No L 338/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 11. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 November 1982 establishing  that the apparatus  described as ‘Spex-Czerny-Turner Spectrograph/Spectrometer, model 1802’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/804/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 17 April 1982, 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 ‘Spex-Czerny-Turner Spectro- graph/Spectrometer, model 1802", ordered on 13 February 1979 and to be used in molecular spectros- copy and in particular for high-speed recording on radiograph of medium resolution emission and absorp- tion spectra, 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 20 September 1982 within the frame- work of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrograph ; ) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. ) O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. ) OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32 Whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the resolution power 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 ‘Spex-Czerny-Turner Spec- trograph/Spectrometer, model 1802, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 17 April 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff dutiés. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 November 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission