No L 231/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 8. 81 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘ESL-Interactive digital image manipulation system, IDIMS III', may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/640/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 amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1027/79 (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 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 11 February 1981, Denmark has requested the Commission to invoke the proce- dure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘ESL-Interactive digital image manipulation system, IDIMS III', to be used for research into glaciology, geology, biology, oceano- graphy and in particular for analyzing the digital, multi-channel data recorded by experimental satellites or telemetering aircrafts, should be considered as 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 26 May 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an image analyzer; Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scien- tific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activi- ties ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific appa- ratus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus, whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘ESL-Interactive digital image manipulation system, IDIMS IIT’, which is the subject of an application by Denmark of 11 February 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 July 1981. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission