7. 2. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 35/19 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 January 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Perkin-Elmer — Atomic Absorp- tion Spectrophotometer, model Zeeman/5000’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (84/57/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 14 July 1983, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 ‘Perkin- Elmer — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, model Zeeman/5000’, ordered on 19 April 1982 and intended to be used for the quantitative analysis of residual impurities in ng/g and pg/g concentrations, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether appar- atus 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 15 December 1983 within the frame- work of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; oL 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. o L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. o L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. o0 L z2Zz Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrophotometer ; whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics such as the precision of the spectrum 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, 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, v HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Perkin-Elmer — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, model Zeeman/5000’, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 14 July 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 January 1984. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission