No L 288/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 10. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 September 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as “Waters — Liquid/Gel Permeation Chromatograph, model 150C’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/687/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 1 March 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 “Waters — Liquid/Gel Permeation Chromatograph, model 150C, ordered on § February 1979 and to be used for the decomposition of polymers by synchrotron radiation, and in particular for the determination of molecular weight distribution before and after 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 16 July 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a chromatograph ; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the sensibility of the chromatographic analysis 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 appa- ratus ; 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 ‘Waters — Liquid/Gel Permeation Chromatograph, model 150C’, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 1 March 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 September 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission