No L 46/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 2. 80 COMMISSION DECISION of 25 January 1980 refusing to accept the scientific character of the apparatus described as ‘Micro- dyne-Telemetry Receiver, model 1100 AR’ (80/208/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 (1), 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 14 June 1979, the Govern- ment of Italy requested the Commission to invoke the procedure at present laid down in Article 7 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Microdyne- Telemetry Receiver, model 1100 AR’, to be used for the reception of time signals, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, 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 1S November 1979 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case ; () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. L. (') O] No L 31K, 13121979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a radio-receiver for wavelengths measuring several metres and adapted for the recep- tion of signals transmitted by satellites ; whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas apparatus of the same kind are 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 ‘Microdyne-Telemetry Receiver, model 1100 AR’, is not considered to be a scientific apparatus. Article 2 This Decision its addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 January 1980. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission