9. 2. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 38/31 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 1 February 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘IL — Atomic Absorption Spectro- photometer, model IL 951 with Atomizer, model IL 655 CTF’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (84/65/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 22 July 1983, 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 ‘IL — Atomic Absorption Spec- trophotometer, model IL 951 with Atomizer, model IL 655 CTF, ordered on 24 November 1981 and intended to be used for the assessment of contami- nants present in the environment and in biological fluids after exposure of the organism and for the deter- mination of all electrolytes in blood, urine and tissues () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. potentially modifiable by the administration of certain drugs, 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 26 January 1984 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 spectrophotometer combined with an atomizer ; whereas its objective technical characteris- tics, such as the great sensibility with regard to certain elements as for example lead, 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, 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 ‘SP 9 with PU 9090 and PU 9095 manufactured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge CB1 2PX,