No L 77/28 Official Journal of the Eurbpean Communities 21. 3. 84 COMMISSION DECISION of 8 March 1984 establishing that the five apparatus described as ‘Davidson — Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (84/162/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 (3, 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 August 1983, the Federal Republic of Germany requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/792 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 1. ‘Davidson — Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056’, ordered on 11 July 1979 and to be used for prac- tical research of spectra, 2. ‘Davidson — Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056’, ordered on 27 July 1981 and to be used for recording and rating current pulses provided by alpha and X-ray detectors, 3. ‘Davidson — Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056’, ordered on 28 October 1980 and to be used for the measurement of gaseous and aerosol-bound radio- activities in the atmosphere and in particular for the examination of the radioactivity in living rooms using surface depletion layer counters, 4. ‘Davidson — Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056’, ordered on 29 October 1979 and to be used for the () 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. identification of sound signals in centrifugal pumps in two-phase flow-through, 5. ‘Davidson — Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056, ordered on 10 November 1980 and to be used for the detection of radioactivity in living-rooms and in particular for the determination of the inhalable radioactive decay products of radon and thoron by means of gamma-activity measurements, should be considered to be scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value are 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 17 February 1984 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question are analyzers; whereas their objective technical characteristics such as the great sensibility and the use to which they are put make them specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas they must therefore be considered to be scientific apparatus ; Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose are not currently manufactured in the Community ; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of these apparatus is justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Davidson — Multichannel Analyzer, model 1056’, ordered on