances in crustaceans, 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 25 April 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 a microtome ; () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () O] No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the reproduction of very thin specimens of tissues, 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 activi- ties ; 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 ‘Sorvall — Ultramicrotome, model MT-1A’, which is the subject of an application by the Netherlands of 1 December 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 June 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR JES Member of the Commission