12. 10. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 288/7 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 September 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘JEOL — Scanning Microscope, model JSM-T200’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/682/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 15 March 1982, the United Kingdom 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 ‘JEOL — Scanning Microscope, model JSM-T200°, ordered on 7 December 1981 and to be used for ultrastructural observations of surfaces, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affir- mative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Commu- nity ; 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 16 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 an electron microscope ; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the resolu- () 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. tion power and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, more- over, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus; 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 ‘SEM 505" manufactured by Philips Nederland BV, Boschdijk 525, NL-Eindhoven, and to the apparatus ‘Stereoscan 100’ manufactured by Cambridge Instruments Ltd, Rustat Road, UK-Cambridge CB1 3QH, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘JEOL — Scanning Microscope, model JSM-T200’, which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 15 March 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 September 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission