No L 170/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 6. 81 COMMISSION DECISION of 10 June 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Genrad 1621 precision capacitance measurement system’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/461/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 (2, 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 2 December 1980, the United Kingdom 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 ‘Genrad 1621 precision capacitance measurement system’, to be used for research into the properties of glasses containing differing amounts of various elements and in particular for measuring the resistance and capaci- tance of samples as a function of frequency, should be considered to be 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 28 April 1981, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a capacitance meter; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the large range of capacitance and inductive measures, 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 ‘Genrad 1621 precision capacitance measurement system’, which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 2 December 1980, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 June 1981. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR]JES Member of the Commission (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.