No L 237/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 8. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘USC — Du Bois Object Analyzer, model 404 may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/552/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 25 January 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has 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 ‘USC — Du Bois Object Analyzer, model 404’, ordered on 1 April 1980 and to be used for the study of the composition of old porcelain for its classification in terms of its place and period of origin, 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 8 June 1982 within the framework 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. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32 Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analyzer; whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifi- cally suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for 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; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘USC — Du Bois Object Analyzer, model 404, which is the subject of an appli- cation by the Federal Republic of Germany of 25 January 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 July 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission