No L 73/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 3. 80 COMMISSION DECISION of 3 March 1980 refusing to accept the scientific character of the apparatus described as ‘Benthos boomerang corer, model 1890’ (80/327/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 (%), 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 28 September 1979, the United Kingdom Government requested the Commis- sion to invoke the procedure at present laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Benthos boomerang corer, model 1890’, to be used for the study of Atlantic Ocean circulation, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equiva- lent 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 § February 1980 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case ; () O () O 3 J No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. J () OJ No No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question serves for taking sediment samples of the bottom of the sea ; whereas it does not have the requi- site objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas apparatus of the same kind is principally used for the realization of non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Benthos boomerang corer, model 1890’ is not considered to be a scientific apparatus. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 March 1980. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission