No L 188/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 7. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 5§ July 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Burleigh — Fabry-Perot Interfero- meter, model RC-110’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/346/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 22 December 1982, France 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 ‘Burleigh — Fabry-Perot Inter- ferometer, model RC-110’, ordered on 28 November 1981 and intended to be used for Brillouin diffusion tests on minerals, should be considered to be a scien- tific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirma- tive, 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 30 May 1983, 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 interferometer ; whereas its objective () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. L. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () O] No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. technical characteristics, such as the very high resolu- tion, 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 ‘Burleigh — Fabry-Perot Interferometer, model RC-110’, which is the subject of an application by France of 22 December 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Depision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, § July 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission