No L 36/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 2. 84 COMMISSION DECISION of 26 January 1984 establishing that the apﬁaratus described as ‘Dionex — Ion Chromatograph, model 2010’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (84/63/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 26 July 1983, the United Kingdom has requested the Comission 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 ‘Dionex — Ion Chro- matograph, model 2010, ordered on 7 December 1982 and intended to be used to study the level of anions such as sulphite and nitrate formed in plant tissue as a result of atmospheric pollution, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scien- tific 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 chromatograph ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the great sensibility, 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 activi- ties ; 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 ‘Dionex — Ion Chromato- graph, model 2010°, which is the subject of an applica- tion by the United Kingdom of 26 July 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 January 1984. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission