No L 168/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 6. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 19 May 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Beckman — UV Spectrophotometer, model 24 with recorder and accessories’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/379/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 amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1027/79 (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 November 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 ‘Beckman — UV Spectrophoto- meter, model 24 with recorder and accessories’, ordered 23 March 1979 and to be used in the field of toxicology, cancerology and enzymology and in parti- cular for research relating to the metabolism of carci- nogenic substances in hepatic microsomes, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equi- valent 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 19 April 1982 within the framework of () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () O No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter ; whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrophotometer ; Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus ; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Beckman — UV Spectro- - photometer, model 24 with recorder and accessories’, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 17 November 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 May 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission