No L 338/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 11. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 November 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Ithaco — Heterodyne Lock-in Amplifier, model Dynatrac 391A’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/798/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 7 April 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 ‘Ithaco — Heterodyne Lock-in Amplifier, model Dynatrac 391A’, ordered on 8 August 1980 and to be used for the measurement of the crystallization temperature of quenchingly condensed amorphous metal layers in intense magnetic fields, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affir- mative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Commu- nity ; 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 21 September 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 an amplifier; () 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. Whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the sensibility in relation to sound 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 scien- tific 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 ‘Ithaco — Heterodyne Lock-in Amplifier, model Dynatrac 391A’, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 7 April 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 November 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR]JES Member of the Commission