16. 2. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 44/31 COMMISSION DECISION of 28 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Ortec — Ge(Li) Coaxial Detector, model 8511-20195-S’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff ‘ duties (83/63/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 29 July 1982, 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 ‘Ortec — Ge(Li) Coaxial Detector, model 8511-20195-S’, ordered on 29 October 1978 and to be used for the detection of gamma radiation in mutual coincidence in gamma experiments on a tandem accelerator following heavy ion reactions and, in particular, for the polarization- and multiplicity-analyisis of gamma radiation, 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 manufac- tured 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 1982 within the frame- work of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter ; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a detector; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the detection field, 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 ‘Series EGL’ manufactured by Enertec Schlumberger, 1, rue Nieuport, F-78140 Velizy-Villacoublay, to the apparatus ‘Series Si(Li)X’ manufactured by Montedel Laben, via Bassini 18, I-Milano and to the apparatus ‘Ge(Li)’ manufactured by Harshaw Chemie BV, Strijkviertel 67, NL-3454ZG De Meern, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Ortec — Ge(Li) Coaxial Detector, model 8511-20195-S’, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 29 July 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 January 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR]JES Member of the Commission No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. J No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.