3. 12. 83 Official jourhal of the European Communities No L 338/33 COMMISSION DECISION of 24 November 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Perkin Elmer — Scanning Auger Microprobe, model 590A’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/592/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 17 May 1983, Italy 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 ‘Perkin Elmer — Scanning Auger Microprobe, model 590A’, ordered on 18 February 1981 and intended to be used for research on electronic properties and growth processes of silicides of transition metals used or intended to be used for VLSI integrated circuits, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether appar- atus 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 15 November 1983 within the frame- work 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. () O No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. —_~ Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrometer ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the sensibility of the spectroscopic 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 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 ‘Perkin Elmer — Scanning Auger Microprobe, model 590A’, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 17 May 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Articlc: 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 November 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR]JES Member of the Commission