No L 196/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 7. 84 COMMISSION DECISION of 3 July 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Leeds & Northrup — Fixed Temperature Standard, model 8411’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (84/373/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 (%), 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 27 December 1983, Belgium 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 ‘Leeds & Northrup — Fixed Temperature Standard, model 8411°, ordered on 28 March 1982 and intended to be used for temperature calibration and determination of an accurate, stable, fixed temperature standard which can be used as a reference for continuous differential temperature- measurement processes, 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 Commu- nity ; Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of exports composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 5§ June 1984 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; y 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 this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a temperature standard; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the preci- sion, the reproduction and the stability, 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 ‘Leeds & Northrup — Fixed Temperature Standard, model 8411’, which is the subject of an application by Belgium of 27 December 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 July 1984. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission